What exactly is an interface? And what do we need to design better ones? Oliver Reichenstein gives a charming and philosophical talk about his experience of living in Tokyo, handling the unknown and reading visual language.
Wielding Gestalt laws, horror film, symphonic deletions and moonwalking bears, Ellen Lupton breaks down the concepts of visual thinking and visual storytelling to reveal that they might not be as purely visual as we think.
All the way from Brooklyn, Deanna Paquette, Digital Director, and Philippe Intraligi, Creative Director at Shutterstock, shared insights about working as in-house designers in such a big organisation.
Mikhail Simakov and Alexey Novichkov shared their experience in developing system of infographics for Russian news agency RIA Novosti and russian newspaper Moskovskiye Novosti.
Professor Reto Wettach of IXDS, together with his colleague Nancy Birkhölzer gave an interesting talk on their perspective of the relationship humans have with the physical and digital world. The talk was largely based around the fact that people are increasingly interacting with the world around them using just a tiny screen and the tips of their fingers. They questioned how much emotion can possibly be expressed through this type of medium and whether or not we need new ways of incorporating technology into our lives which empower us to interact on a more human level.
Am 24. Februar erscheint „It’s Not Easy Being Green: Two Designers Exploring Sustainability Worldwide“ von Aart van Bezooyen und Paula Raché. Das Buch beruht auf einer sechs-monatigen Recherche über Nachhaltigkeit in Design und Material, die die Autoren nach Brasilien, Argentinien, Chile, Neuseeland, Australien, Indonesien, Thailand, Vietnam, Kambodscha, Singapur, Malaysia und Japan führte. Über 60 Designer, Unternehmern und Weltverbesserern berichten über ihre Projekte und ihre persönlichen Erfahrungen vor ihrem kulturellen Hintergrund, und zeigen Alternativen für eine Zukunft auf, die uns alle betrifft.
Mariana Santos and Mark McCormick shared the stage to talk about how the Guardian is using the readers to enforce their publication. Mariana is doing interactive design and Mark is specialised in infographics. They toss subjects beween their disciplines to make the most of it.
On the occasion of the London 2012 Olympics, Virusfonts release Olympukes 2012 (download page) – with the support of FontShop and TYPO London.
Jessica Hische, self confessed “letterer, illustrator, crazy cat lady and secret web designer” gave an energetic and hilarious talk to a full house last night as the closing speaker at the TYPO Berlin 2012 conference. After three days of stimulating talks, Hische was a fitting conclusion to the conference, entertaining the crowd with her bubbly personality and remarkable insight.
Eva-Lotta Lamm has been at it again! If you like her sketchnotes, check out her new book with all notes from TYPO Berlin 2011 – Shift, TYPO London 2011 – Places, and TYPO San Francisco 2012 – Connect.
Der Ein oder Andere hat auf unserem Facebook-Account schon ein kleines Preview-Bild erhaschen können, doch jetzt ist es offiziell: das erste TYPO-Sketchnotes-Buch von Eva-Lotta Lamm ist fertig. Die User Experience Designerin aus London hat vor einigen Jahren das Illustrieren von Vorträgen für sich entdeckt und perfektioniert.
Andreas Uebele (Foto: Jim Rakete) hat 1996 sein eigenes Büro für Visuelle Kommunikation in Stuttgart gegründet. Er ist seit 1998 Professor für visuelle Kommunikation an der Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, seit 2002 Mitglied im Type Directors Club New York und Art Directors Club New York, seit 2007 Mitglied der AGI, Alliance Graphique Internationale.
