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Triboro: Under the influence

Design duo, Triboro, has purposely kept their team (made up of husband and wife, Stefanie Weigler and David Heasty), small. “The truth is we are control freaks,” Stefanie said before introducing their presentation, Under the Influence, focused on drawing inspiration from New York City, which she calls “a candy store for designers.”

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6 Fragen an … Boris Brumnjak

Boris Brumnjak ist Sammler, Dozent, Grafikdesigner und Geschäftsführer einer Druckerei, in der er seine Liebe zum Papier und zu Farben ausleben kann. Seit etwa 15 Jahren sammelt er mit größter Leidenschaft Schwarz-Weiß-Plakate. Im letzten Jahr wurden erstmals seine 100 absoluten Lieblingsmotive der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert und begeisterte in der »Kunsthalle Luzern« nicht nur die Besucher.

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Manuel Krebs: The physiognomy of typefaces

Manuel takes us back in history on the evolution of physiognomy. His talk is based on the thesis that character descriptions of human beings can be used in the same way to describe typefaces. To judge the character by its appearance clearly falls into the system of stereotypes. In the examples he quotes it even goes so far as judging the personality of human beings by the silhouette of a person’s head, or by the shape of the human scull formed by its brain. Measuring and categorising were the tools of these so called pseudo scientific results.

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Four (or so) Questions to … Simon Manchipp

Simon‘s SomeOne has been behind the recent Royal Opera House rebrand, the re-grouping of the National Maritime Museum (the largest in the world), the Royal Observatory (The Home of Time) and the Queen’s House (The birthplace of British architectural classicism), the rebrand of the progressive high speed european train company Eurostar, and the launch of Telefónica Digital’s ‘Tu | Me’ brand.

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