For years we have been trying to invite Berlin based graphic artist Sarah Illenberger. Due to organizational difficulties she could never make it. Now we are extremely happy to announce that Sarah will be speaking at TYPO Berlin 2014!
Hamish Muir was co-founder and principal of the London-based graphic design studio 8vo (1985-2001), and co-editor of Octavo, International Journal of Typography (1986-92). In 2011 Muir co-founded Outcast Editions, a digital publishing company specialising in interactive design and architecture books for iPad and runs, together with Paul McNeil, MuirMcNeil Design Systems (read Paul’s “6 questions to …” here).
For TYPO Berlin 2013 Erik Spiekermann, Axel Nagel, Thomas Maier and Ferdinand Ulrich organized a printing press, wood type letters and stamps to print posters and t-shirts with the attendees. Thanks to Opposition Studios for making this video.
Andreas Koop, der erste Vortrag des dritten Tages auf der TYPO Berlin. Er tritt zum Rednerpult und ich vernehme einen mir bekannten Dialekt. Andreas kommt aus dem schönen Allgäu, ich aus München. Das Publikum schmunzelt, als er Bilder aus der idyllischen Heimat zeigt.
Выйдя на сцену, Петр честно предупредил, что волнуется и станет заикаться, однако заикаться не стал, а показал и поэтично рассказал про сто девяносто четыре плаката из тех пятисот, что сделал на протяжении последних двух лет.
Der Ruf als blutjunger Shooting-Star der Branche eilt ihr voraus. Jessica Walsh kommt trotz atemberaubender Hackenschuhe auf den ersten Blick ganz harmlos daher – Vamp geht anders. Ihr Vortragsstil ist ausgesprochen brav, sie bewegt sich kaum, steht hinter dem Pult und liest vom Blatt ab, anfangs zittert ihre Stimme – ein großer Kontrast zu ihrem Ruf, zu den poetischen und professionellen Arbeiten, die sie präsentiert, und auch zu den sexuellen Anspielungen (auf sich selbst), mit denen sie ihren Vortrag anreichert.
Some subjects need to be made entertaining, some subjects don’t, in that case it is the first option. Roland Stieger, Bernhard Seen and Dominik Hafen work and live in Switzerland in a town called St Gallen.
… ARE YOU DEEPLY DEPRESSED OR ARE YOU A GRAPHIC DESIGNER?
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.
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.
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.
Erik Kessels’ lecture was incredibly visual, incredibly entertaining, and showed us how to blur the lines between the contrasts that occur daily in the design industry. “Strong ideas allow you to blur.” Starting with a strong idea allows you to cross over into different disciplines. To support this point we had the pleasure of seeing some slides of Erik’s projects including: His print work for various ad campaigns, 3-D type created to promote the city of Amsterdam, commercials, and even art exhibits curated by Erik.
