Typeradio Podcast

Rajesh Dahiya 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:22:00 -0700

In this part 2 Rajesh Dahiya talks about how his studio Codesign started out and several projects they worked on. Employees were literally sleeping in the studio at night. Sometimes there were difficulties with projects, for example when Rajesh got challenged to design a Hindi typeface for a television channel. When a client doesn’t like the design you have to negotiate and change it. Finally the television channel agreed. The ‘trick’ is to pull it out in a language that both the client and designer understand. Recorded at Design Yatra 2011 in Goa, India.

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Rajesh Dahiya 1/2

Typeradio — Sat, 12 May 2012 10:52:00 -0700

Coming from a small town Rajesh Dahiya didn’t know there was any profession affiliated with design. He wasn’t good at following the structure of most Indian schools where you are considered a good child when you have ambitions to study to be a doctor or engineer. Rajesh wasn’t very good at math either. Finally he discovered design and chose to go to the prestigious art institute in New Delhi. He felt like being dropped into an ocean, a friendly ocean. People were very well read and the atmosphere was open minded. Rajesh also tells us about his life after his studies and why he went to Italy. Recorded at Design Yatra 2011 in Goa, India.

Codesign ::
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea ::

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Kurnal Rawat 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:07:00 -0700

Kurnal Rawat finished his design studies in 1997 at one of the oldest art schools in India. At that time there was a shift taking place between handmade design and computer generated design. He started design studio Grandmother India after working at his friend’s grandmother’s apartment during his last year of college. In this episode Rawat talks about the design scene in India, the unique challenges that they face, and what sets Grandmother apart from all other design studios in India. He also provides insight into the complexity of Indian culture and politics and talks about other Indian designers who have inspired him. Recorded at Design Yatra 2011 in Goa, India.

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Adrian Shaughnessy 2/2

Typeradio — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:38:00 -0700

In this second part of the interview Adrian Shaughnessy talks about cover art, musicians, designers, branding and record labels. He tells us the influence internet had on the music industry. And talks about finances, from his own experiences with his studios. ‘When setting up your own studio, include a business person because you do need that!’ And finally he talks about the future and role of the designer. What does he think the new role of the designer is? And how would Shaughnessy like to be remembered? Recorded at Design Yatra 2011 in Goa, India.

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Simon Garfield 1/1

Typeradio — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:21:00 -0700

Typeradio talked to British writer Simon Garfield at Bijzondere Collecties, Amsterdam in front of a live audience (a first time for us). The occasion was the presentation of the Dutch edition of his book ‘Just My Type’ (in Dutch ‘Precies Mijn Type’).
We asked Simon about his first typographic memories, and his ‘type awareness’ due to writing such a book. Just My Type made it to the NY Times best seller list and received both praise and criticism. Simon explains how he dealt with that. Recorded at Bijzondere Collecties (Special Collections department of the University of Amsterdam).

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Adrian Shaughnessy 1/2

Typeradio — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:31:00 -0700

Adrian Shaughnessy treats himself as a internet addicted humanist. He is a self educated designer, learning design by seeing. In this episode Adrian is telling us that his mother is the better graphic designer and how it actually happened that he became a graphic designer in the first place. And who is on his top 10 list of favourite designers today? And how to be a graphic designer without losing your soul? Recorded at Design Yatra 2011 in Goa, India.

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Binnenland 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:55:00 -0700

Mika Mischler and Nik Thoenen both attended the Schule für Gestaltung in Biel, where they studied Graphic Design. In 2007, they founded the independent font platform Binnenland.ch. Mika currently lives and works as an independent designer in Bern, Switzerland and Nik in Vienna, Austria.
Mika and Nik tell us how they met and started Binnenland. We also hear why they’ve chosen this name for the foundry. Next to that they give us an insight on how they work together on their projects. Since they work so well together, we wonder if they could imagine to design without each other. We also talk about plans for the future and hear the story behind the Korpus font. We end the interview by asking if they sometimes have totally different views on the design and wonder what happens when they really don’t agree on something… Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Ruedi Baur 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:47:00 -0700

Born in Paris, Ruedi Baur spent his childhood in France. in 1979 he received a degree in graphic design at the Schule für Gestaltung in Zürich. He founded his two studios, Intégral Ruedi Baur et Associés in 1989 in Paris and in 2002 Integral Ruedi Baur Zürich.
Ruedi Baur has two nationalities, Swiss and French. We talk about what sort of advantages or disadvantages this brings and we wonder whether he also has two mentalities? Ruedi explains how he’s always the foreigner but likes to be in this position; to have some distance and look at the two countries as a foreigner. We also talk about the philosophy and structure behind integral studios. How did this idea start in the first place and how do you get five studios on one thinking level? We end the interview with the question of how he would like to be remembered. Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Yanone 2/2

Typeradio — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:40:00 -0800

In this second part of the interview with Yanone we talk about his decision to attend the master in typeface design at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. Because Yanone is in the middle of his studies at Type]Media, we’re curious about the ideas he has for his final project there. We end the interview with the musical side of Yanone; the sort of music he likes and his activities as a sound system operator and DJ. Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Yanone 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:08:00 -0800

Yanone is a German based graphic/type designer, multimedia artist, disc jockey and sound system operator.
Born in Dresden, Germany, Yanone grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We’re wondering why he moved to Ethiopia and if that has influenced his work and perspective on design in a certain way? And if it was strange to move back to Germany after all this time? He explains how this culture shock, took him quite some time to get accustomed to. Yanone started to design type in his first university years at the Bauhaus-University in Weimar and we hear all about his first typeface release; Kaffeesatz. We also talk about his internships at FontShop International in Berlin and at SYNTAX in Amman, Jordan and how his Arabic/Latin typeface Amman, for the rebranding of Jordan’s capital, came about. Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Strukt 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:00 -0800

Based in Vienna Austria, Strukt is a design studio founded by five partners and specialised in events and exhibitions. Their working field includes interactive design, generative design, motion design, stage design and graphic design.
We talk with two of the five founders, Thomas Hitthaler and Andreas Koller, and wonder if they consider Strukt Studio to be a typical Austrian design studio. Subsequently, some Austrian designers such as Clemens Schedler and Markus Hanzer are mentioned. We end the interview with the question if they have any international design heroes. Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Michael Horsham 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:09:00 -0800

Based in London, Michael Horsham began working within Tomato on a freelance basis in 1994, joining full-time in 1996. Tomato was founded in 1991 as a collective of artists, designers, musicians (Underworld) and writers. The group develops cross platform, multi-media projects; both commercial and research based.
Michael illuminates the philosophical and practical side of Tomato. Such as: the structure within the collective, the various people that are involved, the work and projects they do and how they work together and collaborate on a daily basis. Halfway the interview the conversation turns more towards music and we hear all about a very interesting instrument called the Irish Bouzouki, that he recently became the proud owner of. Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Pixelgarten 1/1

Typeradio — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:40:00 -0800

Pixelgarten is a small bureau for multidisciplinary creation based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Catrin Altenbrandt and Adrian Nießler both studied Visual Communication at the College of Design in Offenbach and are working together since 2004 in the fields of photography, illustration and graphics.
Because Catrin and Adrian have a relationship as well, we wonder if that doesn’t get in the way of the work sometimes. And how did they start working together? Was it first love and then work or the other way around? We also get an insight on a couple of projects they did and what happens to the set after the project is done. Do they try and keep something or tear everything down? Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Stefan Claudius 1/1

Typeradio — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:00:00 -0800

Stefan Claudius has been working as a graphic and type designer since 2000 and started the Cape Arcona Type Foundry with co-founder Thomas Schostok in 2002. Next to that he teaches at different German Universities.
As Stefan studied Industrial Design at the Universities of Wuppertal and Essen in Germany, we wonder how he ended up as a typographer. The fonts by Cape Arcona have a typical visual style and are standing out in the overall serious type world. We ask why they are so attracted by this look of imperfection. Stefan also tells us about their plans to set up a new foundry for their more serious typefaces, but they still miss a proper name for it. So if you have a good suggestion you are more than welcome to send us an email! Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Julia Kahl 1/1

Typeradio — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:12:00 -0800

Julia Kahl studied graphic design at University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany and graduated in 2008. Since then she is working for Magma Brand Design as managing editor and graphic designer of Slanted Magazine and weblog. Julia explains how she became interested in writing and talks about her most memorable interviews for Slanted Magazine. She also gives us an insight on how they come up with the topics and themes for every issue and we get an inside scoop on the upcoming editions! Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

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Andreas Uebele 1/1

Typeradio — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:20:00 -0800

Andreas Uebele studied architecture and urban planning at the University of Stuttgart and art at the Stuttgart State Academy. In 1996 he founded his agency ‘büro uebele visuelle kommunikation’. Since 1998 he has been a professor of communication design at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.
Andreas speaks about his first design job, a poster design for the movie Dr. Mabuse. He explains how this was his first experience with typography. We ask him whether there are similarities between architecture and typography and what it was that attracted him to graphic design instead of architecture. We also talk about the process and redesign of the German Eagle, that his studio did for the Deutsche Bundestag, the German Parliament. We end the interview with a ‘mean’ question. Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

büro uebele ::
Andreas Uebele - AGI ::
Andreas Uebele - Signaletiket ::
Bundestag identity ::
Silver Design Award for the Bundestag identity ::

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Oded Ezer 1/1

Typeradio — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:23:00 -0700

Growing up and living in Israel was very influential to Oded Ezer as a person and as a typographic artist. He explores the rich fusion of historic research, Israeli culture, calligraphy, classic typography, experimentation, storytelling, and science which come into play within his unique body of work. We ask Oded about his first typographic memory and his early inspirations when he was studying at the Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design. Before his studies Oded served in the Israeli Army. We wonder how serving in the Army helped him to begin his career as a designer. We also talk about his ‘Biotypography’ series, like the ‘Typosperm’ project and the first film he did, called ‘Typembrya’. And more recent projects such as ‘Skypetype’ and his future plans. Recorded at the ATypI 2010 conference in Dublin, Ireland.

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David Berlow 1/1

Typeradio — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:05:00 -0700

David Berlow entered the type industry in 1978 as a designer for the respected Mergenthaler, Linotype, Stempel, and Haas type foundries. He joined the newly formed digital type supplier Bitstream in 1982 and in 1989 founded The Font Bureau, with Roger Black.
David gives us an insight in his working methods. How does he start making a new typeface? Mostly it’s listening from his part and
figuring out what it is people are actually saying. We also talk about things he learned along the way, like being a good manager. We wonder how often he rejects new proposals or submissions for typefaces? And his vision on coming trends in type design. Recorded at the ATypI 2010 conference in Dublin, Ireland.

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Sheriff 1/1

Typeradio — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:19:57 -0700

November 2010 Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 12 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface designed by a Dutch designer with the question ‘How do you interpret the typeface into a one minute sound piece?’
The resulting 12 sound pieces were the starting point of a new workshop in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and 12 students of the Type and Media master coarse, The Hague, The Netherlands. Each student was allocated an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface inspired by the sound’. The results were quite a surprise!

1) Original typeface: Sheriff by Peter Verheul
2) Sound piece by Birte Spreuer and Daniela Spinelli
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Lauri Toikka

The first thing Lauri heard listening to the sound were noises of horses and several guys breaking out of jail. Then followed police cars and he heard some shooting. At the end everybody’s dead and the sheriff rides into the sunset. The typeface Lauri had in mind had to have an American and Western feeling. And for sure the jail breakout had to be visible in the typeface. These jail bars are now significant elements in the font.

left: Sheriff by Peter Verheul, right: Chinese whispered Sheriff by Lauri Toikka

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Best Typeface Ever Designed 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:05:00 -0700

On February 7th, 2011 Typeradio held a workshop for 1st year Graphic Design students at the KABK Academy in The Hague, The Netherlands. The assignment was to select a typeface and create a 1 to 2 minute sound piece that proclaims why this typeface is the best ever designed. Here is part two of the end results, featuring:

Rockwell, by Birte Veerkamp & Liz Klaver
Courier New, by Danicha Leliveld & Thomas Gerards
Bodoni, by Maarten Boudewijn & Irene Salo
Eurostile, by Anissa Casarella &Tjitske Oosterholt
Collis Roman, by Hidde Hornman & Jasper van Blokland
Meta Serif by Jonatan van der Horst & Roos Laan

KABK Royal Academy The Hague - Graphic design department ::

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Best Typeface Ever Designed 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0700

Times New Roman, by Malou Koopman & Ines da Costa
Big Caslon, by Ruben Verkuylen & Ciro Römer
Bifur, by Joan Doyer & Nicoline van der Beek
Gotham, by Bram de Leeuw & Marcel Schepen
Handwriting, by Charlotte Doets & Sophie Neppelenbroek

KABK Royal Academy The Hague - Graphic design department ::

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Catherine Dixon 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:34:00 -0700

Catherine Dixon is a designer who teaches at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. She writes regularly on typography and type design. Together with Phil Baines she co-authored the book ‘Signs: Lettering in the Environment’. The interview begins with a discussion regarding space. She explains how creating space is one of her rituals which also comes across in her teaching. Catherine talks about Phil Baines, and how the book type walks came about. Finally Catherine reveals the typeface she would like to be remembered, slightly eccentric and a bit wilder than the letters we’re used to nowadays.
Recorded at the ATypI 2010 conference in Dublin, Ireland.

Catherine Dixon Central Saint Martins ::
Catherine Dixon twitter ::
Catherine Dixon Flickr ::
Public Lettering walk ::
St. Bride library ::
Typeface classification ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Spaghetti 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:33:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Spaghetti by Donald Roos
2) Sound piece by Marco Wiesmeier
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Linda Hintz

Without thinking Linda doodled a fly stuck in a glass. Her sound was quite artificial and monotone with some doodling in the background. With a bit more thinking she came up with a monoline. She was thinking about a slightly condensed monospaced regular with small serifs. Now she missed the doodling part and she wanted to put the idea of the fly back into her typeface. Eventually she used this ingredient for making the ligatures and ended up with crazy ligatures which connect three letters or more.

left: Spaghetti by Donald Roos, right: Chinese Whispered Spaghetti by Linda Hintz

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Massive 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:33:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Massive by Donald Beekman
2) Sound piece by Lena Hennig
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Marina Chaccur

Listening to the sound, Marina felt really out of her element and had difficulties to start her project. She listened so many times that it felt a bit like a torture for her, listening over and over again. She tried to decompose the sound to understand what she was hearing. This resulted in a three layered proposal. After struggling with her designs she knew she had to step out of her comfort zone. Using the sound in separate parts didn’t work for her, so she restarted with the whole torture feeling; she thought of the sound being tortured and hurt. The idea rose to make a Frankenstein monster. By drawing with different materials she was able to make a monstrous font, and using her left hand to keep herself from having control. Cuts and stitches made the look complete. This resulted in two versions of the Frankenstein typeface. Both versions can be used together and the one without the cut can be used in smaller sizes.

left: Massive by Donald Beekman, right: Chinese Whispered Massive by Marina Chaccur

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Pinup 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:33:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Pinup by Pieter van Rosmalen
2) Sound piece by Carmen Nistor
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Sun Jung Hwang

Dita Von Teese, Moulin Rouge, Burlesque are just a few inspirational terms that Sun got from her sound fragment. She thought of feminine curves, red high heels and layering in clothing and used these various elements as a starting point. The showing and stripping are the base components she focussed on while making the typeface. She teases the user by making a layered font, which can be stripped of it’s layers. Step by step.

left: Pinup by Pieter van Rosmalen, right: Chinese Whispered Pinup by Sun Jung Hwang

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Sardines 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:33:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Sardines by Jac Le Bailly
2) Sound piece by Corinna Schneider
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Emma Laiho

