There was no mention of The Guardian, Kate Moss, the exquisiteness that is the ‘Marian’ font, nor football. Except during the upfront disclaimer to say that there would be no mention of these things. In fact, it was mostly all about churchyards and gravestones, family trees in the town of Cornwall, generations of lettering, and a hint of american celebrity.
Freitag Abend, letzter Vortrag: Petra Weitz, selbst Wegbegleiterin und Frau der ersten Stunde, versucht, Neville Brody vorzustellen. Er unterbricht gut gelaunt – und stellt schließlich Petra vor: Beide waren sie dabei, als der FontShop, als die TYPO, als FUSE startete.
Michael Johnson hält einen Vortrag über Gitarren und Grafik. Nicht wirklich. Eigentlich hält Michael Johnson einen Vortrag über Gitarrenmusik und deren Entwicklung in den letzten hundert Jahren. Das macht er nicht nochmal, sagt er, weil er dafür nämlich verdammt lange und verdammt viel üben musste. Sein Vortrag ist der Versuch, die Berührungspunkte von Gitarrenmusik und Grafikdesign geschichtlich zu verorten.
Kate Moross presents: The punk rock guide to business! What does the punk approach to work entail? Being good at bullshitting. Or to put it in a less in-your-face way – being adept at the art of improvisation.
Anthony Burrill is a self googler, almost musician and all in all remarkable and humbling creative, graphic artist, print-maker and designer. Having created the “work hard and be nice to people” poster that adorns many a design studio, home and pinterest board, it was absolutely terrific to get an insight into his creative journey and process. Via a series of delightful anecdotes, there were tales of his hometown Rye, adventures with letterpress printers around the world, rock and roll, one of the worst hotels in the world, an infamous environmental disaster, and of course how his iconic print came to be.
Touch. A topic that will surely see many speakers refer to the Steve Jobs interpretation of the word over the coming days. Totally to the contrary, Ken Garland kicked off this year’s TYPO conference with an entirely different perspective on “touch”.
Wir freuen uns wahnsinnig über dieses großartige Geschenk zum 18. Geburtstag der TYPO Berlin: Der Abschlusssprecher am Freitag ist niemand Geringeres als Neville Brody himself!
Anthony Burrill has gained a following in the design world for his innovative collaborations with friends and fellow artists, designers, print-makers and film-makers. Burrill works across a range of media, including posters, moving image and three-dimensional work. His persuasive, up-beat illustration and design has been commissioned by cultural, social and commercial clients around the world from New York, to London to Tokyo.
He combines an instinctive handling of colour and composition with a witty approach to words. He has worked on advertising campaigns and posters for clients such as The Economist, the British Library and London Underground. He regularly collaborates with musicians and animators to make films, music promos and animations, using his distinctive visual vocabulary and passion for fusing sound and image.
Before I even knew that I was interested in type, I was photographing it. In my travels, I made lots of photographs of walls and textures, and the type subtly creeped in.
Paul is an animator and filmmaker. He is also the managing director of the theater company 1927 which he founded with Suzanne Andrade in 2005. Their production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”, which is running at the Komische Oper Berlin at the moment has audiences rapt. The Guardian describes their shows as “A perfect mixture of all the things worth loving: silent films, the cabaret of the Weimar Republic, David Lynch, and the brothers Grimm”. Paul will be speaking on Saturday 18 2013 at 16:00 on TYPO Hall. Check here for the full programme.
Bis Ende des Jahres ausverkauft! Berlin rennt in die Zauberflöte. Mozarts Zauberflöte? Rauchschwaden, die sich zu Bildern formen – Blumen, die wie von Zauberhand im Zeitraffer wachsen – Elefanten, die in Cocktailgläsern schwimmen – fliegende Flöten, tanzende Glöckchen … Jeder hat die Zauberfllöte gesehen. Jeder die barocken Irrungen um Tamino, Pamina und Papageno verfolgt. Die Inszenierung an der Komischen Oper Berlin, die Intendant Barrie Kosky gemeinsam mit der britischen Theatertruppe 1927 inszenierte, setzt visuelle Maßstäbe …
Today we present another episode of Contrast Conversations. Thanks to speaker Nigel French for taking the time to answer some questions for TYPO Talks!
