New York
Tuesday, 9 September 2025 · 6.30pm – 10pm
Line Up

Andrew B Myers, Madeline Montoya, Michael Bierut and Tina Tona

Extra, extra! New Yorkers, we’re coming back. Since our last event across the pond in June, we’ve been cooking up a brilliant line-up just for you, landing at the SVA Theatre this September.

At the event, you can expect talks from the photographer and art director Andrew B. Myers,Byline’s creative director Madeline Montoya, and the up-and-coming collage artist Tina Tona. For our Q&A slot, we’ll be hearing from the legendary graphic designer, design critic and educator Michael Bierut in conversation with our US editor-at-large Elizabeth Goodspeed.

Please be aware that photography and filming may be taken at this event for marketing and promotional purposes. If you do not want to be photographed or filmed, please speak to our team on the day. Also, if you are in need of disability access, please email hello@nicertuesdays.com so we can arrange assistance with the venue team.

Read on to find out more about our line-up.

Michael Bierutmay not need any introduction, but we’ll do one anyway. As a graphic designer, design critic and educator, Michael has been at the spearhead of design with several books such asHow To, Seventy Nine Short Essays On DesignandNow You See It, as well as inspiring projects such as his iconic 100 Day Project, recentlydetailed in his essay for It’s Nice That.Most famously, he’s been a partner at the design firm Pentagram since 1990, a position heannouncedrecently that he will be stepping back from. Michael will be sitting down with our US editor-at-large Elizabeth Goodspeed for September’s Q&A session, so make sure you grab your ticket for the opportunity of hearing the candid thoughts of one of the graphic design world’s biggest figures on his career to date.

Andrew B. Myersis a Brooklyn based photographer and art director who has found success with clients such as Apple, Dolce & Gabanna,The Guardian, Netflix and many more through his use of sublime compositions, bone-dry wit and emotive colour palettes – not to mention he’s a Webby award winning creative, too. At our Nicer Tuesdays event, Andrew will be sharing behind the scenes of his photography work and giving us the down-low on processes such ashandbuilding models for all his in-studio shoots.

Madeline Montoyais a Texas-born, New York-based creative director and designer with a burning passion for all things editorial – as art director forBloomberg Businessweekand creative director of the independent magazineByline, she’s been focusing on publications as playgrounds for brand design, aiming to be as“holistic as possible, but malleable”. Madeline will be bringing her inspiring attitude and love for magazines in a talk that sheds a light on the creative process behind Byline.

Tina Tonais a LA-based photo-collage artist who is cutting up magazines and found ephemera to explore “the richness of diasporic Black expression”. Exploring her dual heritage through pop culture and collage, her expressive works pop with saturated colours and “organised noise”, creating a meaningful connection between materials and alchemising influences with validity and dignity. Tina will be giving an introduction to her vibrant work and highlighting the projects that have defined her practice to date in her talk in next month’s event.

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