Type Brigade №61

Why we picked it

Type Brigade is Vancouver’s typography meetup. Join us at the BCIT Downtown Campus: * Doors at 6:30pm * Talks begin at 7:00pm Please note that any guests you’d like to bring with you should register on the Meetup group themselves. **Speakers** **Diana Varma – Deoptimization: Thoughts on Working Harder Not Smarter** [talkpaperscissors.info](https://www.talkpaperscissors.info/) We’re at a turning point in the history of craft. As digital tools become frictionless (and AI makes tasks easier than ever) there’s a rising desire to slow down and ask what we’re doing, and why. In this talk, type educator, author, and podcaster Diana Varma hits pause, exploring deoptimization and making a case for “working harder, not smarter.” Diana Varma works as a design educator at Toronto Metropolitan University by day and a podcaster by night—getting creative with creatives about all things creative. She’s the author of *Brave Creative Human: Embrace Failure, Reframe Imposter Syndrome, and Be Unapo