The sound piece that Emma got was full of visual clues, like sounds of the sea, the waves, boats and seagulls. It sounded like a carnival at the sea; the repeating sound reminded her of a ferris wheel. She started looking at carnival wood type, but she missed the complexity which was in her sound. She came up with a three layered type system, which actually didn’t quiet work out for her. She still had to include the sea part and the feeling of it should be more sad, like a carnival in the winter. Thus Emma ended up with a wood type, which can be dressed up for the summertime.

left: Sardines by Jac Le Bailly, right: Chinese Whispered Sardines by Emma Laiho

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Documenta 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:33:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Documenta by Frank Blokland
2) Sound piece by Whitney Williams
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Kunihiko Okano

Kunihiko was struggling to find an idea, so he tried the double pencil technique. This technique he uses more often to analyze the origin of the letter. He drew the double lines and improved these lines into finer sketches. This resulted in an one stroke typeface that looks as if it were double lined. This calligraphic typeface he ended up with is just the beginning. He’s planning to make a extensive typeface family out of it.

left: Documenta by Frank Blokland, right: Chinese Whispered Documenta by Kunihiko Okano

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Salmiak 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:33:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Salmiak by Erik van Blokland
2) Sound piece by Hannah Scherber
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Jan Gerner

In the sound piece Jan got he heard parts of ‘The Entertainer’ by Scott Joplin. Jan’s interpretation of the sound was of a pianist sitting in a boring environment trying to have some fun by drinking and playing the piano. And therefore getting more drunk by the minute. Jan thought of certain typefaces he thinks are quite boring. For him these are typefaces in the Bodoni and Didot styles. Jan’s idea was to put some fun into these classicist typefaces. He did this by adding balls. Balls that try desperately to be funny and are put in strange places, so that some characters become completely out of shape. These balls are for example sticking out at the top and bottom of the M. This illustrates the drunkenness of the pianist. In the end Jan added a layer by connecting the letters through lines. Even across multiple letters.

left: Salmiak by Erik van Blokland, right: Chinese Whispered Salmiak by Jan Gerner

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Liza 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:33:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Liza by Underware
2) Sound piece by Stefanie Thümmler
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Alpkan Kirayoglu

When he heard the music, Alpkan tried to literally illustrate the various elements he heard. After some try-outs he decided to capture the overall theme, which is love. He did so by drawing two different styles of a typeface. Keeping the idea in mind of two people in a romantic relationship. The first one a hairline italic and the second a bold stencil version. By layering the two styles on top of each other, a third style appears. This is the bold italic.

left: Liza by Underware, right: Chinese Whispered Liza by Stefanie Thümmler

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Mata Hari 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:32:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Mata Hari by Max Kisman
2) Sound piece by Mesa Wong
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Yassin Baggar

Yassin first analyzed the content of the sound piece and discovered that one part was Churchill speaking about the war and another part was taken from a movie. The movie is situated in Venice, Italy, so Yassin decided to move in that direction with his typeface. He started with sketching some italics. He transformed the love story from the movie in round shapes and curves. For the more dramatic part, the part about the war, he used more edgy angles. So in the end the letters are connecting and somewhat hurting each other.

left: Mata Hari by Max Kisman, right: Chinese Whispered Mata Hari by Yassin Baggar

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Feisar 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:32:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Feisar by Paul van der Laan
2) Sound piece by Manuel Wesely
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Colin Ford

Colin found his sound very abstract. He put it back into a sound program and analyzed the sound waves and beat, which created a
regularly, steady, vertical movement. Collin took that formal element and combined it with the overall feeling he got by listening to the given sound. He described this feeling somewhat spacey, stretching sounds. So he put some Sci-Fi into his typeface and ended up with a SF display typeface which comes in three weights. Something a Martian would like to put on his spaceship!

left: Feisar by Paul van der Laan, right: Chinese Whispered Feisar by Colin Ford

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - History 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:32:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: History by Peter Bilak
2) Sound piece by Martin Kalle
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Malte Herok

Malte was completely blown away by the complexity of the music. The sound was full of contrast, which he describes as a modern take on a classical rock theme. He tried to capture the essence and therefore focused on this rock hymn feeling. He started with a slightly modernized broken script but he missed the tragic and also the playful elements in the sound. He went back to his original approach and added more swashes, more round and flowing forms. After this he wanted to combine the two elements as one, because he still missed the layered parts that he heard in the music. By making different layers of faces he managed to achieve this.

left: History by Peter Bilak, right: Chinese Whispered History by Malte Herok

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Typographic Chinese Whispers - Schulschrift 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:32:00 -0700

1) Original typeface: Schulschrift by Just van Rossum
2) Sound piece by Noemi Merkle and Julia Scheid
3) Chinese whispered typeface by Florian Schick

His sound piece confused Florian a bit, so he wrote down everything he heard. What really got him was the sound of a person writing on a chalkboard. He pictured a teacher arriving at school, opening the window and preparing the lesson by writing something on the blackboard. He tried to visualize how this chalkboard writing could look; a mix of round and edgy strokes which sounded really controlled. Florian tried various scripts and writing styles. Eventually his eyes set on an old German script called Sütterlin. For Florian this embodied a typical school script. He made a quite condensed upright Sütterlin, with long
ascenders and descenders.

left: Schulschrift by Just van Rossum, right: Chinese Whispered Schulschrift by Florian Schick

HBK Saar - Kommunikationsdesign ::
TypeMedia ::

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Robert Bringhurst 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:32:00 -0700

Robert Bringhurst is the author of the quintessential typographic reference book ‘The Elements of Typographic Style’. He is also a poet, book designer, historian and linguist, living in Vancouver Canada. Robert tells us how his interest in typography began. And how typography is the cross section of all his interests. Since Robert is active in more disciplines we talk about the differences between them. We continue to discuss his views on and knowledge of the real cultural history of America and he tells us how studying these native languages makes him feel more in touch with the country he was born in. Recorded at the ATypI 2010 conference in Dublin, Ireland.

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Sandberg Design Discussion IV 1/1

Typeradio — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:31:00 -0700

Discussion based on the text ‘The Authenticity of the Experience’ by Rob van Kranenburg:

‘Cities across the world are about to enter the next phase of their development. A near invisible network of RFID is being deployed on almost every type of consumer item. These tiny, traceable chips, which can be scanned wirelessly, are being produced in their billions and are capable of being connected to the internet in an instant. This so-called ‘Ambient intelligence’ promises to create a global network of physical objects every bit as pervasive and ubiquitous as the worldwide web itself. Some are already calling this controversial network the ‘internet of things’, describing it as either the ultimate convenience in supply-chain management, or the ultimate tool in our future surveillance. This network has the power to reshape our cities and yet it is being built with little public knowledge of consent.’

Here Rob van Kranenburg examines what impact RFID, and other systems, will have on our cities and our wider society; while also ruminating on what alternative network technologies could help safeguard our privacy and empower citizens to take power back into their own hands. It is both a timely warning and a call to arms.

Participants were Noortje van Eekelen, Simona Kicurovska, Janneke de Rooij, Seungyong Moon, Yuri Veerman, Donald Beekman, Michelle Champagne and Guido Giglio. Recorded at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam on September 28, 2010.

Internet of Things by Rob van Kranenburg ::

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Marian Bantjes 1/1

Typeradio — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:43:00 -0700

Marian Bantjes is a Canadian designer, typographer, illustrator and writer working internationally from her base on a small island near Vancouver. Marian explains us why she dropped out of art school after one year. How she regrets this decision and how she believes it’s important to have a proper education in design. Marian likes to do things herself and therefore doesn’t like being art directed too heavily. This shuts down her creative process. The more freedom she has the better the work is. We wonder how projects like the wooden folding chairs for Droog and the Laser Sailboat for Wallpaper come about. The project for Droog for example, was an unusual experience for her and the first time that she didn’t actually physically put her hands on the work that was been made. Furthermore we talk about how she started on her own and how the writing for the ‘Speak Up’ blog is related to this. We end the interview with the recently published book ‘I wonder’ and her plans for the future. Recorded at the ATypI 2010 conference in Dublin, Ireland.

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Jo De Baerdemaeker 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:30:00 -0800

In this second part of the interview we talk more about the projects Jo has been and is working on. In 2009 he got his PhD in Typography at the University of Reading with his thesis on Tibetan typeforms: an historical and visual evaluation. Jo explains how he approaches such a project and talks about follow-up projects on Javanese and Mongolian typefaces. Recorded at the ATypI 2010 conference in Dublin, Ireland.

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Jo De Baerdemaeker 1/2

Typeradio — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:18:00 -0800

Belgian multilingual type designer and researcher Jo De Baerdemaeker graduated in 1999 at the art academy Sint Lukas in Brussels. He continued to study at the Plantin-Moretus Society in Antwerp and University of Reading.
Jo talks about his exchange program in Iceland and how he got introduced for the first time to a different kind of writing system. We ask him about the various aspects of designing the Lungta type family which holds Tibetan and Latin scripts. We were also curious about his motivation to choose for the type design course in Reading instead of the one in The Hague. Recorded at the ATypI 2010 conference in Dublin, Ireland.

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Vasilis Marmatakis 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:55:00 -0800

MNP was founded in 2003 by Vasilis Marmatakis and Katerina Papanagiotou, who met while working together at advertising agency Upset. They’re based in Athens, Greece. We ask Vasilis what’s his opinion regarding globalisation and its effect on design. Is the local design culture losing it’s character because of that? As Vasilis studied in London we ask if he thinks it’s important to study abroad. Katerina studied in Athens and we wonder what is the difference between the two of them and how this is related to their work. We also talk about the current economic recession. What’s the situation like in Greece? Recorded at the European Design Awards 2010 in Rotterdam.

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Yurko Gutsulyak 1/1

Typeradio — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:54:00 -0800

Yurko Gutsulyak, born in western Ukraine, graduated as a specialist in the field of marketing and management. Initially he worked in different advertising agencies and design studios and by 2005 he began his own graphic design studio. We discuss the quality of design in the Ukraine, and the influence of folk art, and how competitive the design industry in the Ukraine can be. Recorded at the European Design Awards 2010 in Rotterdam.

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Kustaa Saksi 1/1

Typeradio — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:02:00 -0800

Finland born illustrator Kustaa Saksi is nowadays living and working in Amsterdam. He has been working with various clients in the world of fashion, music and entertainment. His world of imagination illustrates wonderful surrealistic landscapes, strange characters and strong atmospheres. We ask Kustaa if there is a certain trend within European illustration and the differences between the three countries were he lived up till now. Since Kustaa mostly works on his own, we wonder how he experienced working in a group. For example on projects such as Nike and Adobe. And does he enjoy this commercial work as much as the free illustration? Recorded at the European Design Awards 2010 in Rotterdam.

Kustaa Saksi ::
Kusta Saksi video interview ::

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Veronika Burian 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:50:00 -0700

Veronika Burian received her first degree in industrial design, but her interests shifted more and more towards typography. Discovering her true passion for type, she graduated with distinction from the master’s programme in typeface design in Reading, UK. In 2006 she founded, together with José Scaglione, the independent type foundry TypeTogether. As Veronika started off as a product designer, we ask her why and how she’d become a type designer. We ask her about the similarities between product design and type design. And she also explains to us how she chooses the names for her fonts and which letters are her favorite to design. Recorded at the European Design Awards 2010 in Rotterdam.

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James Bull 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:45:00 -0700

In 1998 James Bull founded, together with Ben Wolstenholme and Joe Sharpe, the branding agency Moving Brands, after they graduated in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martins. Moving Brands is an independent brand and digital agency with offices in London, Tokyo, Zurich and San Francisco, and has a lot of clients outside the UK. James explains that a lot of their clients come to London to get the best of design. So you get a lot of global stuff. And therefore London feels less local to him. We talk about how you could define British Design. A melting pot of an extremely diverse and mixed up culture. ‘Britishness’ is probably the best word for it. James also talks to us about the difference between advertising, branding and design. About their Weare project, and on how Moving Brands approaches this vision. Recorded at the European Design Awards 2010 in Rotterdam.

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Erwin Bauer 1/1

Typeradio — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:37:00 -0700

Erwin K. Bauer is a trained agriculturist and graphic designer. His interdisciplinary design studio Bauer Konzept & Gestaltung was founded in 1996 and is located in the Alpenmichzentrale building in Vienna. Since we’re at the European Design Awards, we ask Erwin if there is such a thing as European Design. We discuss the current position of Austria within design and how this was in the past, and the advantages of the geographical location of Austria in Central Europe. We also ask him how important design awards are for his studio and what’s his point of view on these design competitions. We end the interview with the story behind the typeface the Reklame. Erwin explains how the typeface was developed for the Wien Museum and used for the exhibition Kampf um die Stadt. Recorded at the European Design Awards 2010 in Rotterdam.

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Barry de Bruin 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:19:00 -0700

Barry de Bruin is one of the partners of Rotterdam based graphic design studio ping-pong. According to this selfmade man the world will explode if he doesn’t skip every other step of this one specific ‘stairs of doom’. Since Barry likes to cook we ask him what’s his best dish. He also talks about the current leaving of some employees and how that is new for him. You know it’s gonna happen but knowing and realizing is a different thing, he explains. We ask him what projects he likes working on the most. The view of playing ping pong by yourself (which is no fun), is also reflected in their business. They like to work together as a team with their clients and bounce ideas around. And last but not least about his two heroes. Recorded at the European Design Awards 2010 in Rotterdam.

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Defundo - Live at Integrated 2009

Typeradio — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:13:00 -0700

Live recording of Typeradio’s presentation at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp by international typographic quartet Defundo. Performed songs are ‘Lorem Ipsum’, ‘Typeradio’s 5th’, ‘Typeradio’ and ‘Finale’.

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Stefan Sagmeister 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:49:00 -0700

Our first interview for Typeradio was with Stefan Sagmeister in 2004. Now five years later we look back and ask him what changed in the last years. Did he acquire new rituals in the meantime? We talk about his second sabbatical year in Bali. And just six weeks after coming back to New York, we discuss the impact of the crisis and elections in the United States. He talks to us about whether he likes being famous, how to handle it and the advantages along with it. We also look forward and talk about future projects and how he’s not quite sure yet if he would like to be remembered… Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Adbusters 2/2

Typeradio — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:05:00 -0700

In this second part of the interview with Will Brown and Douglas Haddow of Adbusters magazine we talk about the actual achievements of Adbusters. Trying to inspire people to think differently and live more independently. Is it a lost cause? We also talk about the hate mail they receive, as well about the followers of Adbusters. For instance the article ‘Hipsters: The Dead End of Western Civilization’, that caused a huge fuss a few years ago. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Adbusters 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:23:00 -0700

Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Adbusters magazine is a nonprofit, reader supported magazine which concerns itself with the erosion of our physical and cultural environments by commercial forces. We talk to Will Brown and Douglas Haddow, Art Director and Creative Consultant at Adbusters magazine. We ask them how they got involved with Adbusters in the first place and what they exactly do and contribute to the magazine. The past 20 years Adbusters are constantly fighting for the voice of independent media in legal battles. The end goal is to reform broadcast law. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Sandberg Design Discussion III 1/1

Typeradio — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0700

‘Is there such a thing as an autonomous designer?’

After reading Jeroen Boomgaard’s text ‘Radical Autonomy’, we felt the need to have a discussion about the theme of autonomy and how important it is to use the term and define yourself as a designer or artist. We asked ourselves and the participants the following questions:
+ Are you an artist or a designer and can you be both?
+ Have you ever made autonomous work, or could you make autonomous work?
+ Is there something like non autonomous work of art?
+ Is there something like an autonomous designer?

Here you can listen to the discussion that followed. Attending were Sandberg students Anja Groten, Michele Champagne and Lauren Grusenmeyer, Typeradio’s Donald Beekman, Liza Enebeis and Akiem Helmling, philosopher and applied ethicist Nikki Brörmann and Annelys de Vet, head of the design department of the Sandberg Institute. Moderated by Sandberg students Brigiet van den Berg and Maartje Smits. Recorded September 27, 2010 at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.

