© Sebastian Weiß / Monotype

David Jonathan Ross: The ups and downs of vertical typography

Local liquor stores can be the start of great things. For David Jonathan Ross they were the start of an in-depth exploration into the realm of vertical letterforms. His analysis of shop signage in the urban landscape, as well as the technical and aesthetic challenges when vertically drawing letters and setting type resulted in the typeface “Bungee”.

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Prarthana Johnson & Gerrit Kaiser: All Hail the Committee

Design by committee is a term sometimes (ahem, always) negatively used in the creative industries. But now, the trend and move from classical agencies to in-house designers has lessened the stigma attached to working “in-house” and for “team client side”. Prarthana Johnson and Gerrit Kaiser from Soundcloud, tag team to talk about what it means to be designers who are not afraid of designing by committee.

Jonathan Barnbrook on the TYPO main stage in a conversation with Sonja Knecht © Norman Posselt / Monotype

Jonathan Barnbrook: Affecting the World in a Real Way

Jonathan Barnbrook was a punk at age 11 and he keeps the spirit to this day. This is not about aesthetics but about questioning the dominant fiction and actually changing society. A frequent speaker at TYPO Berlin, Barnbrook returned this year for an informal conversation about music, typography and the designers’ social responsibility.

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ファーディナント・ウルリッヒ:文字にかけた人生 グドルン・ツァップ・フォン・ヘッセ

彼女はヘルマン・ツァップ氏の妻としても知られ,数々の本の装丁,様々な文字・活字制作,レタリング,活字の彫刻などを70年以上に渡り行ってきた。数々の賞を受賞してきたにもかかわらず,今まであまり注目を集めてこなかった彼女の作品に今回,ウルリッヒ氏がここベルリンで光を当てる。

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Ferdinand Ulrich: Ein Leben für die Schrift – Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse

Sie hat sich ihr Leben lang der Buchgestaltung, dem Schriftschreiben, der Schriftgestaltung und vielem mehr gewidmet – Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Obwohl sie mehrere Preise erhalten hat, wurde ihrer Arbeit nicht viel Aufmerksamkeit zuteil. Ferdinand Ulrich bringt würdevoll das Lebenswerk der Witwe Hermann Zapfs als Abschluss der TYPO Berlin ans Licht. Ein Vortrag über ein Jahrhundert Schriftgeschichte.

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Katrín Ólína: Types of Mind

Katrín Ólína is a beautiful mind. Of the kind that unfolds from within, that occurs through the wholeness of the fragmented complexity of being. It is the beauty beyond the surface, beyond gender, and beyond design. (and yet very close)

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Tobias Frere-Jones: The Mechanics of Reading

Tobias Frere-Jones has spent the last 25 years crafting letterforms, setting type and agonising over the smallest of details. He’s designed some of the most widely used typefaces of our time, including Interstate, Poynter Oldstyle, Whitney, Gotham, Surveyor, Tungsten, Retina and more recently, Mallory. With the ever-changing nature of web, he talked through renewed strategies to improve legibility for digital experiences.

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