Hamilton hosts 7th annual Wayzgoose Type Conference, Nov. 6-8, and unveils "Mardell" a new typeface designed by Louise Fili. Other featured speakers include: Steven Heller, Marian Bantjes and Daniel Rhatigan! Now in its seventh year, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum hosts its annual Wayzgoose Type Conference on Nov. 6-8.

Featured speakers for Wayzgoose 2015 include:

Louise Fili~ principal of Louise Fili Ltd, specializing in food packaging and restaurant identities. Formerly senior designer for Herb Lubalin, she was art director of Pantheon Books for 11 years, where she designed more than 2,000 book jackets. She is a member of the Art Directors Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement. A best-selling monograph of her work, Elegantissima, was published in 2012.

In addition to her Friday night lecture, Fili's first typeface design will be unveiled during the Wayzgoose. Named "Mardell" for retired Hamilton type cutter, Mardell Doubek, this typeface will be available in both digital and wood type formats in early 2016.

Louise Fili said

This was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate two of my favorite subjects: women and Italy ... The bold, lively angularity of Italian futurist letterforms made it a natural choice for wood type. And since it is rare to find a typeface named after a woman, I was particularly pleased to know that this would pay tribute to veteran type cutter Mardell Doubek.

Steven Heller~ co-chair of the M.F.A. Design/Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program and the School of Visual Arts Masters Workshop in Rome. He writes a weekly column for The Atlantic online and The Daily Heller/Imprint online. He has written more than 170 books on graphic design, illustration and political art.

Marian Bantjes~ typographer, designer, artist and writer. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Thames & Hudson published her book titled, I Wonder, and a monograph of her work titled, Pretty Pictures. She is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).

Daniel Rhatigan~ Monotype's type director of Type Libraries. He works on custom type development projects and consults on typographic issues.

Other speakers and practitioners sharing their knowledge and insights during Wayzgoose 2015's three-day conference are:

Judith Berliner ~ owner of Full Circle PressLaurie Corral ~ owner and director of Asheville Book WorksDoug Clouse ~ designer, writer, partner of The Graphics Office, and a teacher at Fashion Institute of Technology at the State University of New YorkAmanda Degener ~ sculptor, co-proprietor of Cave Paper Inc., and a founder of the Minnesota Center for Book ArtsEva De La Rocha ~ printer and founder of Familia Plómez, a non-profit printing co-opDan Elliott ~ designer, educator and letterpress printer based in North CarolinaPaul Gehl ~ curator of the Newberry Library's collections on the history of printingTracy Honn ~ artist, educator, curator, printer and the director of Silver Buckle Press; also serves on Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum's artistic board of advisorsBridget O'Malley ~ master papermaker, co-proprietor of Cave Paper Inc., and a teacher at Minneapolis College of Art and DesignJudith Poirier ~ professor at the École de design, ,Université du Québec à MontréalDan Schneider ~ industrial archaeologist, whose master's degree thesis addressed worker skill in wood printing type manufacture at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing MuseumMark Simonson ~ independent type designer based in St. Paul, MinnesotaMelanie Stockwell ~ owner of The Calico Press, director of the Villages Folk School, and county representative for the Southeast Iowa Artists Studio TourEric Woods ~ owner and founder of The Firecracker Press

Museum director Jim Moran says

Wayzgoose brings together designers, printers, typographers and letter geeks of all stripes from across the globe ... To keep a personal, hands-on approach, attendance is limited to 200 and filling quickly.

Conference rates are $200 for students, $200 for members and $250 for non-members. Lodging is not included. Local hotel recommendations are available on Hamilton's website. Wayzgoose 2015 will be held in Hamilton's museum at 1816 10th St., Two Rivers, Wisconsin, across the road from Lake Michigan. The museum relocated to this 85,000-square-foot building in Nov. 2013. The move was made possible thanks to hundreds of volunteers and donors.

Hamilton's assistant director, Stephanie Carpenter added

A handful of amazing companies have stepped up to support us as Wayzgoose sponsors this year. We couldn't do this without them . . . including Adobe Typekit; Neenah Paper; Monotype and Mohawk Paper

Register NOW: http://woodtype.org/

Ongoing support is needed to continue the museum's educational outreach; collection acquisition, curation and exhibition; and facility upgrades. Please visit http://www.woodtype.org/support to make a donation.

About Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum

Hamilton Wood Type began producing type in 1880 and within 20 years became the largest provider in the United States. Today, volunteers of the Two Rivers Historical Society preserve this legacy and host educational demonstrations, field trips, workshops and offer opportunities with this vast wood type collection. The museum also illustrates antique printing technologies including the production of hot metal type, hand-operated printing presses, tools of the craft and rare type specimen catalogs.

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Louise Fili--www.louisefili.com

Steven Hellerwww.hellerbooks.com

Marian Bantjes~ bantjes.com

Daniel Rhatigan~ www.monotype.com

By the way, Louise Fili was featured in our 17th Designing Women special and in both the 18th and 20th Annual Fonts Fest.