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Erik Kessels 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:00:00 -0700

In the second part of the interview Erik Kessels talks to us about the other side of advertising, and ‘In almost every picture’, a series of books on found photography, published by KesselsKramer themselves. Number 8 in the series is one about Oolong the rabbit, that can balance almost anything on his head. ‘In almost every picture #7’ is a lifelong document of the Dutch woman Ria van Dijk (89) situated in a fairground shooting gallery. Because of all these projects related to photography we ask him if he also photographs himself. He talks about what kind of images he likes to shoot and how the common family photo album is purely propaganda. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Erik Kessels 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:53:00 -0700

Erik Kessels is co-founder and creative director of advertising agency KesselsKramer. KesselsKramer, founded in 1996, is based in a church in Amsterdam. In 2007 KesselsKramer set up an office in London named KK Outlet.
We talk with Erik about why they started an office in London. Also about the possibility to cross-over between various disciplines, which he thinks is very interesting. And the story behind mobile phone company ‘Ben’, which was reintroduced recently. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Sandberg Design Discussion II 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:15:00 -0700

Is technology our next-nature?
The 2010 Dutch royal christmas message, given by Queen Beatrix, inspired us to initiate a talk on the influence of technology on our daily lives. The Queens states that we alienate ourselves from our fellow men and our direct nature through the rise of social media. But how virtual is virtual life? How alienating is technology actually?
Slavoj Zizek gives us an inspiring insight on these questions and directly challenges the Queen’s statement!
A round-table discussion with first years students of the Sandberg Institute Design Departement about technology vs. ecology and ecology as an ideology. With Anja Groten, Michele Champagne, Brigiet van den Berg, Maartje Smits, Donald Beekman, Liza Enebeis and Janneke de Rooij and Lauren Grusenmeyer as moderators. Recorded March 3, 2010 at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.

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Janenrandoald 1/1

Typeradio — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:12:00 -0700

Initially Jan Hespeel and Randoald Sabbe started their careers separately. Ever since they both taught at Sint-Lucas art college in Ghent, a certain synergy appeared and they began to collaborate. They have been working together as Janenrandoald for over five years now. We asked them what they think is typical Belgian design and we also hear everything about their collections. From the collection of their feet to the various stuffed animals like the penguin, the deer, the lamb and the ‘grote trap’ (great bustard). Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Armand Mevis 2/2

Typeradio — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:35:00 -0700

Armand Mevis is one half of design studio Mevis & Van Deursen. He talks to us about the people he admires and what he would like to do if he would win the lottery. Also the understanding as a Graphic Designer what kind of work you make. ‘What is actually your work in the work?’ We end the interview with the question how he would liked to be remembered. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Armand Mevis 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:20:00 -0700

Armand Mevis is one half of design studio Mevis & Van Deursen. While Linda Van Deursen is the head of the Graphic Design department at the Rietveld Academy, Armand Mevis teaches at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem. We talk with Armand about the collaboration, on the commitment towards each other. For them working together is much more a conversation then sketching on the computer. How they hand over work to others and the position of this temporary third partner in their work. As a teacher Armand talks to us about his vision on teaching and his opinion on the level of design education in the Netherlands. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Hugo Puttaert 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:16:00 -0700

Hugo Puttaert is a graphic designer, teacher and organiser, based in Brussels. He talked to us about organising the Integrated Conference 2009 in Antwerp. How he chooses the guest speakers from a list of 200 names! Hugo explains the conference history which began 12 years ago under the name C-Type focusing on type and urbanisation, later evolving into a wider field of graphic design. As a graphic designer, teacher and organiser he questions the future role of the graphic designer. You should be severe with your clients but you should first be severe with yourself in order to achieve the best results. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Sandberg Design Discussion I 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:14:00 -0700

Graphic design students of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam discuss design topics. This first edition of the Design Discussions is about European identity, organised and edited by Anja Groten and Maartje Smits. Attending students of the Sandberg Institute:
Janneke de Rooij, Lauren Grusenmeyer, Camilla Bustamamte, Michèle Champagne, Mike Oustamanolakis.
As background information for the discussion they asked the students to read the lecture of Jozef Mrozek who talks about the identity of Europe. Mrozek tries to define Europe and the Design of Europe by looking at its traditions. Is it a good choice to define Europe through its past/history/heritage? Is there a way of giving it an identity which is focused on the present time and is there necessarily a need to define it anyway?
Recorded February 2nd, 2010 at the Sandberg Institute.

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David Shrigley 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:19:00 -0800

Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley works in various media, but is best known for his slightly bizarre and humourous illustrations. David enjoys his artistic freedom, he considers himself lucky. He talks about humour, how he is perceived, his DJ-ing and taste in music. He sometimes says he’s not really good at it, but drawing does come naturally to him. 30 sheets of paper every day, he tries to put a lot of variety in his drawing. There are lots of people he admires, but he contemplates about the meaning of heroism. He ends talking about the meaning and themes of his work, and his ventures into the medium of animated film. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Annelys de Vet 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:22:00 -0800

Annelys de Vet is head of the design department of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. She tells us how she became a graphic designer, and why. Spending her time between Brussels and Amsterdam, she talks about the differences and boundaries between art and design, and Belgium and Holland. She thinks design should be service minded and functional. Annelys always tells her students to question their approach, to see design in a bigger context, and the role of design in society. She talks about her Right To Copy project and discusses copying, originality and copyright. Subjective Maps project, the European Union and its effect on the design community. Recorded at the Integrated 2009 conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Büro Destruct 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:51:00 -0800

Büro Destruct is a graphic artists’ collective based in Bern, Switzerland, comprising of four members. Lopetz and HeiWid share their thoughts about swimming, fonts, heroes, their fascination with Japan, the similarities between Swiss and Japanese design, Amiga and Commodore computers. And finally the answer to what happens to designers after the age of sixty.

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Bob van Dijk 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:31:00 -0800

Going out to bars and cafés is Bob’s ritual, and this social interest plays a part in his design work. He talks about why he became a graphic designer. The most important lesson he learned is not to take design too seriously, there are many different ways to approach it. His work is changing a lot over the years, but in general he likes different layers, stories within stories. Bob talks about his former The Hague studio NLXL and his life after closing it down, making drawings with his son and father, and his job at Lava in Amsterdam. What are the differences between NLXL and Lava, The Hague and Amsterdam? He reflects on his avid collecting, his design heroes and the start of his career at Dumbar studios. Recorded at Underware, The Hague.
Note: Bob van Dijk left Lava and runs his own studio again since December 2009.

Personal website ::
Lava ::

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David Crow 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:33:00 -0800

Professor David Crow is Head of the Art and Design faculty at the Manchester University. He discusses his motivation for his move from design to teaching, and his eventual move into being an academic manager. He reveals his experiences as a teacher and the importance of encouraging cross-disciplinary education. Crow talks about his initial interest in typography, his later work with semiotics and theory and the specifics of Manchester and British graphic design. Recorded at the 33pt conference 2009 in Dortmund.

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Sven Ehmann 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:14:00 -0800

Sven Ehmann is editor at Die Gestalten publishers in Berlin. He talks about his working process and how he juggles multiple projects. He moves on to discussing the origins of the book Dataflow at Die Gestalten and talks about the field of design publishing and his personal motivations in making books. Recorded at the 33pt conference 2009 in Dortmund.

Die Gestalten ::
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Von B und C 1/1

Typeradio — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0800

Barbara Hahn and Christine Zimmermann are Von B und C, a design studio in Bern, Switzerland. They start by explaining how they got interested in infographics, visualising data as their graduation project, and how they work together (of coarse their collaboration can be best viewed in their self-designed ‘collaboration visualisation’). Analysis and visualisation is a much more complicated and time consuming process than design. They don’t have a preference for either, form and content go hand in hand. Next Von B und C reflect on the role of women, the ideal typeface in infographic design and their Leadership Alphabet. What kind of information do they like to work with most, what is their dream project and what are their information design heroes. What’s next? Have they cheated to improve visualisation? We end with their personal escapades. Recorded at the 33pt conference 2009 in Dortmund.

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Autobahn 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:07:00 -0800

Jeroen Breen, Rob Stolte and Maarten Dullemeijer are Autobahn, design collective from Utrecht, The Netherlands. They first describe the special project they did for their presentation at 33pt in Dortmund, they tell us how they met and how they got interested in typography. They elaborate on their typographic experiments, and how they collaborate. Do they have specialities? Heroes? We finally hear about their big dream. Recorded at the 33pt conference in Dortmund.

Autobahn ::

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Rob Meek 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:14:00 -0700

Rob Meek talks about the roots of Fontstruct with his MeekFM typographic synthesizer. He speaks about the genesis of Fontstruct and his thoughts on the success of the platform. Recorded at the 33pt conference 2009 in Dortmund.

Fontstruct ::
Meek FM ::
Typographic synthesizer instruction video ::

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Martin Majoor 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:30:00 -0700

Martin Majoor discusses the new typeface for the Dutch government (Rijksoverheid Serif and Sans). His differing roles as a book designer and as a type designer. He reflects on the lack of female type designers and in graphic design in general. He speaks about how he names his typefaces as well as his current projects. Recorded at the 33pt conference 2009 in Dortmund.

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Martin Majoor 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:22:00 -0700

Martin Majoor discusses his first type and lettering books given to him by his grandfather and his first typeface. He recounts his art school days in Arnhem and his current teaching practice and teaching philosophies. He speaks in regards to the influence of history on his work, the difference between working with text typefaces and display typefaces and his hate for Helvetica. Recorded at the 33pt conference 2009 in Dortmund.

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Jos Buivenga 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:49:00 -0700

Type designer Jos Buivenga talks about how he got started in type design, his habits and balancing his time for type design with his art direction work. Buivenga shares his thoughts and ideas on selling fonts online, his type design heroes and discusses his type design philosophy and working process. Recorded at the 33pt conference 2009 in Dortmund.

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Siggi Eggertsson 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:22:00 -0700

Icelandic designer/illustrator Siggi Eggertsson speaks about getting started as a designer and his first job for an art community in his hometown. Reflecting on illustration versus graphic design, he discusses the idea of categories in a professional field. He talks about the influence that moving around to many different cities has had on his work and life. Lastly he talks about his approach to type design in his work as well as his interest in pop stars and idols. Recorded at 33pt conference 2009, Dortmund.

Siggi Eggertsson ::
33pt bio ::

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Henning Brehm 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:35:00 -0700

Henning Brehm (aka Design Tourist) is a graphic designer that specializes in work for the film industry. Under the label Schein Berlin he creates fake labels, packaging, logos, signs and documents for German tv productions and international block buster movies. Brehm tells of the start of his career, his early education and his interest in many fields of design. How he got started in designing fake products, newspapers, magazines and various props for film and television. He discusses the process of working on films, conceptualizing the sets and creating the props. He talks about working on the science fiction films Speed Racer and Pandorum and the typeface made for an imagined future. Recorded at the ImagineIt 2008 conference in Bologna, Italy.

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Brian Lucid 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:02:00 -0700

Brian Lucid is the Associate Professor and Graphic Design Program coordinator at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Brian highlights what can be learnt from game design, what role narrative plays in game design and the subsequent relation to interactive design practices. He speaks about do-it-yourself Wii modification, game graphic engines and repurposing hardware. The discussion moves towards how the design software environments influence the process and methodology of design and about the Open Source movement and the drive to create these tools for others. Recorded at the ImagineIt 2008 conference in Bologna, Italy.

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Brian Lucid 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:27:00 -0700

Brian Lucid is the Associate Professor and Graphic Design Program coordinator at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts. He speaks about his inability to relax; his early forays in art school and his brief stint as a type designer. He regards the influence of W.A. Dwiggins’ process of type design on his own work and the realization that type design is much like designing software. He talks about his later move into teaching (as a natural extension) and his teaching methodology in teaching students information design, print design and interactive design. He moves on to discuss the challenges in teaching students to deal with complexity, context and graphic design history. And talks about the relation between his professional work and his educational work. Recorded at the ImagineIt 2008 conference in Bologna, Italy.

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MEAT 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:13:00 -0700

Italian graphic design collective MEAT talk about their favourite designers as well as Italian designer Bruno Munari. MEAT often give workshops and they speak specifically about their workshop at the Imagine iT conference in Bologna. They round up the interview musing about the future of MEAT. Recorded at the ImagineIt 2008 conference in Bologna, Italy.

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MEAT 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:11:00 -0700

The Italian graphic design collective MEAT give insight into the gestation of MEAT and give a brief history of the collective. They speak of their past graffiti writing, their clients and the types of projects that come through their studio. Being the designers of the printed matter for the Imagine It conference in Bologna, they speak about the design for the identity and ephemera.

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Cinzia Ferrera 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:18:00 -0700

Cinzia Ferrara is an architect and graphic designer. She is professor of the Master course in design at the Laboratory of Visual Communication in Palermo. Ferrara speaks about the mafia in Palermo and the use of graphic design and propaganda to fight mafia activities. She describes the reactions of the public to the anti-mafia design work, organization and campaigns. Ferrara indicates some directions for future advertising, promotional projects and educational programs in schools. She addresses the damaging ‘myth’ and portrayal of the mafia in the media and entertainment industry and extent of the deeply rooted problems of mafia activities in Palermo. Simone Wolf of Typevents translates. Recorded at the ImagineIt 2008 conference in Bologna, Italy.

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Heather Shaw 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:49:00 -0700

Heather Shaw is a graphic design and digital media lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Heather speaks about her teaching philosophy and the importance of teaching interactive and information design in graphic design programs today. She presses for the need to integrate new technologies and trends into contemporary design teaching. Recorded at the ImagineIt 2008 conference in Bologna, Italy.

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Robothon 2009

Typeradio — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:03:00 -0700

An impression of the Robothon 2009 conference on type design and type technology, held in March at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. You’ll hear Paul van der Laan, Frank Griesshammer, Tal Lemming, Kai Bernau, James Grieshaber, Andy Clymer and Erik van Blokland.

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Bruce Connew 2/2

Typeradio — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:57:00 -0700

Bruce Connew continues with the importance of travel in his work, especially in Burma, and the process of constructing books. He concludes by explaining his project I Must Behave, exhibited at the same time as TypeSHED11, at Mary Newton Gallery.

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Bruce Connew 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:15:32 -0700

Bruce Connew is a photographer based in New Zealand. He tells us about differences and similitudes between photography and design, about objectiveness in photography. He describes the social and political aspect of his work, as well as the role of publishing books.

Bruce Connew website ::
Get Bruce Connew's books ::

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Masayoshi Kodaira 1/1

Typeradio — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:35:47 -0700

Masayoshi Kodaira discusses music and his evolving tastes, his start as a graphic designer, his dislike of design school and his early career. He discusses his dreams of directing a movie, his current work with Kenya Hara and his inspirations.

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Kris Sowersby 1/1

Typeradio — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:14:00 -0700

Kris Sowersby, a New Zealand base type designer, talks about Kenny, an Australian movie, type design as one big ritual, and the gestation of his interest in type. the world of type design in New Zealand (and the lack of a graphic design community). The history of type in New Zealand, his heroes, boxing and clicking a mouse, and what he hates about type design.

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Noel Waite 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:20:00 -0700

Noel Waite, a graphic design historian, talks about his education and activities in graphic design field. He defines what is specific to “New Zealandish” design in a historical perspective. He explains the influence of Maori culture, as well as current graphic design trends in New Zealand.

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Karen Larsen 2/2

Typeradio — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:49:00 -0700

Karen Larsen explains the process and making of her typographic installation specifically for Typeshed11, made as part of a workshop project in Wellington.

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Karen Larsen 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:05:00 -0700

Karen Larsen, with SJ Klein, talks about the graphic design community in Alaska. What it is to work as a graphic designer there, how nature and life influence her design. Monumental work, physical objects, and the relation between art and design.

