Typeradio Podcast

Nathalie Fallaha 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:04:00 -0700

This episode Nathalie tells us the real story behind the winning World Press Photo 2006 and how she got involved in graphic design.

World Press Photo 2006 ::

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Nathalie Fallaha 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:01:00 -0700

Nathalie talks about multilingual Beirut and what it means to live there as a designer. What is Lebanese (graphic) design like? Universal, hybrid, global or local? And how are the clients? Who are the clients?

Vit-e, Nathalie Fallaha’s studio ::

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Nathalie Fallaha 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:55:00 -0700

Nathalie Fallaha is telling us about living and working in Lebanon and in which way politics, culture and daily life have a profound influence on the work you are doing. Next to this Nathalie is talking about teaching in Lebanon and her ideas and expectations.

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Robert Klanten 2/2

Typeradio — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:23:00 -0700

Can a publisher for design books predict global trends in graphic design? And what are books really good for? What’s their relation with trends? And this would be not Typeradio if this interview would not also be about Die Gestalten font foundry.

Die Gestalten font foundry ::

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Robert Klanten 1/2

Typeradio — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:10:00 -0700

Robert Klanten talks about Die Gestalten publishing house. How it started, who started it and where they all met. And how is Die Gestalten working at the moment? How do they decide what to publish and how to publish?

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George Hardie 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:44:00 -0700

The whole story about George Hardie and Hipgnosis. The work, the context and the relation to autonomous art. But after all work is done, how does George want to be remembered?

Hipgnosis wikipedia ::
Hipgnosis the book ::

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George Hardie 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:41:00 -0700

George Hardie talks about books with only numbers in the title and the importance of the work involved by collecting.

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John Walters 3/3

Typeradio — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:25:00 -0700

About Eye magazine and its readers and the letter from Switzerland. And probably the most important question of all: How do you get in Eye magazine?

Eye Magazine ::
Haymarket Media Group ::

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John Walters 2/3

Typeradio — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:21:00 -0700

What’s the connection between the current version of Eye and its former editor Rick Poynor? John is also telling us some stories about his previous career as record producer and how this is connected to his current work.

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John Walters 1/3

Typeradio — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:17:00 -0700

John is the editor of Eye magazine. But what is he doing besides this? And what is his background? And talking about Eye magazine: what is the job of an editor of a magazine? And how does the magazine work?

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Timothy Donaldson 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:07:00 -0700

Welcome to the collector-expectations-analog-blog episode. How much do you need? And do you also have the problem with collecting without knowing?

Collecting friends ::
The manual blog ::

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Timothy Donaldson 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:06:00 -0700

This episode is about rituals, obsession with symmetry and how writing can save your ass. After this we are ready to get a short introduction on the history of our latin alphabet.

Timothy Donaldson ::

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Timothy Donaldson 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:05:00 -0700

Timothy is telling about this obsession with the alphabet, the power and importance of writing and the difference between handwriting and digital type and writing and type setting. Furthmore: the biggest hamburgefonts ever and why writing takes place in your mind and not in your hands.

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Carlo Branzaglia 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:12:00 -0800

Carlo Branzaglia organiser of the ImagineIt conference in Bologna and Professor at the Accademia Di Belle Arti, talks about the event, the success of the topic and how it is a first of its kind in Italy.

Carlo Branzaglia ::
Discodesign in Italy ::

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Meena Kadri 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:10:00 -0800

Meena Kadri is a designer with a social and visual curiosity, qualified in both anthropology and design. Meena is a world traveller intrigued by city graphics, she talks to us about her project in India in collaboration with an Indian artist who painted Bollywood stars on rickshaw mud flaps.

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Rathna Ramanathan 2/2

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:25:11 -0800

Rathna talks about her project ‘virtual faces’, and how she visualised her friends typographically. How she compares her English and Indian students. Rathna talks about how she fought to be a graphic designer. Her experience at the BBC World Service and working with Indian scripts.

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Rathna Ramanathan 1/2

Typeradio — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:34:50 -0800

Rathna Ramanathan is from Chennai, India and is currently based in Reading, UK. She has recently submitted her PhD in the History of Graphic Communication and Typography at the University of Reading. Rathna talks about the design process and compares to science and research. Why should be careful in researching and putting it into context. The comparison between the UK and India regarding design versus art and craft. Rathna talks about sign painters and preserving the craft.

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Leonardo Sonnoli 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:28:36 -0800

Leonardo Sonnoli talks about the Bikini diet, his fear of collections, his love for books, and what would Leonardo be if he wasn’t a graphic designer.
Leonardo talks about Graphic Design in Italy, and why it isn’t as accepted as fashion and product design. How to communicate in Italy what is good and bad graphic design.

