The development of a typographic accent for the BBC World Service – judging by the account of Kutlu Canlioglu and Titus Nemeth – was always going to be a challenging, and in some respects thankless one. But in the process of trying to reconcile 27 tongues and 9 languages, they came across, stumbled through and ultimately succeeded in resolving some fairly major challenges.
Still sitting there with my 3D glasses listening to Lynda and Dale discussing the prospect of eye implants in the near future – I am somewhat relieved when Nat Hunter goes back to basics ‘Story Telling’. Nat Hunter from Airside is also the only female speaker for today.
There is a rectangle, possibly dictated by the printing press, that has defined the place where much of the information mankind has consumed has existed. And it is the confinement of this rectangle that has been at the heart of Dale Herigstad’s work. Or rather, his work explores what is beyond the confines – or what might, could and should be outside, in front of and behind of the rectangle.
The registration at TYPO London is in progress now at the conference site:
It’s done. The last winner of the TYPO London contest is chosen. Don’t they have big taxis in Barcelona?! Congratulions! We had over 700 sumbissions from all over the world – from New Zealand to Hawaii, from the Faroe Islands to South Africa.
We’re getting ready!
Andreas Frohloff is not just the head of the type department at FSI, he is also a trained type designer and calligraphy artist.
We have another contest winner this week. Congrats to Ana – she has won one ticket for TYPO London. See all entries of last weeks contest here.
Places are an affair of the heart for London based Morag Myerscough. Over the last decade she has become known as a passionate designer of public space. Starting from exhibition design she went on to injecting colour, pattern and big type into schools, health – or art centres. Morag adds a graphic sense that welcomes visitors and provides orientation and a sense of place. “We sort of infiltrated the architecture scene.” Morag remarks in a recent video interview with Eye magazine and “I want to work for people who are brave and want to try out new things”.
Congratulations to our contest winner of week 10 (see all entries of contest week 10 here). He/she has won one ticket for TYPO London, this photo was drawn by our random generator from 41 entries. Our contest will run until Sunday October, 16th – so you have another TWO chances to win a ticket for TYPO London!
In 2007, Christian Schwartz was commissioned to create a new typeface for »T«, the New York Times Style Magazine, that would embody the current moment in fashion. In his lecture Schwartz showed how he and Paul Barnes settled on the basic design of the face, discussed how typography influences the personality of a magazine, and explained why not all typefaces have to last forever …
To celebrate the first TYPO London, FontShop.com offers the chance to win a free ticket to admit one delegate through the latest newsletter. Tell us why you want to attend TYPO London by completing the sentence in the comments section, and you may attend this year’s most exciting design event in London, for free*! The lottery closes on Friday, September 30th at midnight. The winner will be noticed by e-mail.