Freeze Project ::
Alaska Design Forum ::

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Sarah Maxey 1/1

Typeradio — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:16:00 -0700

Sarah Maxey talks about her interests in typography and illustration, defines differences between art and design and expresses her views on craftmanship. She explains her working process and mentions some of her influences, who, coincidentally enough, are almost all named Ed or Edward.

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Stephen Banham 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:22:00 -0700

Stephen Banham is founder of Letterbox, a typography studio in Melbourne. He speaks about New Zealand design from an Australian perspective; the search for a cultural identity as well as a graphic design identity. He discusses the defining characteristics of Australian design, and his movement from advertising to typographer with Erik Spiekermann as an early inspiration.

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Joseph Churchward 2/2

Typeradio — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:36:00 -0800

Joseph Churchward, a New Zealand based type designer, lists some advertising jobs he has done and talks about the digitization and distribution of a few of his typefaces today.

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Joseph Churchward 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:31:00 -0800

Joseph Churchward, a New Zealand based type designer, speaks about how he learned hand lettering. He explains the transition from metal type to computer, the influence of Maori on his type design, describes his working process.

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National Grid 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:15:05 -0800

Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine express their disenchantment with both professional life and academia; they discuss their current teaching practice and differing approaches to graphic design. They compare over-educated with self-taught designers, talent and education, and reveal an emerging kind of graphic design in New Zealand (with an overseas influence).

Altgroup ::

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National Grid 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:38:00 -0800

Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine speak (on Valentine’s day) about their background and reflect on the gestation of their publication ‘The National Grid’. They discuss art schools and art publications as well as the state of graphic design in New Zealand and the local reaction to their publication.

The National Grid ::

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Experimental Jetset 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:13:54 -0800

The two members of Experimental Jetset continues by discussing how education and family have influenced their design work. They speak about Helvetica and the nature of working as a graphic designer in the Netherlands today.

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Experimental Jetset 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:58:00 -0800

Marieke Stolk and Danny van den Dungen of Experimental Jetset discuss the importance of music and its relation to design. They also talk about how they got started and their working process as a trio. They reflect on the relation between the work and the explanation of the work.

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Experimenta 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:50:00 -0800

During Valentines day, Elaina Hamilton and Duncan Forbes from Experimenta explains what is it to live and work together, life at the studio and life at home. They explain how they founded their studio, finding initial inspirations in modernist graphic design and Swiss typography and giving it a ‘New Zealand’ approach and warmness. They detail what it is to make a living as graphic designers in New Zealand, talk about the local design community, and they reveal the biggest mistake of Dutch designers.

TypeSHED profile of Experimenta ::
Swiss Legacy ::

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Bruno Maag 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:39:00 -0800

Bruno Maag continues with his motivation for designing type, and the role of type design today. He speaks about the uses of Comic Sans and his views on custom fonts. Offers his opinions on Dutch design, and ends up with his experience during Font Fight organized by The Typographic Circle.

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Bruno Maag 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:37:00 -0800

Bruno Maag speaks about the beginning of his career at Monotype in England, and later in Chicago. His everyday rituals, decorating the house, and his love of cooking (rabbits!). He professes his love for the city of London, his life there and why it is a center of the graphic design world. He speaks about the function of the type designer, and the craftsmanship involved in type design.

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Paula Scher 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:40:00 -0700

Paula Scher talks about her paintings and if she could make a choice between painting and design. Why she paints only in all caps and her favourite letters. Branding the United Sates. What does it mean to be a designer from New York and her love for New York City.

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Paula Scher 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:38:00 -0700

Paula Scher talks about her rituals and superstitions, fears and inspiration. How she accepts change and being fluid. What it is really like to be part of Pentagram and how it works. The differences between the New York and London offices. What it was like to work in the record industry.

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Kenya Hara 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:23:00 -0700

Kenya Hara continues to tell us why he became a graphic designer, why and how important design is to the world and its effect on us. What would Kenya Hara do if he wasn’t a designer. Finally he reveals to us why designers wear black. And his dream project for children in elementary school. Listen carefully and you will find out.

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Kenya Hara 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:56:00 -0700

Kenya Hara discusses his interest in the concept of emptiness and the relation to the Shinto religion. The haptic qualities of his work and how technology gives us the power to expand our senses. The future of graphic design and the evolution of typography.

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Pierre Bernard 2/2

Typeradio — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:42:00 -0700

Pierre Bernard continues to talk about his activities with Grapus. The difference between French and Dutch design. The current situation of design and how design should have a relation with society. If there is no commissioner there is no design. Lastly what it meant to him to receive the Erasmus Prize.

Grapus Posters ::
Erasmus Prijs ::

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Pierre Bernard 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:38:00 -0700

Pierre Bernard talks about how he became interested in design and how he discovered it in Poland with Henryk Tomaszewski. The greatest lesson he learned. His initial working life in advertising. How Grapus was invented and what ideologies they followed.

Henryk Tomaszewski ::
Grapus ::

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Uwe Loesch 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0700

Uwe Loesch tells us why he enters competitions and why young designers also should! How he approaches design, with the thought of every innovation needs an accident. How he convinces clients and irritates the observer. How he became a designer and his choice between journalism and design.

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Uwe Loesch 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:57:00 -0700

Uwe Loesch tells us the story behind his black and white shoes. If he really is a typical German designer or is he more Japanese? How Dada and Surrealism have influenced his work. How language makes an impression on design. The essence of his work which he considers to be ironical sophisticated messages.

Uwe Loesch website ::

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Reza Abedini 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:31:00 -0700

Reza Abedini discusses his work rituals, how he initially studied painting, and the Iranian touch in his work. He also talks about the current state of Iranian design, the richness of Persian calligraphy and its importance in design. The influence of the revolution on current design, and how he approaches design and finally what it means to receive the Prins Claus Award.

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Niklaus Troxler 1/1

Typeradio — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:12:00 -0700

Niklaus Troxler talks about his home town Willisau in Switzerland, his love for jazz and initiating the Willisau Jazz festival. How he designs posters for the concerts and how you set yourself free when you design your 100th poster.

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Michael Bierut 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:13:00 -0700

Michael Bierut talks about words, and why design can’t fix bad content. Writing well is a challenge. Initiating Design Observer, his motivation and what he found the hardest. And finally the most important lesson he has learned.

Design Observer ::
Massimo Vignelli ::

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Michael Bierut 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:09:00 -0700

Michael Bierut talks about his particular rituals and obsessions. He compares song writing to design and why it is similar. The most important quality of a designer. His heroes, how he doesn’t collect. His ideologies such as ‘there is always more than one way to solve a design problem’.

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Markus Struempel & Rudi Protrudi 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:26:00 -0700

Rudi Protrudi explains how the news works in the USA, how the youth movement in the 60s died and more political issues. Rudi is very sure that here is no hope for the US, especially for creatives. And the people in the US do not even care. He ends this episode with telling us how he would like to be remembered. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Fuzztones last tour ::

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Markus Struempel & Rudi Protrudi 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:24:00 -0700

Fuzztones frontman Rudi Protrudi talks about his art education and how he came to run his own record label. The last Fuzztones tour was in 2007. What now? After working at Meta design Markus Strumpel moved to India to work as a graphic designer for the Tibetan government in exile and the Dalai Lama. He talks about how this came about, the cultural differences between the West and Tibet and his upcoming projects. Finally he reflects on the current political situation in Tibet and China. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Markus Struempel ::
Dalai Lama ::

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Markus Struempel & Rudi Protrudi 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:20:00 -0700

Graphic designer Markus Strümpel and Fuzztones frontman Rudi Protrudi start off by telling us how they met and how they started working together. Rudi explains why musicians should do everything when running a band, and why he moved to Berlin. He also reminisces about his own ‘sweet 16’ years. Single handedly responsible for the garage rock revival (duly noted), Rudi talks about his influences and the early days of his career. We end this episode with the Fuzztones song ‘Johnson In A Headlock’. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Fuzztones ::
Fuzztones tribute album ::

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Yang Liu 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:22:00 -0700

In what way does Yang Liu think the economic boom affected Chinese graphic design? Teaching both in Bejing and Berlin, in what way are the students different? What city does she consider her ideal city as a designer? Yang Liu talks about her interest in the Bejing Opera and upcoming projects like a book and an exhibit called East Meets West. Is it different to work for Chinese clients? And does Yang work with both western as Chinese writing systems? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Yang Liu interview ::

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Yang Liu 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:18:00 -0700

Yang Liu has tried various religions but chooses to be part-time religious. She talks about what inspired her to be a graphic designer. She doesn’t feel more German nor Chinese, she thinks she belongs everywhere. She talks about her favourite dish and her heroes, her poster designs for the Berlin Aquarium, local Berlin hero polar bear Knut and where you can hug a panda bear. What is specifically chinese about her work? Is she considered a foreigner in China? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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Malcolm Garrett 2/3

Typeradio — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:37:58 -0700

Via Malcolm’s first choice of music, early German experimental electronic music, we stumble upon a fascination for all things German. Malcolm feels a little disappointed with current bands, but he does admire Rammstein and Kraftwerk. He explains how this German fascination influences his design work and way of thinking. As he embraced digital technologies early on, going hand in hand with his interest in mass communication, he saw it rather as an opportunity to explore new disciplines and ways of thinking. And things will keep on changing dramatically, also the role of the designer. New media have been democratised. Malcolm doesn’t care about the technology, he is much more interested in how people communicate. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Krautrock ::
Malcolm Garrett interview ::

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Malcolm Garrett 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:13:00 -0700

Malcolm believes that new generations growing up with the latest digital technology will keep surprising us in the future. He foresees that the change of expectations and usage with this generation will stun us all. Malcolm thinks a lot about what he does and why he does things, sometimes too much. He tries to add layers to it. He prefers to think twice and act once, and tries not to think too much about creativity and intuition. Design just something he does. Malcolm talks about current projects like the Dublin Public Transport system and Dynamo London. He finally explains why he doesn’t really care how he is going to be remembered. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Malcolm’s studio AIG ::
Dynamo London ::

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Malcolm Garrett 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:11:52 -0700

Typeradio talked on the phone to Malcolm Garrett. As religion is the root of all evil Malcolm doesn’t want any part of it. He doesn’t trust himself as he is easily persuaded and difficult to convince. He is weary of heroes and currently questions the value of his possessions, although he does have a quite specific collection. Malcolm was once invited to join a punk band but never aspired to be a musician. Actually, he doesn’t even hold musicians in very high regard. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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Anschlaege 3/3

Typeradio — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:34:00 -0700

The last two of Anschlaege’s 7 design principles. Their view on how money changed after the fall of the Berlin Wall. We end with how they would like to be remembered. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

www.anschlaege.de ::

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Anschlaege 2/3

Typeradio — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:17:00 -0700

Anschlaege explain how their work is politically influenced? They believe in opinions, not just politics, and they work in the public sphere. They also do commercial jobs, but not without thoroughly discussing it. And it has to be interesting too, and interchanged with free work. They sometimes offer unusual solutions to their clients. Finally we go over the 7 principles that they published on their website and which they change every six months. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

www.anschlaege.de ::

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Anschlaege 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:23:00 -0700

Anschlaege is a design studio with principles, Typeradio talks with Axel Watzke and Christian Lagé (third member Steffen Schuhmann wasn’t present). They believe in ideas rather than ideologies. Why are they concerned with social issues? They were 14 years old when the Berlin wall came down, which made a big impression. Everything is possible, but why choose graphic design? They talk extensively about the Kraut project, for which they traveled all over Germany producing daily newspapers locally. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

www.anschlaege.de ::

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Oliver Gehrs 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0700

We ask editor Oliver Gehrs if Dummy Magazin is a magazine. Does it have a lot of competition? Dummy’s policy is to not mix content and ads. Will the magazine live longer with its always changing design and theme? Oliver explains that Dummy is happy to be a specialised magazine for a smaller audience rather than educate the masses. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Dummy Magazin blog ::

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Oliver Gehrs 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:58:00 -0700

Dummy magazine editor Oliver Gehrs tells us how and why Dummy was initiated and how it was financed. Every issue is completely different, in logo design, layout and the articles. Why? And how does that work? It’s a journalistic decision to have different designers and writers for every issue. It’s also much more fun, according to Oliver. How are the designers picked? Dummy never puts design over content. Oliver talks about the relationship with their sellers and explains how the subjects and themes get picked. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Dummy Magazin ::

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Nicolas Bourquin 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:37:00 -0700

Do books like Los Logos kill creativity? Nicolas explains the best way to use Los Logos. Will there be a Quatros Logos? Logos rejected by clients are often the best. What are the differences between the Swiss and the Germans? Nicolas tells us why he moved to Berlin, his future plans, like Etcetera publications. Does he have a favorite Swiss designer? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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Nicolas Bourquin 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:02:00 -0700

Nicolas Bourquin explains what he does, he sets things in context, be it a book, video or an exhibition. As an art director / editor for Die Gestalten he finds this multi-disciplinary work inspiring. He advocates why books are not at all an obsolete medium and talks about the Los Logos book project and the selection process for it. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Nicolas Bourquin ::
Die Gestalten ::

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Klaus Voormann 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:08:00 -0700

Why did Klaus Voormann retire from the music business? What filled the gap that music left in his life? What current bands does he like? He talks about his cooperation with Stefan Gandl, the Hamburg Days book, the Turbonegro record sleeve and finally his music production work for the German band Trio (Da Da Da). (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Stefan Gandl ::
Trio - Da Da Da video ::

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Klaus Voormann 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0700

Typeradio talks on the phone to graphic designer and musician Klaus Voormann. He tells the story how he met and hooked up with The Beatles. Voormann designed the covers for The Beatles’ Revolver and Anthology albums. Besides that he played bass guitar with members of the Beatles, Mannfred Mann’s Earth Band and many other world famous artists. But what is the favourite musician he played with? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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MeekFM 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:30:00 -0700

We hear the M.E.E.K. typographic synthesizer in action. While Frank is playing the instrument, Rob is explaining what is happening and what can be seen. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Meek FM ::

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MeekFM 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:27:00 -0700

Rob Meek and Frank Müller developed the M.E.E.K. typographic synthesizer for their project MeekFm as an interpretation of type as sound. They tell us how the project came about and explain how the synthesizer works. It’s all about the interaction between the visuals and the sounds. What will it develop into? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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Justus Oehler 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:19:00 -0700

Was it a good idea to start a Pentagram office in Berlin? Justus Oehler tells us how he came to know the president of Sardinia and design the Sardinia identity. What are the Pentagram Papers? How does Justus like to be remembered? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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Justus Oehler 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:18:00 -0700

Justus Oehler explains the criteria to become a Pentagram partner, and how the design process in Pentagram works, both in finances as in design work. Justus also tells us how he learned to work the computer, what he likes to work on, why he moved to Berlin and how things will work out. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Pentagram ::

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Justus Oehler 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:16:00 -0700

Justus Oehler runs the Berlin office of Pentagram. He talks about how he got started in design, his parents and how he ended up at Pentagram. What is typically Pentagram, in design and thinking? What are the differences between the various Pentagram studios? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Pentagram ::
Pentagram Berlin ::

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Node 2/2

Typeradio — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:32:00 -0700

What is the influence of the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and how did it change? Node are reluctant to define their graphic style. They explain their typographic sound projects and bring us the song ‘Make The Logo Bigger’. But what is Node’s claim to fame? And have they lived up to their parents’ expactations? Do they consider themselves to be digital bohemians? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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Node 1/2

Typeradio — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:30:00 -0700

Node is a design studio run by Anders Hofgaard from Norway, Serge Rompza from Germany (3rd member Spanish/Danish Vladimir is not present at the interview). They reflect on religion, rituals, meeting in Amsterdam and how they ended up in Berlin. They explain their collaboration and let us listen to some music. How did they come up with their name? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Node Berlin ::
Node Oslo ::

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Simone Wolf 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 26 May 2008 05:25:00 -0700

Simone Wolf about moderating at Typo Berlin and how to deal with boring speakers. How does Typevents compile a conference programme? Simone talks about their future plans, cross-linking and the design of a new identity. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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Simone Wolf 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 26 May 2008 05:20:00 -0700

Simone Wolf explains her company Typevents and how it started, and how she got interested in type and design. She tells some event organiser’s worst case scenarios and reflects on the Helvetica film, Italian graphic design and her favourite designers. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Typevents ::

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Mike Riemel 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:53:00 -0700

Mike reflects on the early days of house music. The music was rare and hard to find, just as the flyers, but it was much more fun than the globalised abundance we find today. He compiled an extensive flyer book called Flyersoziotop, runs a gallery, and also did a lot of radio in his days. He still believes in the power of radio and calls himself an irritainer or cultural media entrepeneur activist experimentator documentor. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

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Mike Riemel 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:49:00 -0700

Mike Riemel collects flyers. How did he get caught up in collecting flyers? With over half a million flyers, how do you categorise such a huge collection? According to Mike flyers represent the social consciousness of a generation. How in the 80s, along with the house music movement, the flyer as a medium exploded due to computers. But who stole that Batman flyer? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Flyersoziotope ::

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Sweet16 introduction

Typeradio — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:44:00 -0700

Donald & Liza’s introduction to the Typeradio’s Sweet16, a 16 hour live radio session, recorded on May 16th 2007 in Berlin, from 8:00 till midnight.

