With a call to influence the next generation, the published work of this Polish talent has reached thousands of families and children. It is amazing to see that his career is just starting.
Zerbrechen der zerbrechbaren Buchstaben. Anthropomorphismus in der Schriftgestaltung. Eine Schrift, die 80 Millionen Menschen anspricht oder dich direkt anschreit. Über den Umgang mit Klischees.
Gayaneh Bagdasaryan shared her experience in creating Cyrillic and Latin typefaces and warned the audience about common pitfalls of designing Cyrillic type. Explaining her design methods, Gayaneh lets us peek into the kitchen of her type foundry Brownfox.
After a successful launch at last year’s TYPO, the Hebrew calligraphy workshop is back again for 2015. This year sees graphic and type design duo Christine Lange and Patrick Marc Sommer of Langesommer teaming up with expert calligrapher and multidisciplinary designer Amichai Green.
Ein Vortrag über die Liaison zwischen Inhalt und Schrift – eine Wohltat für ihr gemeinsames Kind: die bessere Lesbarkeit.
Das 26-jährige Designtalent Jan Bajtlik aus Warschau zeigte uns heute Abend einige seiner Werke – Buchillustration, Plakatkunst, Street Art sowie Corporate Designs für Kulturfestivals. Der Stil, die polnische Tradition der Plakatkunst mit rauen und kantigen Illustrationen und handgemachter Typografie, ist deutlich spürbar.
Nach seinem Vortrag „No risk no fun – Für jung und alt: Die sonnige Seite der Typografie“ um 19 Uhr (Show) wird Jan Bajtlik eine Signierstunde vor dem Bücherbogen halten. /// Our speaker Jan Bajtlik will be there for you signing your copy of his book “Typo-Scrawler” at the book stand right after his talk (Show) at 7 P.M. /JR
Ein TYPO-freier Freitagabend? Kein Grund zur Panik. Auch in diesem Jahr bereichert das Buchstabenmuseum das TYPO-Programm und lädt ein zu einem Vortrag rund um das Thema „Die Zukunft des Buchs“. Mit Karin Schmidt-Friderichs vom Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz.
At the end of January, two juries from the type directors club in New York singled out the year’s best typography work for the 61st time. The prizes are given for typographic design – new fonts – as well as for their application, whether in books, posters, packaging, corporate design or in digital form. The work of the TDC competition winners will be seen in Europe for the first time in a three-week exhibition starting May 24, 2015, at Berlin’s Aufbau Haus artists’ complex.
Thomas Phinney is the Sherlock Holmes of the design world. His use of logic, extensive typography knowledge, history of ancient typographical machines and their uses are no match for any expert forger. Not even the government. Thomas Phinney talks about his three favorite font detective cases; the California frontier mailbag, a fake rabbi, and falsified memos from the Bush Administration’s National Guard Service.
Sumner Stone’s talk about the evolution of letters from basic human forms was part history lesson part performance. Various props accompanied Stone on his journey through time and the audience was left feeling a profound fondness for both Stone and letterforms.
After spending 15-20 years in graphic design, Sarah took a step back to “have a think” about whether what she does actually matters. She asked herself “Does it make a difference? Does it bear out in this wider world of type consumers?”
