A Typographic Journey: A Conversation with Jack Stauffacher and Chuck Byrne

Jack Stauffacher, a San Francisco–based printer, produces books and prints that challenge the conventions of typography. His work explores the aesthetic potential of letterpress tools to activate the space of the page. In this conversation with colleague and professor Chuck Byrne, Stauffacher will discuss his uses of type, which have ranged from kinetic abstract compositions to a rigorous investigation of the visual portrayal of dialogue, as well as other important projects from his over seventy year career.

Brown Auditorium | $20 general admission; $15 LACMA members; free admission for DADC members and students with ID | Tickets: 323 857-6010 or purchase online.

This program is part of the 2012–2013 Elsie de Wolfe Foundation Lecture Series

Image: Jack Werner Stauffacher, print from Wooden Letters from 300 Broadway, 1998, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of the 2012 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisition Committee (DA2), © Jack Werner Stauffacher, Photo: 42-line.