Sweet16 ::

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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.

Nathalie Fallaha biography ::

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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. Furthermore: 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 04:34:00 -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. 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 01:16:00 -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.

Trieste ::
Keeping history, roots and heritage in design ::
The Leonardo Sonnoli look alike ::
Pierpaolo Vetta ::

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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 ::

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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 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 3/3

Typeradio — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:55:00 -0800

Did you know:
– anything about the professional sport career of Mr Salden
– the trick of 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 be remembered?

Type Manufactur - fonts by Georg Salden ::

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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 became known for his fonts Polo GST, Brasil GST and Basta GST. In this first episode Mr Salden talks 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, who was a famous typographer in Holland. And did you ever hear the story of 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 its 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 Tschichold. 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 favorite 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.

A.G.I. ::
Unknown Land videos ::

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AGI impressions 2007 1/2

Typeradio — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:21:00 -0700

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

A.G.I. ::
Unknown Land videos ::

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Kurt Weidemann 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:36:00 -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. 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 05:49:00 -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.

Iranian graphic designer Reza Abedini ::

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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 06:14:00 -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.

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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 04:36:00 -0700

Tina Frank is talking about how it is to work for Meta design, what music she is listening to, and whether 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 she tells 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 04:03:00 -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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Massimo Vignelli 3/4

Typeradio — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:22:00 -0700

Massimo talks about graffiti and its anti social effect. Massimos role as a missionary, spreading the gospel, there are thousands of junk typefaces and only 5 worth using. He talks about New York and why he lives there, American politics and media.

NY Subway Guide ::

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Massimo Vignelli 2/4

Typeradio — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:42:00 -0700

Massimo discusses timeless design versus obsolete design, how fashion can pollute timeless design. Massimos talks about the efficiency of the American Airline identity. Why Massimo strongly doesn’t believe in subcultures and post modernists.

American Airlines ::

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Massimo Vignelli 1/4

Typeradio — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:41:00 -0700

Massimo talks about his dream project, why he wears black. How he collaborates with his wife. Massimo discuses his ego and how he characterizes it. He talks about his life is design, if he designs one thing he can design everything without being superficial, and taking responsibility for design.

Vignelli Associates ::

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Dummy texts 2/2

Typeradio — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:17:00 -0700

We all use dummy texts in our everyday life as typographers and designers. We type them and maybe we read them, although they usually don’t have any content. But have you ever heard a dummy text?
For the type specimen exhibition ‘Scala, Bembo, Times und Dolly’ which is shown in the German National Libraries in Frankfurt/Main and Lepizig, Stiftung Buchkunst and Typosition asked Sven Ofner to speak dummy texts and pangrams.
(01-06 please check dummy texts 1/2)

07 Blindtext Platzhalter
08 The quick brown fox
09 Vaterschaftsanalyse
10 Blindtext von Geburt an
11 Weiss Antiqua
12 Blindtext kleiner Ulysses
13 Sokrates

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Dummy texts 1/2

Typeradio — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:28:00 -0700

01 Blindtext langweilig
02 Nein, meine Texte les ich nicht
03 Capitol/Versalien
04 Lorem ipsum
05 Memphis
06 Psychopharmaka

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Tiffany Wardle 1/1

Typeradio — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:45:00 -0700

For all Typophiles out there, after having Jared Benson and Joe Pemberton on Typeradio, here is the Typophile Librarian Tiffany Wardle, on moderating and her other full time job. And on her article about the dark forest of End User License Agreements of typefaces, in which she clarifies the user-unfriendly little lines. Tip of the day: ‘Play with your type’.

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View of Paris 2: The unexpected message of a moving hand

Typeradio — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:42:00 -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 seducing?

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Thomas Phinney 3/3

Typeradio — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:15:00 -0700

Thomas Phinney talks about technological font developments. Will SING, Adobe’s “next big font thing”, have the same as influence as OpenType in the past? SING, Smart INdependent Glyphlets, is a technology for dynamically extending fonts on the fly. Hear the story in a nutshell.

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Thomas Phinney 2/3

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:33:16 -0700

Phinney the type detective. Revealing forgery by identifying typefaces? Different authorities used Phinney’s expertise on typographic history on their way to justice.

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Thomas Phinney 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:35:22 -0700

Get to know Adobe’s program manager for fonts and global typography, who starts his day with checking email. Thomas Phinney tells how his interest from DTP gradually moved to type, about Henry the Fifth and playing board games with his daughter.

Thomas Phinney's blog ::
about Thomas Phinney ::

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View of Paris 1: French typography

Typeradio — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:08:00 -0700

Column by Lidewijde Paris, focusing on the social aspects of typography. This columns zooms in on the French with their great gestures and their opposite typography.

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Typeradio: CMYK by Electric Mustafa

Typeradio — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:50:00 -0700

CMYK – Official anthem of the Typeradio Typo Berlin 2006 Show

A spectacular live show featuring the legendary colour girl Miss Kathy, world renowned letter-incarnator The Great Ornaldo who completed the entire alphabet in under six minutes using all his body parts. The Typographic Orchestra were flown in from London to create spectacular finger-licking visual intros. Also a heart wrenching interview with Mr. Comic Sans. And to top it all we were joined for the first time ever by Electric Mustafa to sing a specially written rendition of the all time classic by the Village People, CMYK. Now available for everybody to download and enjoy!

Electric Mustafa – CMYK
(written, arranged & produced by Mike Meijer / based on YMCA by Jacques Morali, Henry Belolo, Victor Willis)

Young girl, you can be blue or pink
I said, young girl, with just four kinds of ink
I said, young girl, this is the missing link
All you got to do is mix ‘em!

Young girl, with a touch of Cyan
I said young girl, add some Magenta and then
I said young girl, a little Black if you can.
And you can paint the town deep purple

It’s fun to play with CMYK
It’s fun to play with the CMYK
It is the perfect way for a young girl to play
It is more fun than modern ballet!
It’s fun to play with CMYK
It’s fun to play with CMYK
You can get paint yourself green, or even aquamarine
The most colorful chick on the scene

Young girl, so much colors to choose
I said young girl, no need to have the blues
I said young girl, so much more you can use
All the colors of the rainbow

Young girl, here’s a way to gain ground
I said young girl, you’re not one-color bound
I said, young girl, you can mix ’em around
It’s the way to have a good time

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Jay Rutherford 4/4

Typeradio — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:48:00 -0700

Jay’s dream is to build an ultimate teaching tool and to teach typography: he’s gathering an extensive multilingual keyword-based source database of images related to graphic design, covering everything from cave paintings to current design stuff. At the moment he is searching for contributing graphic design teachers that are willing to supply images and information. Recorded interviews, images, zoom-in pdfs, articles about readability of signage systems in Far East, everything fits! Open your treasure chest for him!

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Jay Rutherford 3/4

Typeradio — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:47:00 -0700

Jay is fresh from India. He just spent a month there as a visiting professor at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, giving a crash course in typography. He is totally convinced that India is going to kick Europe’s ass very soon. Indians are hungry, they have commitment, they want to show their skills, while Germany for example is fat and satisfied with its existing typographic heritage. Watch out, an Indian three wheeler will soon drive over Mercedes Benz!

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India ::

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Jay Rutherford 2/4

Typeradio — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:19:00 -0700

When Jay was small, his uncle Pete worked downstairs on illustrations and book covers. When he was 16 he found a book at the local library about advertising typography by accident. Silk screen experiments. Teaching gigs in the mid 80’s. Printing shops. Keyboard short cuts in InDesign. Johannes Itten and the colours of old Bauhaus buildings. —Jay tells the whole story of becoming what he is today.

Johannes Itten ::

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Jay Rutherford 1/4

Typeradio — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:16:00 -0700

How did native Canadian Jay Rutherford end up with a professorate at the Art and Design Faculty of the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany? What’s the main difference between Canadians and Germans? Is he ever considering going back to Canada? Being a teacher, the students’ respect sometimes comes years later: ‘I’m sorry, I was such a jerk when I was your student, but thanks a lot’.

Launch of Bauhaus University in 1996 ::

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RK Joshi 5/5

Typeradio — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:39:00 -0700

Professor R. K. Joshi has a beautiful morning ritual: as soon as he gets up he gives water to the plants. Then, standing first to the east, he drinks water in all ten directions one by one. Stay tuned, more rituals to follow. And finally, an unbeatable praise for speech, for spoken word.

Water rituals belong to many faiths ::

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RK Joshi 4/5

Typeradio — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:35:00 -0700

R. K. Joshi has three books that he values as his gurus. Those books made him fall in love with the calligraphy, to the whole process of how you concentrate, how you take care of the tools, to spiritualism of calligraphy. Sound of words. For him, the sounds are more important than the written meaning of word – a good example is the holy syllable ‘om’.

Om: Symbol of the Absolute ::

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RK Joshi 3/5

Typeradio — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:33:00 -0700

‘You’re not a master of your own creative work – the master is your assignment. You do your work, and then leave this world.’ Why signing works is not part of general Indian philosophy? This podcast contains a fantastic side track to R. K. Joshi’s cooking habits and to his favorite dish. Does R. K. Joshi’s two daughters follow daddy’s artistic activities?

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RK Joshi 2/5

Typeradio — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:31:00 -0700

R. K. Joshi gives a short introduction to India’s 22 languages, to their common phonetic sounds. Maybe it’s possible to develop a common script for all Indian languages? What kind of difficulties are there? Why did it take his whole life to reintroduce Indian calligraphy for Indian students, and why the task is still not finished? About his passion to carry the aesthetics of old time Indian scripts for new digital tools and typefaces. Who was the first guy in India to carve text on the stone, during King Ashoka’s time?

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RK Joshi 1/5

Typeradio — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:26:00 -0700

Professor R. K. Joshi is designer, artist, calligrapher and poet. Multi-lingual communication, art history and reviving of India’s calligraphic tradition are close to his heart. Currently he is working as a Visiting Design Specialist at National Centre for Software Technology (NCST) in the area of language technology and type design. Typeradio talked with R. K. Joshi at ATypI in Lisbon, September 2006. He talks about his long affair with calligraphic books, how he got in to an Indian advertising agency and how he got inspired by Italian writing masters like Arrighi. In the early days of his career he went to a printing press to learn practical problems in Indian typography. He was also keen on to bring western influences to Indian scripts.

Speaker details of R. K. Joshi at ATypI Lisbon ::

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Phil Baines 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:18:10 -0700

Phil Baines talks about British graphic design in the 80’s, graphic design rockstars, his You Can Read Me font for the Fuse project, his current projects and what he would have on his gravestone and which carver would carve it.

You Can Read Me font ::
FUSE project ::

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Phil Baines 2/3

Typeradio — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:46:00 -0700

Phil Baines talks about his own design education, what he doesn’t like about type design, why graphic design is more important than type design, his favorite typefaces and the Penguin Great Ideas project.

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Phil Baines 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:58:00 -0700

Phil Baines is graphic designer, Professor of Typography, curator and teacher at St. Martins College in London. After studying to be a catholic priest, he switched to graphic design. He reflects on how religion still plays a part in his life, a strange ritual, relaxation, his favorite books, teaching and the changes in design education. Typeradio talked with Phil Baines at ATypi in Lisbon, September 2006.

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Andreu Balius and Diederik Corvers 3/3

Typeradio — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:27:00 -0700

Diederik talks about his start in type design. Self-taught Andreu says he would like to be a student again, if he wasn’t a designer. He talks about his font designs, both revivals as well as originals. His revivals are neither plagiarism nor nostalgia, he is aware of his work’s role in Spanish typographic history. Andreu’s mother is happy with what he does, Diederik’s parents are not quite, although he always wanted to be a designer.

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Andreu Balius and Diederik Corvers 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:30:00 -0700

Is there typical Spanish design? The difference between Spanish and Catalonian design, the pros and cons of globalisation. Andreus role in Spanish typographic history. Andreu talks about his font foundry Type Republic and the Garcia Fonts project.

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Andreu Balius and Diederik Corvers 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:10:00 -0700

Andreu Balius is a graphic and type-designer from Barcelona, Diederik Corvers is one from Rotterdam. They talk about religion, working as a designer in Barcelona and Rotterdam, mountain biking as relaxation, favorite dishes, heroes. What is typical Spanish or Dutch design?

Diederik Corver’s studio Klaar Ontwerpen ::

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Roger Black 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:56:37 -0700

Roger Black reflects on ‘design equity’, his work on the Baltimore Sun, the importance of verbal skills in graphic design, the ‘intellectualisation’ of design and recent developments in typography.

The Baltimore Sun ::
Homicide, tv-series ::

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Roger Black 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:15:00 -0700

‘Technological progress can make you insane.’ Roger Black talks about his first newspaper ‘My Fun Reader’, printed on the Ditto machine, the role of design in the newspaper business, his career in typography and newspaper design, his favorite magazine and his favorite newspapers.

Ditto Machine ::
New York Magazine article on Roger Black ::
New York Magazine ::
The Guardian ::

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Roger Black 1/3

Typeradio — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:29:55 -0700

Roger Black is more religious in terms of typography than religion. ‘Anything goes in typography.’ Newspapers are his passion. He talks about reading newspapers and reading in general. The differences between reading print on paper and reading on the web.

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Kai Bernau 1/1

Typeradio — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:12:00 -0700

The persuit of neutrality. Kai Bernau, recent graduate of the Hagues Type and Media course, explains how he attempted to achieve blandness with his recently released font ‘neutral’.

Kai Bernau dot com ::
Collaborative work space with Susana Carvalho ::
Neutral the web site ::
get Neutral ::

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Filip Blazek 3/3

Typeradio — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:54:00 -0700

Filip’s view on Ellen Lupton’s free font pool, his plea for educating people about graphic design, the characteristics of Czech graphic design and the Building Letters project.

Ellen Lupton’s Free Font Manifesto ::

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Filip Blazek 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:32:21 -0700

Filip talks about books, his dearest possession, being the Czech Atypi delegate, his Diacritics project

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Filip Blazek 1/3

Typeradio — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:21:39 -0700

Filip talks about morning rituals, his design studio, the thin line between typography and graphic design, his parents and the fall of communism.

Filip’s graphic design studio Designiq ::

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Christian Schwartz 3rd cooking

Typeradio — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:19:19 -0800

Join Christian Schwartz in Lisbon for his third recipe – Salmon soup from Finland otherwise known as Lohikeitto.

