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Attendee Guide | Jürgen, 27 May 2010

Wer ist eigentlich Manuel Ecker?

Ist er wirklich der Halbbruder von Fons Hickmann ? Oder ein guter Freund von Mrs. Eaves ? Erik Kessels hat ihn im Verdacht, seinen Hund unsittlich berührt zu haben …

Zum zweiten Mal schlenderte der österreichische Designer und Hobby-Fotograf Thomas Auer über die TYPO Berlin, um Prominenten folgende vier drängenden Fragen zu stellen:

Wie gefällt Ihnen a) Berlin, b) die TYPO, c) Comic Sans und d) Manuel Ecker?

Erik Kessels, NL:

Chip Kidd, USA:

Fons Hickmann, D:

King Bansah, GH:

Gemma O’Brien aka Mrs Eaves, AUS:

Mehr Videos im YouTube-Kanal von Thomas Auer …

1 Comment

Michaela Schachner|October 22, 2010

Ich habe das vergnügen ihn zu kennen und darf sogar mit ihm studieren.
Werde ich jetzt auch bald mal berühmt? *lol*

Chip Kidd

Writer / Graphic Designer (New York, New York)

The history of book design can be split into two eras: before graphic designer Chip Kidd and after. Time Out New York, Nov. 2005 Chip Kidd is a writer and graphic designer in New York City. His book jacket designs for Alfred A. Knopf (where he has worked since 1986) have helped spawn a revolution in the art of American book packaging. In 1997 he received the International Center of Photography's award for Use of Photography in Graphic Design, and he is a regular contributor of visual commentary to the Op-ed page of the New York Times. In the fall of 2006, Kidd's work will be included in the Cooper-Hewitt Museum's third National Design Triennial. Mr Kidd has also written about graphic design and popular culture for McSeeney's, The New York Times, The New York Observer, Entertainment Weekly, Details, The New York Post, ID and Print. His first book as author and designer, Batman Collected (Bulfinch, 1996), was given the Design Distinction award from ID magazine, and his second, Batman Animated (HarperCollins, Fall 1998) garnered two of the Comics Industry's Eisner Awards, as did his 2002 book Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz. As an editor of books of comics for Pantheon (a subsidiary of Knopf) Kidd has worked extensively with some of the most brilliant talents practicing today, including: Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Dan Clowes, Kim Deitch, Charles Burns, Mark Beyer, Ben Katchor and Alex Ross. A comprehensive monograph of Kidd's work, CHIP KIDD: BOOK ONE was published in October of 2005. The introduction is by John Updike and the 400 page book features over 800 works, spanning two decades, from 1986 through 2006. It's first edition sold out a week before publication and it has since gone into two consecutive re-printings. The Cheese Monkeys, Kidd's first novel, was published by Scribner in Fall of 2001 and was a national bestseller, as well as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He is currently at work on his second novel, tentatively titled The Learners. Both books use the design process as a means to construct a compelling narrative.

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Erik Kessels

Designer, Artist, Curator (Amsterdam)

Born in 1966, lives and works in Amsterdam. Erik Kessels is a Dutch artist, designer and curator with great interest in photography. Erik Kessels is since 1996 Creative Director of communications agency KesselsKramer in Amsterdam and works for national and international clients such as Nike, Diesel, J&B Whisky, Oxfam, Ben, Vitra, Citizen M and The Hans Brinker Budget Hotel. As an artist and photography curator Kessels has published over 50 books of his 're-appropriated' images: Missing Links (1999), The Instant Men (2000), in almost every picture (2001-2015) and Wonder (2006). Since 2000, he has been an editor of the alternative photography magazine Useful Photography. For the DVD art project Loud & Clear he worked together with artists such as Marlene Dumas and Candice Breitz. Kessels writes regular editorials for numerous international magazines. He lectured at the D&AD Presidents Lecture and at several international design conferences such as in Singapore, Goa, NY, Toronto and Bangkok. He has taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam), Écal (Lausanne) and at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture where he curated a celebration of amateurism. Kessels made and curated exhibitions such as Loving Your Pictures, Use me Abuse me, 24HRS of Photos, Album Beauty and Unfinished Father . He als co-curated an exhibition called From Here on together with Martin Parr, Joachim Schmid, Clement Cheroux and Joan Fontuberta. In 2010 Kessels was awarded with the Amsterdam Prize of the Arts, in 2016 nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and is often seen as the most influential creative of The Netherlands.

