Jürgen Siebert spricht mit der Gestalterin, dem Initiator und der Hauptfigur des Buches ‘Hallo, ich bin Erik’ – ein Schrift- und Bilderwerk über das Leben und die Arbeiten von Erik Spiekermann.
At TYPO Berlin Konstantin Grcic will be joined in a round-table discussion by another design character. Typographer, font designer and TYPO founder Erik Spiekermann. Along with Mateo Kries, director of the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, they’ll explore the “DNA of design” and talk about attitude and ideals in design.
TYPO Talks takes a few moments each year to chat with some of the speakers you can look forward to at the upcoming conference. We are excited to kick off this year’s blog series, Focus Forum, with designer Mark Simonson.
Mark Simonson is an independent type designer working out of his home in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Over the span of his career he has designed over a dozen typefaces, perhaps most notably the Proxima Nova family.
Erik Kessels takes us through the defining stations of his career, starting with his first paid gig as a creative for the infamous Hans Brinker Bugdet Hotels in Amsterdam.
Professor Dr. Manfred Hild ist Leiter des Forschungslabors Neurorobotik an der Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin. In unserem kurzen Interview stellt er uns den Roboter Myon vor, der im Mai auf der TYPO auftreten wird.
In the second part of our Skype interview, Aaron James Draplin talks about which records, books, movies and exhibitions have been inspiring him lately.
Another Skype interview in the run up for TYPO Berlin 2015. Sydney-based Gemma O’Brien tells us a little bit about her career.
Jon Burgerman on how to get started, where to start and how to get running as an artist, painter, designer and illustrator. And being successful in all. Jon Burgerman will be speaking at TYPO Berlin 2015.
Einer der Höhepunkte der diesjährigen TYPO Berlin war der 30-minütige Videovortrag aus dem Atelier im Wohnhaus von Gerrit Noordzij. Wir hatten die Ikone des holländischen Grafikdesign früh als Sprecher zur TYPO Berlin eingeladen.
Gerrit Noordzij – legendärer Typograf, Schriftgestalter, Lehrer und Autor. Wer kennt seinen Namen nicht in der Typografie-Welt? Zwischen 1960er bis 1990er Jahren lehrte er an der königlichen Akademie von der bildenden Künste in Den Haag. Sein Buch »The Stroke« ist weltbekannt und immer noch beliebt. Seine Theorie der Schrift ist die Wurzel der heutigen Typografie.
Programme director Jürgen Siebert spoke to Creative Bloq about the DNA of TYPO Berlin, how it all started in the mid 1990s, the evolution of typografic stars like Neville Brody, David Carson or Stefan Sagmeister and how the upcoming TYPO conference will take a look at the roots of success in design today.
Rounding out our Attendees on TYPO series, TYPOTalks asked Jenny Thai from Yammer – a leading enterprise social network for businesses, about what brings their creative team to TYPO SF.
