Arriving at #typo11, as a non designer and coming from the advertising and social media industry, I was expecting to be challenged by some hardcore type nerd lingo and design-geek dialect. But I found a real sense of the familiar in the language Jeff Faulkner used in his talk ‘Extraordinary Machines’.
As far as my limited searches have taken me, I believe that yesterday’s conference introduced two new terms into the already considerable lexicon of creativity and typography. I think it is right to take a few moments to place the terms and their loose definitions before the delegates for consideration and adoption. Two new entries in the creative lexicon. For your consideration.
I think the word Pixar invokes excitement and awe from most people who hear it so needless to say I was excited to hear Dr. Michael B. Johnson of Pixar talking today at TYPO London. And boy, was he given an introduction by Erik Spiekermann.
Michael Bierut began his talk in a similar way to how Tony Brooks ended his: innocent and humorous. He started his presentation in Ohio Cleveland, where he grew up. Some early pictures of family and sketches in his school books lead to some first drawings of words and – essentially – his start into typography and graphic design. Encounters with publications such as Armin Hofmann’s Graphic Design Manual and Milton Glaser’s Graphic Design inspired Bierut to continue a career and life in graphic design.
Last week, Matthew received the National Design Award of the United States. We take the opportunity to show Matthew’s speech at TYPO Berlin 2004.
Segura Inc. and T26 have received numerous awards, including one from the Tokyo Type Directors Club, The Society of Typographic Arts, the New York Art Directors Club, the New York Type Directors Club, and the American Center for Design. In 2004, Carlos Segura was named one of the 21st Century’s 100 best designers and was honoured with Europe’s Red Dot Award.
In his speech at TYPO Berlin 2010, Carlos talked about his personal journey – his disco band and setting a course for his life in the creative business doing what he enjoyed and wanted to do, while being successful: “Being the drummer, driving the truck and designing the flyer.”
Can we adopt his formula to our lives in the Europe of today? Come to TYPO London “Places” 2011 and find out!
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Chip Kidd presents his very special view on superheroes, why giving a title to a lecture is as superfluous as naming one’s toes and why one should live every day of our life as if one was infected with a contagious disease “that turns everyone one bites, into a zombie”. Will the title of Chip’s speech at TYPO London 2011 be another closely guarded secret? We are not in the know …
Versetzen wir uns in das Jahr 1984, der erste Apple Macintosh kommt auf den Markt. Die Designer stehen der neuen Technologie noch skeptisch gegenüber. Eine der Pionierinnen der digitalen Revolution, die die gestalterischen Möglichkeiten des Macs voll ausnutzt, ist April Greiman. Sie gilt fortan als eine der einflussreichsten Kommunikationsdesignerinnen auf dem Gebiet der digitalen Medien. Durch ihren Stil wird sie zur Ikone der „California New Wave“ Typografie. Ihre Projekte umfassen heute alle Disziplinen der Gestaltung, von Kommunikationsdesign, Materialien über Architektur bis hin zu Video.