The Bikini diet ::
Watch Leonardo ::

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Leonardo Sonnoli 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:16:05 -0800

Leonardo Sonnoli is the Italian president of the AGI. Why did Leonardo become a graphic designer. And did graphic design make him more successful with the ladies while studying at art school. Leonardo talks about his hero Pierpaolo Vetta and working partner. Leonardo makes the comparison between teaching and working, aesthetics and culture.

Who is Leonardo ::
Trieste ::
Keeping history, roots and heritage in design ::
The Leonardo Sonnoli look alike ::
Pierpaolo Vetta ::
Roots, Rhythm and Passion ::

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Vince Frost 3/3

Typeradio — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:17:02 -0800

Vince Frost is not a graphic designer. Thinking of the bigger picture. Working with businesses maximising their potential. How businesses can benefit from design. Vince talks about education, what is a good designer?

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Vince Frost 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:45:14 -0800

Vince talks about how he approaches design and how he focuses on ideas based design, feeling what you are making, being hands on. Talks about his family, his heroes Alan Fletcher, Alexei Brodovitch, Fabian Baron, Neville Brody and Franklin Gothic.

Alan Fletcher ::
Alexey Brodovitch ::
Neville Brody ::
Heaviness and Lightness in Franklin Gothic ::

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Vince Frost 1/3

Typeradio — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:57:00 -0800

Vince Frost talks about moving to Australia and settling in. Why Australia is the ideal country to live and design in. The advantages of living in different countries. How Vince Frost built up a 30 people company in 3 years. Understanding the business side of design and how his business is structured.

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Anette Lenz 2/2

Typeradio — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:35:00 -0800

Anette Lenz discuses on being politically active. Design in Germany. Her identity German vs French. Anette talks about the new breed of female designers, her heroes and how she would like to be remembered.

Nous Travaillons Ensemble ::
AGI ::

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Anette Lenz 1/2

Typeradio — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:38:59 -0800

Anette Lenz, talks about her love for work, belief in signs, how her interest was sparked in design, image making and story telling, her short musical career. Why she moved to paris and working for Grapus. How she defines her design

Atelier Anette Lenz ::
Anette Lenz & Vincent Perrottet Poster Exhibition ::
Anette Lenz Posters ::
Grapus ::
Grapus posters ::

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Albert-Jan Pool 3/3

Typeradio — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:44:23 -0800

Current projects, globalization yes or no, standard typeface of the moment, the difference between type and furniture… all these questions (and many more) will be answered by Mr. Pool in this last episode. Listen to Mr. Din.

Bio on FontShop ::

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Albert-Jan Pool 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:27:21 -0800

In this episode Albert-Jan Pool is telling us the whole story about Din (including black, light & Mittelschrift condensed) and what it has to do with the german railway system, english bullets and Napeleon. Listen now and meanwhile find out who is the Winnetou, the Apache Knight of typography.

T. Wardle memorial liveblogging of a of Mr. Pool's Din presentation ::

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Albert-Jan Pool 1/3

Typeradio — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:33:00 -0800

This episode is about: Frutiger vs trying not to be hip, homework vs student magazines, Piet Schreuders vs Jimi Hendrix (featuring Gerrit Noordzij), learning vs telling & Scangraphics vs URW. Listen, learn & believe.

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Georg Salden 3/3

Typeradio — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:55:50 -0800

Did you know: – anything about the professional sport career of Mr Salden – the trickof Mr Salden to make a typeface manually thicker – why you should (need) to design one typeface a month. – how many hours it takes Mr Salden to design a typeface – the favorite typeface of Mr. Salden

And of course there is the final (difficult) question: How does he wants to get remembered?

Type Manufactur - fonts by Georg Salden ::

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Georg Salden 2/3

Typeradio — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:55:24 -0800

Georg Salden (77) and the digital revolution (the GST foundry was founded in 1971). In this episode you will get a unique glimpse in the working method of Georg Salden, featuring the legendary MicroVAX computers.
Gerog Salden about MicroVAX: ...they were used by URW in Hamburg to run their Ikarus programms. They later fitted these programms for Mac and PC, but the old ones were the better ones, as is often in life. Nowadays it is difficult to get a Vax and the compatible equipment, of course, and I pray each day that it can be logged in further on…

MicroVAX on Wikipedia ::

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Georg Salden 1/3

Typeradio — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:15:00 -0800

Georg Salden is designing type for over 40 years. He got specially known for his fonts Polo GST, Brasil GST and Basta GST. In this first episode Mr Salden is talking about the difference between a typeface designer and typographer and how he got involved in what he is doing. We hear the full truth about the relation between Georg Salden and his uncle Helmut Salden, which became a famous typographer in Holland. And did you ever hear the story of the the mystery enemy of Helmut Salden? Listen and find out. Or not.