Lohikeitto ::

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Ellen Lupton 2/2

Typeradio — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:56:07 -0800

Free fonts as pollution, typographic slums, where is the place where few good fonts can be preserved?

Free fonts ::

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Ellen Lupton 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:55:51 -0800

Design is a religion, moral and ethical and aesthetic set of solutions and principles isn’t that what religion is?

Design writing research ::
Design your life ::

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Typeradio on Designmai

Typeradio — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:06:00 -0800

A world-premier. This is the first time Liza and Donald have to answer the 20 yes/no questions. Invited by students from Halle, Offenbach and Weimar, there is no chance to escape. Also the legendary penis question and the Underwear question. Listen to this to meet Donald and Liza in person.

After traveling the whole world, finally the time has come to reveal the often discussed the legendary list of best looking type-designers world-wide. Who is on the list?

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Should I Write Or Should I Speak

Typeradio — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:35:00 -0800

War of words, live from the Crossing Border festival 2006.
Typeradio discussed with 4 guests the limitations and strength of the written and spoken word. The guests included the most discerning book designer of the Netherlands Tessa van der Waals, furiously renowned European poet Menno Wigman, Fluxus legend Willem de Ridder – whose spoken words have no limit and worldwide acknowledged type designer Gerard Unger – whose knowledge of the letter form exceeds all others.

Electric Mustafa wrote and performed this special song for this special night.

Darling I don’t know what is right
Should I write down, should I recite?
One letter’s fine, the next is crap
A minefield and a boobytrap
Well come on what’s your technique?
Should I write or should I speak?

And all these T’s, D’s and E’s
What font will put your mind at ease?
Should I be following the hype?
Or am I really not that type?
Come on it’s so mystique!
Should I write or should I speak?

This indecision’s bugging me
Don’t wanna speak, just make ya see
Exactly what I mean to say
Or should I say it anyway?
Come on and let me know
Should i speak or must I show?

Solo

Should I speak or should I write now?
Should I write or should I speak now?
If I speak there will be trouble
And if I write it will be double
So come on you little freak
Should I write or should I speak?
Should I speak or should I write now?
Should I write or should I speak now?
If I speak there will be trouble
And if I write it will be double
So come on you little freak
Should I write or should I speak?

Electric Mustafa ::

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Letterror 4/4

Typeradio — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:08:30 -0800

Dead bits, code maintenance, Beowolf, competition and their working relation, Just’s bands Lui and Wolfraam.

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Letterror 3/4

Typeradio — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:26:52 -0800

About books, heroes, Justs dearest posession and Eriks dearest position, fears and insecurities, the interaction between programming and design, bitrot.

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Letterror 2/4

Typeradio — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:05:44 -0800

Erik and Just talk about cheating, getting ripped off, Ellen Lupton’s ‘Free Font Manifesto’, their talk at TypoBerlin, reflection and the consequences of family life.

Ellen Lupton's Free Font Manifesto ::

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Letterror 1/4

Typeradio — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:53:29 -0800

Finally both Letterror guys together. It starts with Erik telling a story and then goes into rituals, writing code, dish washers, trust, illegal fonts, bunch-a-stuff and cooking.

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Eboy 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:42:10 -0800

Eboy talk about the influence of having kids, the computers they used, their heroes Einsturzende Neubauten and their plans for the future.

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Eboy 2/3

Typeradio — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:57:00 -0800

Eboy talk about cooking, eating, the wonderful world of pixels, designing toys and ‘designer toys’.

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Eboy 1/3

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:40:14 -0800

Eboy is Kai Vermehr, Peter Stemmler, Steffen Sauerteig and Svend Smital. They talk about religion and rituals. How did they get together? How do they divide the work? What defines the Eboy style? Also: relaxing with ‘Soldier of Fortune II’ and a trampoline. And why did Peter move to New York?

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Crossing Border 2006: Menno Wigman

Typeradio — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:59:00 -0800

War of words, live from the Crossing Border festival 2006.

Typeradio discussed with 4 guests the limitations and strength of the written and spoken word. The guests included the most discerning book designer of the Netherlands Tessa van der Waals, furiously renowned European poet Menno Wigman, Fluxus legend Willem de Ridder – whose spoken words have no limit and worldwide acknowledged type designer Gerard Unger – whose knowledge of the letter form exceeds all others.

Listen to Menno Wigmans point of view.

Writing is imitation.
The do-it-yourself attitude.
Graphic Designers are punks.
Bembo, Charlotte & Dolly.

Crossing Border ::
about Menno Wigman (in dutch) ::

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Crossing Border 2006: Tessa vd Waals

Typeradio — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:39:00 -0800

War of words, live from the Crossing Border festival 2006.

Listen to Tessa van der Waals.

Crossing Border ::
Best dutch book designs ::

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Crossing Border 2006: Gerard Unger

Typeradio — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:49:00 -0800

War of words, live from the Crossing Border festival 2006.

Listen to Gerard Ungers point of view.

01 Make words, not war
02 Make love
03 Love is a word

And finally Gerard will tell us what young couples should do while making love.

Crossing Border ::
Love Language ::

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The tragic death of Helvetica

Typeradio — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:53:00 -0800

Typeradio is very proud to present exclusively the very first interview with the typeface Helvetica. This is the first episode from the new series of interviews where Typeradio travels around the world to meet typefaces and to talk to them.
In this episode Helvetica showed up with his old friend Gert Dumbar to the theater opening of the Tragic Death of Helvetica, organized by students of the Royal academy in the Hague.

We are very honored to have the rare chance to meet this all-time classic, and to present this interview to you.

Ladies and gentlemen: please welcome Helvetica.

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Piet Schreuders 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:41:42 -0800

Piet Schreuders about The Beatles, graphic design as the perfect hobby and why he doesn’t design fonts.

Official Beatles website ::
Beatles fan-site ::
Beatles discography ::
Duck for Cover (Voor Verbetering Vatbaar) book ::
Dell Maps book ::

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Piet Schreuders 2/3

Typeradio — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:57:00 -0800

Piet Schreuders about James Avati and the Lay-In Lay-Out book.

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Piet Schreuders 1/3

Typeradio — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:08:27 -0700

Getting to know Piet Schreuders:
rituals, stress, deadlines, time spent on projects and the importance of research

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Chip Kidd 3/3

Typeradio — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:55:40 -0700

Meet Henry and the twins, Chips dearest posession. Chip talks about accomplishment, big ham, acting, who he hates, politics, and how he refuels his enthusiasm.

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Chip Kidd 2/3

Typeradio — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:15:20 -0700

Chip tells typeradio, his favorite recipe, Drunken Chicken, tips on how to cheat with a rapidograph, his choice to become a book designer, his latest design for Paul Simon and his favorite books.

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Chip Kidd 1/3

Typeradio — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:26:00 -0700

First Typeradio interview in the nude, and Chip is looking very good. Chip talks about his obsessions, superstitions. What makes a good book cover, design versus sales. Differences between American and European book covers.

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Paul van der Laan 3/3

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:26:00 -0700

Paul talks about his competitive edge, how he started teaching, and thinking on his feet. Paul reveals his view on why there are so few women type designers and his obsession with Game boy!

Type and Media, the Hague ::
Game Boy Micro ::

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Paul van der Laan 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:36:00 -0700

Paul talks about the history of Rezident, his study years and finding his way and winning the competition, coming up with ways of merging the traditional and new. Paul also reveals his current project and his involvement with Resolume.

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Paul van der Laan 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:35:00 -0700

Paul talks about the value and emotional attachment to fonts, chasing font pirates, setting, how his interest in fonts was sparked, and of course world domination…

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David Carson 4/4

Typeradio — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:56:00 -0700

Carson about his parents’ expectations, his children, the consequences of breaking the rules in graphic design, and his thoughts on type and type design.

1995 article by Joe Clark ::

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David Carson 3/4

Typeradio — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:55:00 -0700

Carson talks about his surfing days, his switch to graphic design and the early years of his design career.

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David Carson 2/4

Typeradio — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:54:00 -0700

Carson on trust, food, cheating, getting ripped off, books and his hero.

about David Carson ::
Mickey Dora ::

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David Carson 1/4

Typeradio — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:53:00 -0700

Carson talks about music and surfing, in relation to his design work.

surfing ::

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Anthon Beeke 3/3

Typeradio — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:45:00 -0700

Anthon Beeke is most known for his poster designs. Designing a poster is for him making an image. Making an image is making a statement. A poster can show the power and emptiness of images. And sometimes there are posters which are no posters.

For Anthon Beeke typography is mostly organization. His fascination lies in the energy some people put into making type, and to explore the fantasy in type.

And finally you got to know all details about the naked alphabet. Why, where, how, who. And yes there is also a personal friend of the queen Beatrix involved, showing her tits in public.

This episode also contains the weirdest question ever asked on typeradio.

Listen now to find out more.

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Anthon Beeke 2/3

Typeradio — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:43:00 -0700

Anthon Beeke in his 20’s. How you can become a graphic designer with one blind eye and two left hands. Thinking is more important than working. The secret of success lies in the eagerness to know more. You have to have the right clients to have a chance to provoke. In the seventies and eighties sex & erotic was perfect to get the attention. But what about now and here. What subjects are provocative today? Anthon will tell us in this episode.

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Anthon Beeke 1/3

Typeradio — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:40:00 -0700

Times have changed. Now there is money. You do not have to work anymore as a butcher to survive. In this first episode Anthon tells us how it feels to sit stinking in art class and taking a shower once a week. Growing up in a time, when people did not know what graphic design is, where you were not allowed to do what you wanted to do.
And then his father finds out through the local newspapers that his son’s painting are already hanging in the Stedelijk museum. Time to leave the house, and find out yourself what this world is about.

eye magazine on Anthon Beeke ::

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Kathryn Cho 1/1

Typeradio — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:09:00 -0700

Kathryn Cho discusses the making of her recent project ‘Typecast’ a documentary on the past, present and future of Swiss design. Kathryns documentary includes interviews of Steff Geissbuhler, Beat Müller and Wendelin Hess, Helmut Schmid, Wolfgang Weingart.

Typecast ::

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Critzler 5/5

Typeradio — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:40:00 -0700

Die Gestalten font foundry

Die Gestalten font foundry ::

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Critzler 4/5

Typeradio — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:39:00 -0700

The history of Pfadfinderei, Labstyle and the principles of VJ-ing.

Pfadfinderei fonts ::

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Critzler 3/5

Typeradio — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:37:00 -0700

The early days of acid techno music, some of his fonts, and the downside of font design.

Pfadfinderei fonts ::

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Critzler 2/5

Typeradio — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:36:00 -0700

How Critzler started designing fonts, hooking up with Die Gestalten publishers and the Localizer book and font.

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Critzler 1/5

Typeradio — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:32:00 -0700

Critzler talks about breakfast, religion, relaxation and his life, education and work in the former DDR.

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One minute of type - part 4

Typeradio — Wed, 31 May 2006 05:59:00 -0700

Typeradio workshop St.Joost, Breda (24-26 May 2006)

Typeradio’s Liza Enebeis and Donald Beekman held a workshop for 2nd year Graphic Design students at the St.Joost Academy in Breda, The Netherlands. The assignment was to express a typeface in 60 seconds of sound. Here are the results.

Trixie : Sharon
Interstate : Vera Bertens
Mrs.Eaves : Wietske Doreleijers
Fakir : Wietske Doreleijers

St. Joost academy Breda ::

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One minute of type - part 3

Typeradio — Wed, 31 May 2006 05:56:00 -0700

Typeradio workshop St.Joost, Breda (24-26 May 2006)

Pixie : Natalie
Helvetica : Niels
Fette Fraktur : Rob van Leijsen
Beowolf : Sanne Kuijpers
Verdana : Sophie Kuijs

St. Joost academy Breda ::

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One minute of type -part 2

Typeradio — Wed, 31 May 2006 05:53:00 -0700

Typeradio workshop St.Joost, Breda (24-26 May 2006).

Din : Karel Geboers
Gill Sans : Linda van de Kerkhof
Flava : Marielle van Genderen
Comic Sans (Regular & Bold) : Marijke van Gorp
Futura : Max Rovers

St. Joost academy Breda ::

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One minute of type - part 1

Typeradio — Wed, 31 May 2006 05:50:00 -0700

Typeradio workshop St.Joost, Breda (24-26 May 2006).

Rockwell : Anne de Laat
Bodoni : Caro Turlings
Avant Garde : Hanneke Minten
Balance : Joep van Gassel
Bello : Judith Klauwers

St. Joost academy Breda ::

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Gert Dumbar and Derk Dumbar 5/5

Typeradio — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:24:00 -0800

Gert tells us how he wants to prove that art academies no longer exist as physical buildings. Art academies should not be self centered, but they should be aware that there are always different ideas which are also right. Design is very different to science. There is no one right and one wrong. There are different cultures with different ideas. And this localism is what makes Design design. Design should be local communication.
But how does this match the fact that Dumbar is, and is used as a brand in China?
Finally Gert Dumbar sings the song, especially composed for Typeradio. Ladies and Gentleman, a warm welcome to Gert singing ‘Follows’.

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Gert Dumbar and Derk Dumbar 4/5

Typeradio — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:16:00 -0800

Gert talks about his one time experience being a lead singer, and hearing his record on the radio. Also Gerts and Derks longing for the impossible. Listen to this part to know more about their secret plans…

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Gert Dumbar and Derk Dumbar 3/5

Typeradio — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:58:00 -0800

For Gert Dumbar, pre-war french motorbikes are a perfect example of french geniality. It does not matter if they fall apart, but it is the new way of thinking which counts. This is what makes France a pioneering country regarding technique and design.

The most advanced car in the world in 1955 ::
Citroen DS 1960 ::
2 CV Racing Club ::

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Gert Dumbar and Derk Dumbar 2/5

Typeradio — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:54:00 -0800

Derk and Gert Dumbar reveal everything you ever wanted to know about the dutch tax system but never dared to ask. And a well-kept secret gets revealed: the legendary account nr. 1 in Holland. Furthermore this part is about Mahatma Gandhi, Steve Jobs, Paul Schuitema, Gerard Kiljan, Piet Zwart, Stanford university and a ghost in a house in france.

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Gert Dumbar and Derk Dumbar 1/5

Typeradio — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:47:00 -0800

Father (Gert Dumbar) and son (Derk Dumbar) tell us why the dutch people are type eaters and the greek are not. Of course the talk is also about family stuff like how to educate your children, secret rituals of Gert Dumbar (which even his wife and son don’t know) and why children should put their parents to bed.
Did Gert ever design a font? Does he know how to work with a computer? And is it really true that the whole Dumbar family was kicked out of school?
And guess who imitates a horse wearing underwear?

Gert Dumbar (Studio Dumbar) ::
Derk Dumbar ::

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Cyrus Highsmith 3/3

Typeradio — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:54:00 -0800

How he teaches his students and the difference between male and female students and finally Cyrus reveals how he appeared in Playboy magazine and why
he buys it.

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Cyrus Highsmith 2/3

Typeradio — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:51:00 -0800

Did Cyrus fullfil his parents expectations? His loves and hates and the conspiracy of opentype…

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Cyrus Highsmith 1/3

Typeradio — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:48:00 -0800

Cyrus quits punk band to go to art school? A fan of Astro boy and detective novels, and if he wasn’t that busy he would be writing a novel.

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Willem de Ridder 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:10:00 -0800

Media personality, radio artist, ex-Fluxus, pornographer, mirrologist and master storyteller. Willem de Ridder is a legend when it comes to radio as medium of expression. For typeradio he has done three monologues about type and design.

A short introduction into reading beyond words. Please take some printed matter, make yourself comfortable and listen to this piece. Yes explanation doesn’t work here anymore, but you will see it, feel it and yes oooh… reading will become a completely new experience.

