Typeface design education from Cooper Union

Flavia Zimbardi

Workshop Instructor, Guest Speaker
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Flavia Zimbardi is a typeface designer and visual artist, partner at Undercase Type. Native from Rio de Janeiro, she is currently based in New York and has collaborated with renowned foundries such as Frere-Jones, Commercial Type, and AdobeFonts. Flavia is an alumn of the Type@Cooper Extended Program and was the first Brazilian woman to have a typeface awarded by the Type Directors Club in 2018, with her graduation project Lygia—which was later selected for the 8th Latin American Typography Biennial (Tipos Latinos). From 2005 to 2013 she worked for some of the leading magazines in Brazil receiving recognition by the 9th, 10th & 12th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennials, and serving as editorial design Judge for its latest editions in 2017 & 2019.