The Novo Typo design studio is a design studio from Amsterdam which deals with various projects, orientation systems, corporate identity, book covers and posters. Their work, often inspired by deconstructivism, goes against the trend of “perfect, polished” aesthetics.
Niko Kitsakis explains, how learning the Japanese language and experiencing the country and culture affected his work and personal life. His unique perception and his experiences are presented at TYPO Berlin.
The annual PTSD-trigger for former type media students or super-happy-fun-time for everybody else with an intact work-life-balance and friends, is back. You guessed right; it’s TypeCooker™-Correction-Time again. Yaaay…
Just like a lot of other typographic phenomena, ligatures have their own haters and fanbase. Marko Jovanovac is part of the later. In his workshop he strikes a blow for unconventional connections, not only bringing letters, but also a lot of people together.
Tobias Frere-Jones has spent the last 25 years crafting letterforms, setting type and agonising over the smallest of details. He’s designed some of the most widely used typefaces of our time, including Interstate, Poynter Oldstyle, Whitney, Gotham, Surveyor, Tungsten, Retina and more recently, Mallory. With the ever-changing nature of web, he talked through renewed strategies to improve legibility for digital experiences.
It is right after Friday’s lunch break and time for Sasha Prood to take over the busy Nest workshop stage. With a toolbox of different conceptual approaches she gives an insight into the workflow of combining letterforms and illustration.
Klipp und klar: OpenType-Funktionen sind vergnüglich, politisch und unbesiegbare Spielpartner! Liebe Nutzerinnen und Nutzer, es ist an der Zeit, OpenType-Funktionen ernst zu nehmen.
With Alef, Michal Sahar and Danny Meirav officially ended the monocracy of Arial, what was once the only web font for Hebrew. At TYPO Berlin, Michal provided the audience with broad insights into the design research for Fedra Serif Hebrew, a case study for matchmaking multi-script type design.
This was Drury’s 4th year participating at TYPO Berlin. He is a very passionate calligrapher and his enthusiasm is contagious. He told the crowd: “I just want you guys to enjoy this as much as I do!” And we did!
The two brothers Juan and Alejandro Mingarro take us on an eclectic odyssey through their work, their beginnings, their connection as brothers and their approach to creativity.
Matteo Bologna, founding partner and principal of Mucca Design in New York, takes the TYPO audience on a humorous ride through his life, work, and the lessons learned along the way. Always oscillating between self-praise and self-irony, he wins over the audience with his tongue-in-cheek presentation.
„Was wir hier machen werden? Wir sind Entdecker. Wir entdecken unser Werkzeug! Wir erkunden den Schreibzug eurer Schreibfeder. Automatisch entstehen Formen; das sind – streng genommen – noch keine Designentscheidungen.“
