Join us for On Point, a casual evening dedicated to the craft, theory, and practice of type design in Chicago.
We will be at Public Works Gallery for an intimate night of conversation and community, featuring designers who will share their process and work.

This is the fourth edition of what was formerly known as Cold Style, now part of Point (PT), the CGDC’s type collective, which includes our type foundry and publication.

Doors open at 5:30 pm. Presentations begin at 6:00 pm.

Featured Speakers
Andrea Villasenor
A Senior Graphic Designer at the Newberry Library, began her career as a typesetter and has embraced continual learning and teaching as technology has transformed the field. She has taught at the American Academy of Art, The School of the Art Institute, and currently at Northern Illinois University.

Wendy Robles
Wendy is an artist and senior designer at Someoddpilot.

She has received a Clio, a Webby, and an ADC Award, and her work has been recognized by the Society of Typographic Arts, The One Club for Creativity, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

This past year, she presented her typeface, Sufamelico, in the Chicago Graphic Design Club’s inaugural issue of PT zine, available for purchase through the club.

In tandem, Wendy has spent the past year and a half developing a body of work alongside University of Chicago astronomer Dr. Michael Zhang, whose research focuses on exoplanet atmospheres and the search for life beyond our solar system. The work imagines how alien lifeforms might appear and behave on these far away planets. A preview of this work will be exhibited in Chicago at Roots & Culture Gallery from May 15 to June 20.

Heart & Bone Designs
Kelsey and Andrew McClellan own and operate Heart & Bone Signs in Chicago, IL. Both are sign painters by trade and specialize in the traditional techniques of gold leaf and hand-lettering. They are inspired by the history of sign painting and gold leaf in Chicago and are focused on preserving this craft through their everyday work. In 2025 they self-published The Golden Era of Sign Design, a compilation of first person histories and original sketches from the Beverly Sign Co of the south-side of Chicago. Their ongoing preservation efforts of local historic and vintage signs has led them into the nascent stages of founding the Chicago Sign Museum, which will focus on preserving, teaching about, and archiving Chicago’s rich sign history.

Pedro Neves
A designer and educator specializing in the use of algorithms and code to generate printed matter, digital interactive data visualizations, and other web-related technologies. Currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the UIC School of Design, Neves also serves as Design Faculty Lead for the BS in Computer Science + Design offered by the UIC College of Engineering in collaboration with the School of Design.

His scholarly research and professional practice interrogate and explore the relationships between traditional and contemporary design processes in both analogue and digital formats, and he has shared his work in exhibitions, presentations around the world.

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Special thanks to Someoddpilot for the space and hospitality.

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