sooz introduced me to joshua darden. he is a type designer with the hoefler type foundry, working under the world-renowned tobias frere-jones. i took josh to the reorient party, and we talked a lot about typography and design. after a couple hours of non-sleep, i met joshua again, and we went to a flea market to look for type specimen books and other objects of interest. we then went to an appointment with irving oaklander who has one of the most exquisite collections of typography books in the world. standing in his store room in a nondescript NYC warehouse and browsing through the dusty tomes of the high art of typography awed me. my interest in typography was instantly rekindled, after it had been more or less sleeping for 10 years. with an expert guide like joshua it will be a total pleasure to go back into it.