+++ Rated PG-13 for sexual content +++

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Willem de Ridder 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:04:00 -0800

From storytelling to reading and writing. From the right side to the left side of the brain. From circular thinking to linear thinking.
Did you ever ask yourself about the impact of type on society?
Discover and find out about the benefit of piercing, tattoos and jungle music.

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Willem de Ridder 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:51:00 -0800

Get ready to get occupied by this man.
This voice.
This storyteller.
And before you know you got stuck with this idiot.
Listen to his words and find out that the real control panel is inside you; as soon as you change something the whole world changes. There is no difference between you and me. All ends up in pure energy.

And what does this have to do with Typeradio? Willem tells us how design is working from the storyteller point of view. The designer in the position of a universal creator; of things, feelings and idiots.

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Matthew Carter 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:14:00 -0800

Matthew Carter’s father was a typographer. So isn’t one type-guy enough for a family. And what about the sons of Matthew Carter?
And finally we are talking with someone who met the designer of the Helvetica in person. Wow, we did not expect this, when we came up with this question. Hurra, and thank you Matthew Carter to tell us the real Helvetica-story.

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Matthew Carter 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:03:00 -0800

Lying for the truth? Why is it meanwhile possible to have a conversation about fonts with a ten year old boy? And what about the font police? Type designers are powerless.

The Typographic Art of Matthew Carter ::

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Matthew Carter 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:54:00 -0800

Matthew Carter getting confronted with the legendary 30 questions. Jeans or not, drivers license or not, hate or love. Listen and find out.

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One minute of design - part 4

Typeradio — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:09:00 -0800

In 2004 students from the Willem de Kooning academy in Rotterdam were asked to design 1 minute of design.
Of course we should be aware of what we are (designers) and what we are not (musicians). But does this mean that designers should be limited to a 2 dimensional space to express their visual ideas?
Listen, enjoy, discover & understand… or not.

Sofie and Louise : self-help
Ties Alfrink : everybody is a designer

Willem de Kooning academy Rotterdam ::

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One minute of design - part 3

Typeradio — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:05:00 -0800

Irda : letter-note
Inge van der Wetering : my idea
Hugo de Pagter : dear neighbour

Willem de Kooning academy Rotterdam ::

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One minute of design - part 2

Typeradio — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:01:00 -0800

Arjan : white paper
Charlotte van der Heiden : scripted sound
Guido van der Mark : packshot

Willem de Kooning academy Rotterdam ::

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One minute of design - part 1

Typeradio — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:09:00 -0800

Anne Kraak : type-evolution
Annemieke van der Hoek : the message
Antje & Ellen : wake up

Willem de Kooning academy Rotterdam ::

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Peter Reichard

Typeradio — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:52:00 -0800

Peter Reichard is talking about his magazine Spatium. Spatium started as a PDF magazine in 2000. After 30 issues the makers were changing from PDF to real printed matter. Meanwhile Spatium became a well known magazine in the german design & typography scene.

Spatium - Magazin für Typografie ::

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Tobias Frere-Jones and Jonathan Hoefler 3/3

Typeradio — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:33:00 -0800

Becoming a type designer because of color blindness? Listen to the story of Jonathan Hoefler. Is this all live? Online archived? Recorded at all? Get more intimate with Tobias and Jonathan, and get to know more about: big collection of street lettering, studio 360, playing music, Alan Kitching, the Plantin-Moretus museum in Antwerp, tricky questions, 10 millions free radios, Bush & type fans and hinting fans.
All recorded and archived for you.

Plantin-Moretus Museum ::

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Tobias Frere-Jones and Jonathan Hoefler 2/3

Typeradio — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:31:00 -0800

Listen to Tobias and Jonathan talking about their unique and amazing collection of type specimens. The quest, fight, discussion and love. They also talk about the difficulties about drawing the line between revivals and non revivals. Isn’t all type design grounded on history?

Hoefler & Frere-Jones ::

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Tobias Frere-Jones and Jonathan Hoefler 1/3

Typeradio — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:29:00 -0800

After a recording mistake Jonathan and Tobias get confronted once more with the 30 questions. Meanwhile they had some time to prepare and rethink their answer they gave the first time.
They talk about their cooperation, how and when all started and the benefit of having an editor while designing type.

Hoefler & Frere-Jones ::

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Typeradio quizzz Ken Barber vs Keith Tam 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:58:00 -0700

Ken & Keith still struggling around in the middle of the impossible Typeradio quizzz. Gosh, this game is not made for radio. However, if you wanna hear how Ken Barber tries to strike back on the immortal Keith Tam, listen to it. Ken manages to score his first point, and then… nobody can stop him anymore!

about Keith Tam ::
about Ken Barber ::

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Typeradio quizzz Ken Barber vs Keith Tam 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:55:00 -0700

Ken Barber & Keith Tam playing the very tough Typeradio quizzz. If you don’t have a clue what you’re listening to: Keith and Ken are getting to see the two letters ‘T’ and ‘A’. Then they have to guess the names of the different typefaces. Very visual game for a radio show you would say, and yes, you’re right about this. Anyway…

Keith Tam ::
Ken Barber ::

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Catherine Griffiths 3/3

Typeradio — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:23:00 -0700

All of us will be gone, but her monuments will stay. About making a mark – what really is meaningful and filling for her? Why living and working in New Zealand doesn’t appeal so much anymore? The future is wide and open.

Catherine's website ::

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Catherine Griffiths 2/3

Typeradio — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:19:00 -0700

Catherine Griffiths reveals: when a husband is a hero, the relationship is competing. About the role of the typefaces in her public art works. How does she pick a typeface for the job?

Catherine's website ::
Bruce Connew, her husband ::

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Catherine Griffiths 1/3

Typeradio — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:16:00 -0700

A New Zealander, artist and designer Catherine Griffiths mixing fiction and reality. About anchovies, journeys, Paul Auster and her personal photos in her work.

Catherine's website ::

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Syrup Helsinki 3/3

Typeradio — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:51:00 -0700

Being pissed. About working together, who’s in the lead? Interns and other hired people helping on projects. Being part of the Finnish Design movement or setting apart from it?

Syrup Helsinki ::

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Syrup Helsinki 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:47:00 -0700

Heroes and super heroes. Moving on, and adapting new elements to graphic design. Syrup pushing syrup further.

Syrup Helsinki ::
Escalator records exhibition ::

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Syrup Helsinki 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:46:00 -0700

Trust this Finnish graphic design agency. Music as a source for their playful designs. ‘In the old days the church was a patron of arts – we push our multinational clients to take the same role as the church used to have!’

Syrup Helsinki ::

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Kai Rentola 4/4

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:45:00 -0700

Kai got interested in a dimensional, light sculpture and found himself working on materials like paper. He says the Finnish advertising has been influenced by Japanese graphic design.

A paper workshop and exhibition ::

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Kai Rentola 3/4

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:44:00 -0700

Kai started as a sign-painter and a calligrapher. He has done some fonts based on a Finnish tradition, mostly in order to teach his students! Kai is fascinated in discovering old, forgotten fonts around Europe.

Souvenir! -typeface exhibition ::

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Kai Rentola 2/4

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:43:00 -0700

Get ready with Kai for Finnish winter sports and his ways to relax. And hear more about the way type design started being taught at the University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH).

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Kai Rentola 1/4

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:42:00 -0700

Kai claims that Helsinki has been very careful in placing big and noisy billboards to its street scene. What kind of influence has the local, minimalist small talk mentality to this local typography?

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Christian Schwartz 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:17:00 -0700

‘Listen son, here is what you should do’. And more stories about Christian’s father. Did you know Christian looks a bit like Helvetica? And also: the real story behind the new typeface Schwartz made for the new tabloid sized Guardian newspaper, his most recent job.

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Christian Schwartz 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:10:00 -0700

The endless energy making a remarkable career of this young man.

short bio of Christian ::

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Christian Schwartz 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:05:00 -0700

Jewish Christmas at the Schwartz family, what would they cook that day? Raw fish maybe? Also in this talk: how to get drunk with Wolfgang Weinhart in Basel.

Prepared to be Famous ::

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Adam Twardoch 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:50:00 -0700

Adam Twardoch explaining why he still didn’t finish university. You can already guess why: type.

Adam, the consultant ::

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Adam Twardoch 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:48:00 -0700

Adam Twardoch explaining how to succeed, Catch 22 and Hamlet, and the amazing world of letters.

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Adam Twardoch 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:41:00 -0700

With a dark brown wodka voice, typographic consultant Adam Twardoch talks about his Polish habits and religion, trust and Python scripts.

Adam's website ::

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Laurence Penney

Typeradio — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:32:00 -0700

Laurence Penney of MyFonts giving very technical information about future font technologies. Laurence is explaining what the plan at this moment (2004) is: embedding End User License Agreements into font files. Very complex information told as simple as possible. Nothing fancy about design, just for typo-diehards. And the outcome? To be continued.

MyFonts ::

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Jorma Hinkka bookreading

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:48:00 -0700

Jorma Hinkka reading Virginia Woolf.

Graafiset Neliot Oy ::

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Joonas Luotonen 2/2

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:47:00 -0700

Joonas about love and Maxdox.

Maxdox ::

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Joonas Luotonen 1/2

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:31:00 -0700

Joonas about cappuccino, red wine, finnish salmon soup and how to make a real nice pizza.

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Luciano Perondi 3/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:21:00 -0700

Mr. Perondi on Bodoni.

Everywhere Bodoni! ::

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Luciano Perondi 2/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:20:00 -0700

‘No letter is an island’. Collecting failures and more surprising Italian stories.

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Luciano Perondi 1/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:19:00 -0700

Luciano about the pope and being Italian.

Luciano's typeface designs ::

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Jean Francois Porchez 3/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 02:28:00 -0700

‘I’m in love’. Very nice: his own personal internet love story. C’est l’amour.

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Jean Francois Porchez 2/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 02:26:00 -0700

Porchez’s type desire and about the new typeface of the Guardian newspaper, his own most recent projects and bugs in the software.

Porchez's type foundry ::

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Jean Francois Porchez 1/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 02:25:00 -0700

Jean Francois Porchez about making love and fonts.

Porchez's website ::

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Catherine Griffiths book reading

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:18:00 -0700

Catherine Griffiths reading a small part of her favourite book. Well, actually 2 books, because they are so strongly interwoven. Double Game by Sophie Calle and Leviathan (1992) by Paul Auster.

:::: (from Wikipedia: ‘Sophie Calle served as the model for the character of Maria in Paul Auster’s novel Leviathan (1992). This mingling of fact and fiction so intrigued Sophie that she took it upon herself to undertake the works of art that Auster ascribed to Maria, including a series of color-coordinated meals.’)

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Danielle Aubert book reading

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:15:00 -0700

Danielle reading a part of her favourite book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and back again).

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol book ::

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Danielle Aubert 3/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:13:00 -0700

Money, just believe it’s real. Analyzation of the dollar.

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Danielle Aubert 2/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:11:00 -0700

Collect money, yeah. 100 dollar bills, and how they achieve a valuable look.

Danielle's presentation on the ATypI conference 2005 ::

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Danielle Aubert 1/3

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:09:00 -0700

Danielle Aubert is an American graphic designer. Get to know Danielle, who is a fan of reality shows, money, and the idea of collecting.

Danielle's website ::

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Frank E. Blokland 4/4

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:23:00 -0700

More on Fleischmann, the software called Ikarus, Gerrit Noordzij, sightseeing in Helsinki and his own pirate radio channel.

Ikarus ::

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Frank E. Blokland 3/4

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:22:00 -0700

How DTL obtained the Jan van Krimpen collection and other revivals.

Jan van Krimpen ::

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Frank E. Blokland 2/4

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:20:00 -0700

Frank explaining the Type & Music project of the Dutch Type Library. One way to look at history. And the difference between illustrations and typefaces.

Type & Music project ::

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Frank E. Blokland 1/4

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:17:00 -0700

Seafood, autobiography of Cellini, baroque music: say hello to the Dutch type designer Frank Blokland.

Dutch Type Library ::

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Aaron Marcus 4/4

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:06:00 -0700

Aaron Marcus telling a story on North American Indians, more about his children, and even asking for more. What a man.

Interview with Aaron Marcus ::

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Aaron Marcus 3/4

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:04:00 -0700

Aaron Marcus on war and peace, his family, quantum electromagnetic theory, design and how to show time.

short bio of Aaron Marcus ::

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Aaron Marcus 2/4

Typeradio — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:02:00 -0700

Aaron Marcus on terrible typography, historical futures and science fiction.

Atari game computer ::
History of science fiction ::

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Aaron Marcus 1/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:53:00 -0700

Aaron Marcus about his early 3D visual poems and his conceptual art.

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Petr van Blokland 4/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:49:00 -0700

Petr van Blokland: ‘What’s creativity?’ & ‘In theory it is impossible to design’.

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Petr van Blokland 3/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:45:00 -0700

Petr van Blokland: ‘I would like to have the choice what to be next’ & ‘The main aim for art education is to make students ask the right questions, and even to ask if this is the right definition’.

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Petr van Blokland 2/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:39:00 -0700

Petr van Blokland: ‘Being a designer is a sort of a meta-profession’ & ‘Design is the most beautiful word’.

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Petr van Blokland 1/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:36:00 -0700

Petr van Blokland: ‘If you have design rituals, it’s not design’.

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Sumner Stone 4/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:26:00 -0700

Audio description of Sumner’s work place & Mr. Bodoni versus Mr Stone.

Some info on Sumner Stone ::

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Sumner Stone 3/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:23:00 -0700

Real heroes, his type designs, writings, money & his father.

Interview with Sumner Stone ::

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Sumner Stone 2/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:20:00 -0700

More wild mushrooms for Mr. Stone, other farm stories, Plato & unheard: relaxed stories on font piracy.

short bio of Sumner Stone ::

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Sumner Stone 1/4

Typeradio — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:14:00 -0700

Sumner Stone on Tai Chi and using and creating typefaces.

Stone Type Foundry ::
History of Tai Chi ::

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Ritva Leinonen 2/2

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:07:00 -0700

Mörkö and love.

bio Ritva ::

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Ritva Leinonen 1/2

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:02:00 -0700

Ritva Leinonen, the Finnish country delegate of ATypI Helsinki, talks about drinking habits, stolen fonts, being a war child and traveling through Africa.

Ritva and ATypI ::

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Fred Smeijers 5/5

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:49:00 -0700

Corina and Fred on running your own business, the book Counterpunch and self-commissioned work.

the book 'TypeNow' ::

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Fred Smeijers 4/5

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:47:00 -0700

Corina and Fred on the way OurType fonts are being used, about experience, the design profession, cynicism and fundament.

Fred Smeijers's Arnhem typeface ::

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Fred Smeijers 3/5

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:46:00 -0700

Continuing the interview with Fred Smeijers as his wife, Corina, joins the talk. More on Fred’s father, how Fred & Corinna met each other and on OurType.

Corina Cotorobai ::

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Fred Smeijers 2/5

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:44:00 -0700

Fred Smeijers about his knives, cutting type, managing talent, his parents and the rest of his family.

the typeface Quadraat ::

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Fred Smeijers 1/5

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:42:00 -0700

Fred Smeijers talking about wine, relaxing and illegal fonts, books and heroism.

the type foundry OurType ::

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Peter Bilak 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:25:00 -0700

Peter Bilak and his connection to art. And, oh yeah, about Typotheque. And also: his own love story.

about Peter Bilak ::
Interview with Peter Bilak ::

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Peter Bilak 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:23:00 -0700

Peter Bilak talks about several aspects of being Dutch.

Peter Bilak, the designer ::
Dot dot dot magazine ::

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Peter Bilak 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:21:00 -0700

Peter Bilak, the founder of the Typotheque type foundry, on asking the right questions, what design is about for him, the post-graduate course Type]Media in Den Haag, language, linguistics and making the right choices.

