Lynne Yun is a NYC-based type designer, educator and technologist. Lynne is a founder of Space Type, a studio practice operating at the intersection of type and technology. She also recently co-founded Type Electives, an online design school shaping the future of type.
From crafting handwritten calligraphic pieces to designing type for the screen, Lynne enjoys the balancing act of form and function that is required when designing tools for communication. Lynne has the honor of having served on the board of AIGA NY and worked as a full time type designer for Monotype. During her tenure at Monotype, she created custom typefaces for clients and a number of retail typefaces, including the Trade Gothic Display and Inline families. Her previous endeavors include being on the board of Society of Scribes, attending the School for Poetic Computation, and working as a full-time graphic designer at Apple Inc., Publicis, and Deutsch. Lynne has worked with a broad range of clients, including Google, Samsung, Anheuser-Busch, and the World Trade Center. She holds a BFA in graphic design from the School of Visual Arts, a postgraduate certificate in typeface design from Type@Cooper, and a MPS from ITP in New York University. Lynne regularly teaches for educational institutions such as Type@Cooper, Parsons School of Design, and the Letterform Archive.
Contact Info
Select Speaking Engagements
ATypI Paris - May 2023
MassArt Communication Design Lecture Series - March 2023
Letràstica - Perfection Doesn’t Exist, Oct 2022
Typographics - Main Conference, Jun 2022
GRANSHAN Signs of the Times - May 2022
Type Network - Designing Tomorrow Today, Apr 2022
Society of Scribes – History and Anatomy of Flourishing, Mar 2021
ATypI 2020 All Over - Type, Technology, & Beyond, Oct 2020
Parsons CD Lecture Series - Sep 2020
Parsons – History of the Latin Alphabet Lecture Series, Sep 2020
Typographics – TypeLab: Type, Technology & Algorithms, Jun 2020
Wayzgoose – Material Creativity: Finding Inspiration in New Mediums, 2019
TypeCon - History and Anatomy of Flourishing, 2019
Typographics – TypeLab: Behind the History of the Type Studio, 2019
TypeCon - Reviving a Calligraphy Hand, 2018
Typographics - TypeLab: History of Flourishing, 2017
HUGE Inc - Type Journey, 2017
Frog Design - Creative Forum, 2017
Typographics: The Magazine - Failures, 2016
AIGA NY: Fresh Grad - Type@Cooper Thesis Project, 2016
Interviews & Press
OHno Radio, 2023
I Love Typography (ILT), 2021
Night Snack Club, 2020
League of Movable Type podcast, 2020
Letter Arts Review Vol.33:4, 2020
ECV NY Masterclass, 2019
Communication Arts, 2019
Alphabet, 2017
Print Magazine, 2017
Typodarium, 2017
Letter Arts Review Vol.31, 2017
TypeThursday, 2016
Art Directors Club, 2016
Working Not Working, 2015
Campaign US, 2015
KERA (NPR&PBS), 2015
CMYK Magazine #57
CA Korea Magazine #183
Exhibitions
Schick Art Gallery - True to Type, 2022
Found In Translation, 2018
Type Directors Club (Ascenders), 2018
The Calligraphy Revival (The Grolier Club), 2017
Type Directors Club 62, 2016
Type Directors Club 60, 2014
Art Directors Club SVA show, 2013
Art Directors Club SVA show, 2012
Publications
Femme Type, 2019
TDC Annual Typography 37, 2016
TDC Annual Typography 35, 2014
Graphis New Talent Annual, 2014
Graphis New Talent Annual, 2013
Teaching & Workshops
Parsons School of Design – Currents: CD Workshop, Oct–Nov 2023
Type Electives - Intro to Generative Typography, Jan 2023
Letterform Archive - Designing Flourishes, Sep 2022
Letterform Archive - Prototyping Letterforms, Jun 2022
Typographics - Code x Kinetic Type, Jun 2022
Letterform Archive - Type West: Type Design, Jun–Aug 2022
Type@Cooper - Generative Typography, Feb–Apr 2022
Parsons School of Design - Type Design, Jan–May 2022
Typographics – Code x Typography Series, Jun 2021
Letterform Archive - Type West: Type Design, Jun–Aug 2021
Society of Scribes - The History and Anatomy of Flourishing, Mar 2021
Parsons School of Design - Type Design, Jan–May 2021
Type@Cooper - Generative Typography, Oct–Dec 2020
Type@Cooper - Generative Typography, Jun–Jul 2020
Type@Cooper - Hand Lettering, Feb–Apr 2020
Parsons School of Design - Type Design, Jan–Apr 2020
Letterform Archive - Type West Core workshop, Feb 2020
Society of Scribes - Unconventional Tools, 2019
Ladies Wine & Design - Type Design 101, 2019
SVA Residency in Typography - Calligraphy for Type Design, 2019
Type@Cooper - Calligraphy: Historical Hands, 2019
Letterform Archive - Calligraphy as a Tool for Prototyping Letterforms, March 2019
Letterform Archive - Designing Flourishes, March 2019
ECV Paris - Masterclass, March 2019
Type@Cooper - Calligraphy: Blackletter Fundamentals, February 2019
HUGE Inc - Blackletter Calligraphy, 2018
Society of Scribes - Basics of Blackletter, 2017
Society of Scribes - Flourishing Design, 2017
TypeCon - Flourishing Design, 2017
Cooper Union - Calligraphy, Guest Instructor, 2017
Society of Scribes - Writing with Gradients, 2017
Type@Cooper - Extended Program TA, 2016–17
Type@Cooper - Condensed Program TA, 2016
School of Visual Arts - Typography & Identity TA/Research Assistant, 2015
Writing
Medium - How I Crowdfunded My Online Course During Quarantine, Sep 2020
NaN - Glyphzian Space, July 2020