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Philippe Apeloig 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:06:00 -0800

Welcome to the time-episode:
How much time you should have for an assignment.
How much time do you get from your client?
How much time do you have to work on a poster?
How to be in the right time at the right place.
The importance of timing.
So take your time and listen careful.
(We are very sorry for the bad sound quality.)

Apeloig design ::

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Philippe Apeloig 1/2

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:49:00 -0800

Philippe Apeloig is not religious and does no have any rituals. But he works a lot. In this first episode he is telling us how it all started and about the characteristics of french graphic design, and it’s relation to other countries and cultures.

Sorry for the bad quality – listen carefully.

Apeloig design ::

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Kurt Weidemann 3/3

Typeradio — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:47:23 -0800

Kurt Weidemann collects fine art, 20th century paintings. Due to his redesign Deutsche Bahn could save half a million Marks a year on paint. He considers his own book his most important work. He even still buys copies himself. He believes his designs should lasts 10 to 30 years before becoming out-of-date. He talks about his three children and raising them.

Deutsche Bahn ::
ITC Weidemann ::

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Kurt Weidemann 2/3

Typeradio — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:52:00 -0700

Kurt Weidemann designed corporate identities for Mercedes, DaimlerChrysler, German Aerospace and Deutsche Bahn. And he wouldn’t do anything different if he could. He thinks his designs are still good, some even after 20, 30 years. Still he handles critique well. He is critical about politics and politicians, but social awareness is important in his design work. He would never work for the tobacco industry for instance, although he did work for the Lucky Strike Design Award, that he received himself as well in 1995. His type design hero is personal friend Jan Tsichold. He can’t think of any other heroes than his fellow soldiers. He then goes into his personal motivations and situations during the second world war, that shaped him and the rest of his life. Thirty years of driving a Porsche made it his favourite possession, in spite of the red Ferrari shoes he is wearing.

Mercedes Benz ::
Lucky Strike Designer Award ::

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AGI impressions 2007 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:22:00 -0700

In 2007 for the first time Typeradio was present at the AGI conference ‘Unknown Land’ in Amsterdam. At the opening evening of the event Typeradio captured the spirit of the conference, asking a few of the members the following questions:
1. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Dutch Design?
2. What is ‘Unknown Land’ for you personally?
3. What does it mean for you to be an AGI member?

This part features Bob van Dijk, Peter Till, Uwe Loesch, Philippe Apeloig, Paul Hughes, Stefan Sagmeister, René Knip, Leonardo Sonnoli and George Hardie.

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AGI impressions 2007 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:21:34 -0700

in 2007 for the first time Typeradio was present at the AGI conference ‘Unknown Land’ in Amsterdam. At the opening evening of the event Typeradio captured the spirit of the conference, asking a few of the members the following questions:
1. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Dutch Design?
2. What is ‘Unknown Land’ for you personally?
3. What does it mean for you to be an AGI member?

This part features Wout de Vringer, Elisabeth Kopf, George Hardie, Justus Oehler, Anton Beeke, Jelle van der Toorn Vrijthof, Max Kisman and Ben Faydherbe.

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Kurt Weidemann 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:36:33 -0700

Kurt Weidemann doesn’t regard himself religious, although he calls himself Christ (the literal German word for ‘christian’). He says he is too simple to have rituals. He never relaxes, gets up at 5 every morning and works all day. He talks about his life in World War II, fighting the Russians as a soldier and surviving the prisoner of war camp afterwards. Because he could draw well in school, and because it earned the highest pay after coalmining, coming out of the war at 27 highly decorated, typesetter seemed a good profession. He did page layout using lead type. Weidemann studied fine art in Stuttgart, later became a professor at the same academy. He founded a private university for management in Koblenz. He stresses the importance of management in the field of design. He still teaches at several german universities.
Weidemann thinks it is very important to renew your knowledge as a teacher. He sees his students more as partners, in order to get closer to them and get better results. He sees little difference in being a consultant or a designer, either way you have to convince people. you can’t be just a consultant nor just a designer, due to the fierce competition in design.

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Hans Wolbers 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:49:32 -0700

Hans Wolbers’ can’t think of a favourite magazine or newspaper but one he misses is, Manipulator, isn’t in print anymore. He talks about his studio Lava Design, already 17 years running, and what defines it. Hans is a true generalist, another job for every day. Specialising bores him. Hans tells the story of how he could have been importing cars from India. He lives in the present too much to be a collector. His role in the studio allows him to travel a lot, for instance to Iran where he worked with designer Reza Abedini. He has no idea what Lava Design will be in 17 years from now. Nor how he would be like to be remembered.

