Just as her url claims, Jessica Hische is awesome. The self-described Letterer, Illustrator, Crazy Cat Lady, and Secret Web Designer opened today’s TYPO SF with an inspiring overview of how, in just a few short years, she’s come from being “that drop cap girl,” and “that should I work for free flowchart girl,” to being one of today’s most well known and loved designers.
John Berry drew an audience by discussing a problem every designer encounters. No budget and possibly even *gasp* Kinko’s printing.
Here are seven lessons Michael Bierut of Pentagram would like us to know, lest we repeat—or, worse, improve upon—his mistakes.
With a title like that there was a mixed crowd that attended Hugo Puttaert’s presentation today. There were the people that already knew who he was. The rest, including me and the group I was with, were pulled in by the subtext of “the five armed guitar”.
Subtitled Music Matters: Graphic Design, Typography, and the Art of the Poster, this talk featured a conversation between designers Jason Munn, Parra, and curator Joseph Becker. Munn and Parra are two radically different designers who often approach the same problem—how to translate music into words and images in show posters and tour merchandise—from opposite ends of the spectrum.
When you spend 30 months designing an e-book platform like Peter Cho, you learn a few things.
Mike Monteiro of San Francisco-based Mule Design will speak at TYPO San Francisco this April! We are thrilled to have this local designer share his candid insights.
Next up in our »Five Questions to …« series is Matthew Butterick, digital type designer and attorney in Los Angeles.
Dr. Michael B. Johnson captivated audiences at TYPO Berlin, and we are excited to have him speak at TYPO San Francisco!
At this year’s TYPO San Francisco, we look forward to hearing from Thomas Castro of LUST.
We recently sent all TYPO Berlin 2012 speakers a little questionnaire with five questions. We will be posting these Q&A’s in a loose series in in the run-up to the conference. First up is »letterer, illustrator, type nerd, and secret web designer« Jessica Hische.