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Fons Hickmann

Fons Hickmann is a designer, author and professor of graphic design at the Arts Academy. In 2001, he founded the design bureau “Fons Hickman m23” and began developing projects, exhibitions and publications around the world. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, the TDC NY and the advisory council for interdisciplinary projects at Bremerhaven’s Designlabor. His books include “Touch Me There” and “Beyond Graphic Design”. His publisher has said, “Fons Hickmann thinks in concepts instead of styles. He is provocative and forges new paths. He continues to ask questions when others would be content. Not only does he show his work, which has won many international awards, he also opens our eyes and stimulates us to design in ways off the beaten path”.

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King Bansah

A young boy grew up in a small village in Ghana who liked to work on cars and dreamed of owning his own company. His name was Céphas Bansah. His grandfather, the king of Hohoe Ghana, helped him fulfil that dream and sent him to Ludwigshafen in Germany, where he soon earned two master craftsman trade licenses and has, for the last 30 years, owned and operated an auto repair shop. Céphas Bansah started a family and lived a content and happy life until a fax from Ghana changed his simple existence forever. His grandfather had died and the tribal elders had chosen him as the new king. Bansah took on the office of king as his new life’s work. He quickly recognised that the only way to help his people improve their lives was to realise aid projects in Ghana with effective media exposure. The result was bridges, schools, clinics and much more. King Bansah is a monarch who wears his office with dignity. But he has no problem appearing on television in entertainment shows. He is a quick-witted, spirited, funny king who captures the hearts of an audience with his distinctive charm – all in the service of improving the lot of his people in Ghana.

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Christoph Niemann

Illustrator (Berlin)

Christoph Niemann is an illustrator and author. He creates covers for the New Yorker, a visual column for the New York Times Magazine and once drew a Marathon while actually running it.

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Gemma O’Brien (Mrs Eaves)

Mrs Eaves (aka Gemma O’Brien) has become one of Australia’s most visible typography enthusiasts. O’Brien is a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers, and her practice includes design for the studio Vaux Creative, freelance projects in Sydney and Brisbane including art direction of the publication Tharunka, works for The University of New South Wales, and self-initiated campiagns such as the internationally known Write Here Right Now which has received over 200,000 views on YouTube.In 2007, O’Brien began an anonymousonline publication under the typo-persona of Mrs Eaves. For The Love of Type collects experimentations, archives finished designs and traces through chronologoical narrative the development of her practice since its creation.

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Gemma O’Brien

Illustrator, Typographer, Lettering Artist (Sydney)

Gemma O’Brien is an Australian artist specialising in hand-lettering, illustration and typography. She has created work for clients including Woolworths, QANTAS, Heinz, The New York Times, Volcom, Angus & Julia Stone, Monster Children, Smirnoff and Kirin. Gemma has also worked in art direction for motion graphics at Animal Logic, Fuel VFX and Toby & Pete. In addition to commercial work, her artwork has been exhibited in numerous gallery shows and she hosts hand-lettering workshops across Australia. She has presented at design conferences including TYPO Berlin, TYPO San Francisco, Semi Permanent, agIdeas International Design Forum, and Typism. In her spare time she travels and illustrates puke-puns on airsick bags for The Spew Bag Challenge. Gemma is represented by The Jacky Winter Group and is a Volcom Womens Ambassador for creative and art based projects.

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