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Hans Wolbers 1/2

Typeradio — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:21:00 -0700

Hans Wolbers of Lava design in Amsterdam does consider himself religious, he burns a candle every time he comes across a church. Ice skating, cycling and Belgian beer are a few of his pastimes and he admits he hates being alone. Through his school newspaper he got involved in graphic design, and editorial design still is his preference: “Where content comes closest to your profession.” Hans talks about the differences in newspaper and magazine design, the issues involved with a redesign and the current size reduction of newspapers. Reader Hans sees himself as a visual journalist more than an art director. We talked with Hans at the Default#1 conference in Vienna, January 2007.

Lava Design ::
Default#1 Conference ::

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Paulus Dreibholz 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:50:21 -0700

Paulus tries to combine teaching and working very closely. He tells us about the projects he is doing with the students in London and Vienna. In his daily life the boundaries between teaching and working are blurring more and more. At the end Paulus is telling us how he would like to be remembered, and also in which design.

Akzidenz_Grotesk ::

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Paulus Dreibholz 2/3

Typeradio — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:14:47 -0700

What is the difference between british and austrian design? To have another opinion about your environment you have to go somewhere else. For Paulus language is the most fundamental tool of communication. Language is everything.

teaching type ::

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Paulus Dreibholz 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:33:26 -0700

Paulus talks about the tea & religion and how he ended up being a graphic designer. Next to design, Paulus also studied law and sociology. For him law is the invisible framework (architecture) of our society.

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Tina Frank 2/2

Typeradio — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:36:53 -0700

Tina Frank is talking about how it is to work for Meta design, what music she is listening to, and wether her daughter is knowing what she is doing. Finally at the end of this episode Tina will tell us how she would like to be remembered.

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Tina Frank 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:06:10 -0700

Tina Frank considers herself as a Image-maker, not connected to any specific medium. She started doing graphics with 8. Meanwhile she is running a classical design studio and working as a multimedia artist at the same time. In this first episode Tina is telling us about the chances, problems, restrictions and possibilities combining these two activities.

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Katrin Androschin 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:45:00 -0700

Katrin is a professional when it comes to design and branding. She is talking about the possibilities and changes to work for big companies, and when to say no to a client. Later on the is telling us about the biggest challenges you can have when you work in the field of branding.

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Clemens Schedler 3/3

Typeradio — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:19:31 -0700

Mistakes are the most imortant thing in life and have a magic level. Clemens tells us why and how. At the end he is also giving us a glimpse into the most curious job ever, and if he did it or not.

human penis size ::

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Clemens Schedler 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:46:24 -0700

What is the difference between fonts and sports car? Clemens Schedler tells us how he got involved in graphic design, and why he would like to be a joker. A vain, lazy & greedy joker.

Trinité typeface ::

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Clemens Schedler 1/3

Typeradio — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:57:19 -0700

“In my work I simply try to bake good bread, to create resonating spaces to look, see, read and feel. For me, the power lies in the dignity of the plain, the movement of the simple and in solving the obvious.” The failed interview at Default #1 Vienna, and what Peter Bilak has to to with it.

Default #1 ::
short bio of Clemens ::

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View of Paris 4: The magic world of children's typography

Typeradio — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:03:05 -0700

Column by Lidewijde Paris, focusing on the social aspects of typography. This columns reveals the mysterious hand movements of a fellow traveler. Why are his hands moving so seductively?

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John D. Berry 3/3

Typeradio — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:59:28 -0700

John explains how he got involved with U&lc. What he hates about typography and what not to do. What he finds important when designing a magazine. His views on Massimo Vignelli and David Carson. Why not to use Helvetica numerals. What he considers most powerful the written or spoken word.

Review of U&lc ::
ITC Garamond ::

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John D. Berry 2/3

Typeradio — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:59:00 -0700

John talks about collecting and accumulating, and how he organises his collections. If you are a collector of obscure literary magazines of the pacific north west from the late seventies and early eighties this could be your chance to increase your collection. John talks about being the editor of U&LC, and how content and design worked together perfectly.

U&lc online ::

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John D. Berry 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:35:10 -0700

John always starts with questions, everything he does in his life he has come to sideways, he is interested in both words and visuals and does not make a distinction between the two. What good is it to be a designer if you don’t read?

published books ::

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View of Paris 3: The workman's typography

Typeradio — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:59:00 -0700

Column by Lidewijde Paris, focusing on the social aspects of typography. This columns analyzes the hidden though public typographic messages in the clear signs of a workman.

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Massimo Vignelli 4/4

Typeradio — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:51:10 -0700

What sparked Massimos interest in design. His fascination in Architecture and reminisces about the past and how he met his wife. How they built there company internationally.

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