Our DATMA Board knew launching the organization’s logo would have its challenges, which is why we chose to work with American Typographer, Cyrus Highsmith. With his designs seen all over the globe, Highsmith has kept busy as RISD faculty, Senior Designer at Boston’s Font Bureau, and founding his own type foundry Occupant Fonts in 2016.

SouthCoast, Massachusetts is brewing with creative energy. Thanks to Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville, New Bedford has a historic reputation known around the world. Yet the city seems undiscovered. Inside this hidden gem, exists endless culture. In the heart of downtown, The Co-Creative Center offered a comfortable spot for our DATMA institute to set up shop providing access to New Bedford’s businesses and organizations making it easy to collaborate with the city’s leaders.