Born in London in 1970 and raised on a diet of Richard Scarry, Hergé, Judge Dredd and Albert Camus, James Jarvis studied Illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1995. Since then he has gone on to establish himself as a graphic artist of international repute.
Born in Edinburgh in 1987, Peter Gregson is a cellist and composer ‘working at the forefont of the new music scene’ (The New Yorker).
Erik Kessels is the co-founder and Creative Director of the communications agency KesselsKramer (Do yourself a favor: click on the link and let the page reload a couple of times!). The company believes in finding new ways for brands to tell stories using whatever media is most relevant to their message.
A Practice for Everyday Life create brand identities, signage & wayfinding, exhibition design, print and websites from concept to production. By telling stories to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas develop inspired design solutions which earned them much reputation for crafting intelligent, beautiful and innovative work.
We recently sent all TYPO London 2012 speakers a little questionnaire with five questions. We will be posting these Q&A’s in a loose series in the run-up to the conference. First up is TYPO London Head of Programme and facilitator Adrian Shaughnessy.
After having been exceptionally well-received last year, TYPO London is set to return to the British capital this autumn. The event will again take place at the Logan Hall & Jefferey Hall of the Institute of Education on October 19 and 20 2012. The theme for this year’s conference is »Social«.
Letztes Wochenende wirbelte eine quirlige Amerikanerin über die Bühne der TYPO Berlin und das kann man durchaus wörtlich nehmen. Obwohl sie alles andere als »Made in Germany« ist – trotz deutschem Nachnamens – gehe ich an dieser Stelle mal fremd, denn wir hatten die Möglichkeit mit ihr ein kleines Interview über Design und Verantwortung zu führen.
Last weekend a lively American stirred up the stage of TYPO Berlin, literally said. Despite of her German surname, she is anything but »Made in Germany« but we will make an exception as we had the opportunity to conduct a little interview with her.
Mit ihrem finnischen Charme erobern Christoffer und Kaisa Leika die Bühne und die Besucher der TYPO Show vom ersten Moment an. Er sei der, der gut kocht, sie „die mit den Roboterfüßen“ (Kaisa trägt Beinprothesen). Ihr Vortrag heißt „Sie lügen! Man KANN auch nur Sachen machen, die Spaß bringen!“.
Jessica Hische, self confessed “letterer, illustrator, crazy cat lady and secret web designer” gave an energetic and hilarious talk to a full house last night as the closing speaker at the TYPO Berlin 2012 conference. After three days of stimulating talks, Hische was a fitting conclusion to the conference, entertaining the crowd with her bubbly personality and remarkable insight.
Let’s face the ugly truth: Typography on the web is still in an awful state. There may be countless positive things to be said about the internet, but fine typography is definitely not among them. In his talk on Friday, Matthew Butterick blamed this on low expectations: While most web developers (excuse the generalization) don’t care about good typography, most web designers have grown up with just a handful of fonts to choose from and still decide to stick to them. Consequently end users are accustomed to seeing bland, standard typefaces.
Kann gutes Design uns aus der ökologischen, finanziellen, emotionalen und sonstigen Krise führen? Petz Scholtus aus Barcelona begreift sich als Öko-Designerin und verweist einleitend auf die 10 Prinzipien von Dieter Rams aus den 70ern, um kurz darauf auf die Knappheit unserer Ressourcen zu verweisen und festzustellen: „good design is complicated“. Was für ein Ritt. Sie spricht schnell und hat die TYPO Hall auch schnell auf ihrer Seite.
Die TYPO Show widmete sich in den letzten drei Vorträgen der Konferenz den nicht-lateinischen Schriftsystemen, beginnend mit Susanne Zippel. Sie lernte Japanisch und Chinesisch und lebte zehn Jahre in China. Auf der TYPO versuchte sie nun, uns die Grundzüge des Chinesischen zu erklären. Sie studierte Kommunikationsdesign in Berlin.
