Dan Rhatigan joined us today to talk about the untold story of type design – the collaborative development process that is often glossed over, especially for typefaces that predate digital drawing tools.
The hour began with Krishnamurthy answering yes or no questions posed by the audience.
“Will you ever fill an exhibition space with balloons?”
“Maybe.”
Maria Popova of Brain Pickings kicked off Typo San Francisco 2014 with a keynote on the science of productivity and being present. Brain Pickings is a log of curiosity and the cross pollination of different fields that enrich each other.
TYPO San Francisco will be kicking off today. There will be live streaming of selected talks starting with the opening speech by Maria Popova, The Science of Productivity and the Art of Presence.
Ready for two days of design inspiration from around the globe? TYPO San Francisco Rhythm, presented by FontShop, takes over the YBCA Theater and Screening Room at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) tomorrow and Friday. Can’t make it to SF? We’ve got you covered with a small taste of the magic that will happen over the next two days.
After ducking in and out of speaker sessions, checking out the Happenings, and getting to know other attendees, we’re sure you’re all going to work up an appetite! We’ve tracked down some of the best bites for you to enjoy on your lunch hour during TYPO SF Rhythm, and they’re all within a short walking distance from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Rounding out our Attendees on TYPO series, TYPOTalks asked Jenny Thai from Yammer – a leading enterprise social network for businesses, about what brings their creative team to TYPO SF.
There’s only 5 days left until TYPO San Francisco!
FontFont welcomes FF Antithesis to their extensive catalog of fonts! Based on the design principle of three poles, FF Antithesis is designed around the tension and dialogue between each of these. There are three members of the display family: Regular, Italic and Bold of which all relate to each other in a very high visual contrast.
We’re excited to welcome the design department at Chronicle Books to TYPO SF 2014! TYPOTalks spoke with designer Emily Dubin about what her and her team are looking forward to.
Rhythm Remarks wraps up this week with Elliot Earls. Earls is Artist-in-Residence and head of the Graduate Graphic Design Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. His work as a designer, performer, and artist is represented in major collections including the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, The Wolfsonian Museum, and The Miami Art Museum.
