Contrast Conversations with Meena Kadri
Today we present another episode of Contrast Conversations. Thanks to speaker Meena Kadri for taking the time to answer some questions for TYPO Talks!
Today we present another episode of Contrast Conversations. Thanks to speaker Meena Kadri for taking the time to answer some questions for TYPO Talks!
Als Dozentin an der »Danish School of Media and Journalism« in Kopenhagen begibt sich Julie Katrine Andersen jeden Tag aufs Neue auf die Suche nach Lösungen akademischer Kreativprobleme.
Nick Shinn, R.G.D. was born in London, England in 1952, educated at Bedford, and acquired a Dip.AD in Fine Art (1974) from Leeds Polytechnic. He lived in Toronto, Canada from 1976 to 2009, then moved 60 km north to Orangeville. In the ’80s he worked as an advertising art director and creative director, before going digital in 1989 with the ShinnDesign studio, specializing in publication and marketing design. From 1980 he designed typefaces for several foundries, before founding Shinntype in 1998. He has written for Applied Arts, Druk, Eye, Graphic Exchange, Marketing, Typographic and Codex, spoken at the ATypI, TypeCon, Graphika and TYPO Berlin conferences, and taught at Humber College and York University in Toronto.
Armin is a graphic designer and writer. He is the co-founder of UnderConsideration, a graphic design enterprise in Austin, TX, that runs a network of blogs, publishes books, organizes live events and judged competitions, and designs for clients.
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.
Elliot Jay Stocks is a designer, speaker and author based in Bristol, England. He is the founder and editor of »8 Faces«, a bi-annual printed magazine and one of the partners of »Viewport Industries«, a company that makes digital and analogue products for the »discerning web professional«. (Photo: Samantha Cliffe)
Thomas Phinney is a type sleuth, font detective, and an all around Sherlock Holmes kind of guy when it comes to fonts. In his own words, “I’m just a font geek who knows a little about printing.”
When Mike Monteiro and Erika Hall cofounded Mule Design, neither of them knew anything about the business of design — that is, how to sell it to and deal with clients. They made plenty of mistakes, so he’d like to tell you a few things to avoid in your career as a professional designer.
Michael Johnson set up his presentation today by giving us an outline of what he was going to be talking about. Going from a brief history and overall philosophy of PIXAR to how they work and function as a studio. He delves into how PIXAR started as a spin off of Lucas Film, and eventually merging with Disney.
When you’re in the same room as the guy who designed the Rolling Stone logo, you know it’s going to be a great afternoon. And just to clear the air, Jim Parkinson says the Rolling Stones are just as wild as they were portrayed to be. And more so.
Thomas Castro of Lust gave an eye-opening talk on the incredible work they are doing in what he calls “digital anthropology.”