FontFont TypeBoard let loose on stage
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Georg Seifert: Glyphs
Thanks to Toshiya Izumo, we are proud to present the first ever TYPO-Blog post in Japanese! Please scroll down for German version!
Erik van Blokland & Paul van der Laan: Raw TypeCooker
Typecooker is obviously the most beloved event at TYPO Berlin. If you came to the TYPO Stage in time, you will barely find any place left, even on the floor. Get a recipe defining parameters of your type like contrast, width and weight, draw a sketch and be ready to get thorough comments from typecooks Erik van Blokland and Paul van der Laan.
Henning Skibbe: Typography for news media
The first thing Henning would like to announce is that all the work he shows is created in team work. Without the team of professionals the outcome would not be the same. According to the number of listeners, he is also a popular speaker: the stage area is packed and we all want to know about his insight into the micro typographic world.
Four or so questions to … Paul van der Laan
Paul van der Laan lives and works in The Hague and is founding partner of Bold Monday. He has been a tutor at the KABK Type & Media course since 2002 and enjoys giving workshops and lectures abroad.
Russian Touch at TYPO Berlin
One of TYPO’s major goals this year is to bring the audience in touch with design from abroad. Looking beyond one’s own borders can be crucial to enhancing one’s skills and refreshing creativity. Apart from a delectable list of international top designers, we decided to spotlight two countries that underwent major changes in their political state leaving hardly any aspect of their societies unchanged. Graphic design being no exception.
First ever TypeReview to take place at TYPO Berlin
For the first time in its history, members of the FontFont TypeBoard will be let loose on stage at TYPO Berlin to critique, commend and appraise typefaces in public. In the inaugural FontFont TypeReview, you have the chance to get your work judged by the likes of Erik Spiekermann, Erik van Blokland, Stephen Coles, Andreas Frohloff, Jürgen Siebert and Ivo Gabrowitsch.
Meena Kadri: Indo-centric, Typo-centric: Hand-lettered Typography of the Streets of India
Signs on urban streets of India represent a diverse graphical expression. Meena explores the history, influences, and characterists of contemporary typography of streets of India. When encountering the Indian streetscape, one is struck by the diversity of competing signs. India lacks a shared language so the signs are to decoded by a diverse population. Different regional identities are apparent through graphic styles.
Nigel French: Finding Inspiration from the Type in Your Environment
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.
Stephen Coles: A Typeface is a Chair
Stephen begins with the development of his interest in type, “How did I get here?” with the definition of synesthesia: the involuntary tying together of two senses. He then shows a series of type samples and into the microphone produces a series of unusual but fitting sounds. “When I see this, my mind hears this.”
Sean McBride: More Than Type
Sean McBride is an engineer and product developer at Typekit, which is to say, he does a little bit of everything. In, “More Than Type,” he reveals how Typekit does a little bit of everything too. In developing a service to license and display fonts on sites for a subscription, Typekit introduced a radical idea: in addition to their fundamental service, Typekit educates its customers about how to get the most out of that service.