5th ICTVC conference

The 5th ICTVC, which is organised by the Institute for the Study of Typography & Visual Communication, in collaboration with the Department of Design & Multimedia and IMME, will take place from 6 to 8 June 2013 in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the campus of the University of Nicosia.

A series of workshops will precede the conference and the exhibitions will constitute an important part of the event.

ICTVC is established worldwide as a major event that explores the world of typography and visual communication. Since its inception in 2002, people from diverse fields and different disciplines with a passion for visual language research, education, and practice, contribute to the conference.

ICTVC attracts speakers and delegates on an international scale, and from a wide range of disciplines related to typography and design. The high quality of presentations is a hallmark of the conference.
This time the conference theme is "against lethe..."; social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental issues that affect us all demand a new way of thinking. However, as we look forward we should not forget the lessons of the past.

What has been the role of visual language against forgetting till now and what may happen in the future?

The 5th ICTVC is organized by the Institute for the Study of Typography & Visual Communication, the Department of Design & Multimedia, the University of Nicosia, and the Mass Media and Communication Institute (IMME), Cyprus, and is endorsed by the IIID (International Institute for Information Design), the ISTD(International Society of Typographic Designers), the ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale), the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, UK, the Institute of Paper, Printing & Publishing, UK (IP3), the Musée de l’imprimerie Lyon, France, theMuseum of Typography, Chania, Greece, and the Thessaloniki Design Museum, Greece.