Nicer Tuesdays: June

You are invited to the second Nicer Tuesdays event of the year in New York, where you can catch brilliant talks on publication design, paper engineering, Tiktok dances, video collage and the age-old craft of sign painting.

Summer is round the corner in New York and we’re back soon for our next Nicer Tuesdays, bringing yet another awe inspiring line-up of speakers back to the SVA Theatre on 2 June 2026.

At the event you can expect to hear talks from graphic design studio and publisher Parallel Press on its latest book Astro Black: The first book to catalogue the story of 18 Black astronauts, pilots, scientists and engineers who embarked on journeys into space. We’ll also be joined by graphic designer and performance artist Angela Lian for an insight into how she uses her body to merge dance, video collage and design to create a physical practice that raises awareness for disability in the art and design world.

Brooklyn-based design studio and New York sign painting icons Noble Signs’ will also be taking to the Nicer tuesdays stage to share some insights into the time-honoured art of handmade signage, and finally, for our Q&A slot the legendary graphic designer and paper engineer Kelli Anderson will be in conversation with our US editor-at-large Elizabeth Goodspeed.