Typotheque ::
Post graduate course Type]Media ::

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James Grieshaber 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:13:00 -0700

James Grieshaber on Cezanne Pro, world wide one of the best selling fonts of this moment and on fonts which he is designing at this moment.

Cezanne Pro ::

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James Grieshaber 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:12:00 -0700

James Grieshaber on books, Emigre, P22 and his own work as a type designer.

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James Greishaber 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:02:00 -0700

Get to know the man behind Typeco, his family and his habits.

Typeco ::

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Guess the typeface 6

Typeradio — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:31:00 -0700

Christian Schwartz and Cyrus Highsmith playing the ‘Guess the typeface’ game. Cyrus describes a fast, cool typeface. Guess which one…

Christian Schwartz ::
Cyrus Highsmith ::

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Guess the typeface 5

Typeradio — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:27:00 -0700

Christian Schwartz and Cyrus Highsmith playing the ‘Guess the typeface’ game. Christian describing a well known classical typeface. However, this looks like a hard one, because it takes Cyrus more than 10 minutes to guess the name of this typeface.

Christian Schwartz ::
Cyrus Highsmith ::

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Guess the typeface 4

Typeradio — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:24:00 -0700

Christian Schwartz and Cyrus Highsmith playing the ‘Guess the typeface’ game. Cyrus describing a funny typeface, but which one?

Christian Schwartz ::
Cyrus Highsmith ::

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Guess the typeface 3

Typeradio — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:21:00 -0700

Christian Schwartz and Cyrus Highsmith playing the ‘Guess the typeface’ game. Christian describing a clean modern typeface. Guess which one…

Christian Schwartz ::
Cyrus Highsmith ::

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Guess the typeface 2

Typeradio — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:18:00 -0700

Christian Schwartz and Cyrus Highsmith playing the ‘Guess the typeface’ game. Cyrus describing a heavy-lifting American guy, Christian trying to guess the name of this typeface.

Christian Schwartz ::
Cyrus Highsmith ::

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Guess the typeface 1

Typeradio — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:15:00 -0700

Christian Schwartz and Cyrus Highsmith playing the ‘Guess the typeface’ game. One describing the typeface, the other one trying to guess the name of the font. Especially this first try is amazing, Cyrus guesses the font name really really quickly. What a guy.

Christian Schwartz ::
Cyrus Highsmith ::

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Hans Reichel 5/5

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:39:00 -0700

Every human being is important, and more daxophone.

Hear the unique daxophone sound ::

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Hans Reichel 4/5

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:36:00 -0700

The impatience of Hans Reichel, and his daxophone.

Daxophone ::

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Hans Reichel 3/5

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:34:00 -0700

How the music of Hans Reichel relates to his type designs.

Barmeno ::

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Hans Reichel 2/5

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:32:00 -0700

Hans Reichel on music.

the musician Reichel ::

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Hans Reichel 1/5

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:27:00 -0700

30 yes-or-no-questions for Hans Reichel.

FF Dax ::

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Unger & Kobayashi 4/4

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:23:00 -0700

Mr. Unger & Mr. Kobayashi on inspiration, hobbies (?), pumpkin soup & sausages.

bio of Akira Kobayashi ::
bio of Gerard Unger ::

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Unger & Kobayashi 3/4

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:14:00 -0700

On Max Miedinger, the designer of Helvetica, about Oranda and Clifford, and the letter ‘C’.

Max Miedinger ::
Oranda ::

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Unger & Kobayashi 2/4

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:11:00 -0700

Akira on calculating money, character sets, and Gerard on newspapers and the abuse of typefaces by porn magazines.

Dutch newspaper Trouw ::

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Unger & Kobayashi 1/4

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:09:00 -0700

30 yes-or-no-questions which the gentlemen find difficult to answer with just ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

bio of Akira Kobayashi ::
bio of Gerard Unger ::

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House Industries 2/2

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:04:00 -0700

House Industries, forget the foundry, go for the band. The real story.

House Industries ::
House, the book ::

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House Industries 1/2

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:59:00 -0700

4 guys of House Industries trying to put the audience to sleep with 30 yes-or-no-questions.

House Industries ::
House, the book ::

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Lineto 2/2

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:57:00 -0700

Lineto, the foundry, the way things go, should go and will go. And about the Swiss heritage. All you need to know about Lineto in 16 minutes.

Lineto ::

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Lineto 1/2

Typeradio — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:44:00 -0700

Lineto, 3 men, 30 questions, 2 possible answers. Yes. No.

This Lineto ::
PostScript Lineto ::

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Erik van Blokland 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:46:00 -0700

Erik gets the inevitable penis question, well…

Home made by Stefan Sagmeister ::

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Erik van Blokland 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:44:00 -0700

Erik van Blokland on Just van Rossum and the space ranger future of his own children.

Just and Erik's bio ::

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Erik van Blokland 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:40:00 -0700

30 yes-or-no-questions where Erik van Blokland gets more enthusiastic towards the end.

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Typographische Gesellschaft Austria 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:58:00 -0700

30 yes or no questions for TGA, part 2

TGA ::

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Typographische Gesellschaft Austria 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:56:00 -0700

30 yes or no questions for TGA, part 1

TGA ::

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Indra Kupferschmid 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:54:00 -0700

30 yes or no questions for Indra Kupferschmid, part 2

German typographic reference book by Indra ::

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Indra Kupferschmid 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:45:00 -0700

30 yes or no questions for Indra Kupferschmid, part 1

A short bio of Indra ::

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Jan Middendorp 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:52:00 -0700

The making of Dutch Type – hear the first hand stories!

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Jan Middendorp 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:44:00 -0700

Jan’s comment: ‘you have to be a real monomaniac to be a type designer…’

Order 'Dutch Type' from Nijhof & Lee! ::

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Jan Middendorp 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:42:00 -0700

How did the editor & writer Jan Middendorp ended up to meet all those type designers? Do designers work harder than dancers?

Dutch Type, Jan's masterpiece ::

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Wes 2/2

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:08:00 -0700

Wes is enthusiastic about OpenType’s possibilities to convert graffiti into digital fonts

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Wes 1/2

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:06:00 -0700

Hear why Wes gets so excited over American graffiti scene. West & East Coast dudes.

East Coast ::
West Coast ::

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Strange Attractors 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:01:00 -0700

German chaos theory and Catelijne’s & Ryan’s battling egos formed Strange Attractors

What it really is about ::

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Strange Attractors 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:57:00 -0700

Catelijne & Ryan in monastic Cranbrook and spooky KABK Den Haag

Cranbrook ::
KABK ::

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Strange Attractors 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:56:00 -0700

Strange Attractors get a lot of work done by walking. 30 short questiions

Strange Attractors H.Q ::

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Ray Cruz 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:47:00 -0700

Ray Cruz about Mexican type style, and how he’s designing his typefaces

Ray's fonts at Fonthaus ::

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Ray Cruz 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:45:00 -0700

Ray Cruz doesn’t feel fear, and he’s perfectly healthy. About his typographic ambitions

Some fonts by Ray Cruz ::

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Ray Cruz 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:42:00 -0700

Ray Cruz about his life & career in Puerto Rico and the US.

A short bio of Ray ::

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Paul Shaw book reading

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:26:00 -0700

Paul Shaw reading from Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Gravity's Rainbow ::
A short bio of Paul ::

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Paul Shaw & John Downer 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:24:00 -0700

Paul Shaw & John Downer get back to the their original subject – concluding the essential differences in typography between Iowa & NYC!

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Paul Shaw & John Downer 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:16:00 -0700

Paul Shaw & John Downer continue their cozy living room chat

Paul's business ::
John's business ::

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Paul Shaw & John Downer 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:13:00 -0700

Paul Shaw & John Downer get back to the their original subject – concluding the essential differences in typography between Iowa & NYC!

A short bio of Paul ::
A short bio of John ::

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Gary Munch book reading

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:10:00 -0700

Gary Munch reading a poem from Magister Ludi by Herman Hesse

A short biography ::
Magister Ludi ::

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Dave Farey 3/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:08:00 -0700

Dave Farey dives into the anecdotes from his career since the 60’s.

The story of Azbuka typeface ::

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Dave Farey 2/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:06:00 -0700

Dave Farey collects hand rolled tobacco papers

Some fonts by Dave Farey ::

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Dave Farey 1/3

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:05:00 -0700

Dave Farey faced by 30 short questions

A short biography ::

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Christian Schwartz 2nd cooking

Typeradio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:01:00 -0700

Christian Schwartz cooks for the second time in the Typeradio kitchen. Follow his instructions to make a delicious summer soup!

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Erik Spiekermann 6/6

Typeradio — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:18:00 -0700

Postlude: Apple-z

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Erik Spiekermann 5/6

Typeradio — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:13:00 -0700

All about Meta.

isnotMeta ::
realMeta ::

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Erik Spiekermann 4/6

Typeradio — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:11:00 -0700

Erik Spiekermann: I can only think when I talk

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Erik Spiekermann 3/6

Typeradio — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:05:00 -0700

Erik Spiekermann about the fun of research, travelling, music and his weblog.

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Erik Spiekermann 2/6

Typeradio — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:03:00 -0700

Erik Spiekermann about the fun of research, travelling, music and his weblog.

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Erik Spiekermann 1/6

Typeradio — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 02:58:00 -0700

Prelude (and who paid for Typeradio)

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Typophile 4/4

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:28:00 -0700

Typophile site as a discussion forum pushing the craft further.

Typophile ::

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Typophile 3/4

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:26:00 -0700

Jared’s childhood as a beta tester of hot wheels, he-mans and barbies. An introduction to Typophile Film Festival.

Typophile Film Festival ::

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Typophile 2/4

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:25:00 -0700

Joe has 9 siblings & Jared has 5 sisters! 30 questions, part 2.

Joe ::
Jared ::

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Typophile 1/4

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:24:00 -0700

Typophile guys Jared Benson and Joe Pemberton at the dentist appointment. 30 questions, part 1.

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Tony de Marco 3/3

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:21:00 -0700

About Tony’s struggle for money, and about his road to a professional type designer.

Tupigrafia :: Brazilian typography magazine initiated by Tony de Marco

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Tony de Marco 2/3

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:14:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2.

background info ::

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Tony de Marco 1/3

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:11:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1. Brazilian type designer Tony de Marco loves Ed Benquiat, black beans and sex.

Tony in action ::

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Steve Jackaman and Alessandro Segalini 3/3

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:09:00 -0700

Get to know the details of Alessandro’s Hemingway typeface.

ATypI Helsinki program :: Information about Alessandro's lecture in ATypI 2005

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Steve Jackaman and Alessandro Segalini 2/3

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:07:00 -0700

Alessandro Segalini talks about his first graffiti ligatures.

Typophile :: Join for a graffiti discussion

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Steve Jackaman and Alessandro Segalini 1/3

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:05:00 -0700

International TypeFounders, Inc. is about to publish Alessandro’s first typeface.

International TypeFounders ::

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Ina Saltz 5/5

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:04:00 -0700

A national anthem battle featuring Ina and DJ Donald. Are you Dutch? Or American?

National anthems :: Find your own national anthem here

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Ina Saltz 4/5

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:59:00 -0700

Get to know how hip, urban & young people are tattooing now. Angelina Jolie has a typographic tattoo!

Typophile :: Join for a typographic tattoo discussion

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Ina Saltz 3/5

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:56:00 -0700

Ina Saltz gets obsessed with the typographic tattoos.

Typographic tattoo? :: Use this link to submit your own typographic tattoo for her

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Ina Saltz 2/5

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:54:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2. Ina Saltz as a misunderstood Magazine Art Director and as a Board Director of TDC.

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Ina Saltz 1/5

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:52:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1. Why she had surgery on her foot lately?

Ina Saltz :: Who's Ina Saltz?

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John Sherman 2/2

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:49:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2. This man knows the moral perversions of Mr. Eric Gill. A sneak into Mr. Eric Gill’s diaries and letters.

Eric Gill :: About Eric Gill and morality issues

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John Sherman 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:47:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1. Get to know the kalamari scene in New York. Van Morrison and Mr. Eric Gill as his heroes.

Eric Gill :: Who's Eric Gill?

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Tamye Riggs Type Week Proclamation

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:42:00 -0700

Tamye Riggs presents Mayor Bloomberg’s official proclamation for the Type Week in New York.

Typografica :: Type Week announced at Typografica
Typophile :: Who's Tamye Riggs?

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Mario Feliciano 2/2

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:13:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2

Feliciano Type Foundry ::
Mario at Village ::

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Mario Feliciano 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:10:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1

A short bio of Mario ::

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Stefan Hattenbach and Peter Bruhn 2/2

Typeradio — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:56:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2

Peter Bruhn ::
Stefan Hattenbach ::

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Stefan Hattenbach and Peter Bruhn 1/2

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:39:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1

Peter Bruhn ::
Stefan Hattenbach ::

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Gerry Leonidas 3/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:39:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2

MATD Reading - info ::
MATD Reading - work ::

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Gerry Leonidas 2/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:37:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1

MATD Reading - info ::
MATD Reading - work ::

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Gerry Leonidas 1/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:34:00 -0700

Gerry reading a passage out of his favorite book.

MATD Reading - info ::
MATD Reading - work ::

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Jurgen Siebert 3/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:13:00 -0700

Some words about FF-collection.

Fontblog ::

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Jurgen Siebert 2/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:12:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2

Fontblog ::

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Jurgen Siebert 1/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:11:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1

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Tamye Riggs 3/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:48:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2

SOTA ::
TypeCon ::

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Tamye Riggs 2/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:46:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1

SOTA ::
TypeCon ::

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Tamye Riggs 1/3

Typeradio — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:40:00 -0700

Whois, whatis, whereis TypeCon.

SOTA ::
TypeCon ::

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Carol Wahler 4/4

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:53:00 -0700

Typographic errors are maddening, but Carol accepts their inevitably. She truly loves her job.

TDC ::

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Carol Wahler 3/4

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:49:00 -0700

From religion to Pad Thai, Carol Wahler tells all.

TDC ::

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Carol Wahler 2/4

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:47:00 -0700

Carol explains the integrity and importance of a competition exclusively focused on type.

TDC ::

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Carol Wahler 1/4

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:40:00 -0700

Carol Wahler talks about her family and just how great it is to be the director of the TDC.

TDC ::

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Yves Peters 5/5

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:55:00 -0700

Yves Peters about the benefit of reviewing typefaces and his latest publication.

Typographer ::

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Yves Peters 4/5

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:51:00 -0700

Yves Peters about recognizing typefaces, and the type identification board on typophile.

Typographer ::

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Yves Peters 3/5

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:49:00 -0700

Yves Peters about his contributions for typographer.org.

Typographer ::

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Yves Peters 2/5

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:45:00 -0700

Yves Peters about trust in the type business and the way he is designing.

Typographer ::

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Yves Peters 1/5

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:39:00 -0700

Yves Peters about his daily work and illegal fonts.

Typographer ::

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Ed Rondthaler (founder of ITC) 3/3

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:44:00 -0700

100 years of type knowledge part 3:
Ed talking about photo lettering and simplifying the american spelling.

ITC Fonts ::

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Ed Rondthaler (founder of ITC) 2/3

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:43:00 -0700

100 years of type knowledge part 2:
The first newspaper Ed printed.

ITC Fonts ::

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Ed Rondthaler (founder of ITC) 1/3

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:41:00 -0700

100 years of type knowledge part 1:
Ed’s oldest type memories back from 1910.

ITC Fonts ::

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Ken Barber 3/3

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:13:00 -0700

30 questions – part 3
Ken Barber about languages and India (featuring Ken singing a folk song from India).

House Industries ::

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Ken Barber 2/3

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:09:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2
Ken Barber about illegal fonts and being ripped off.

House Industries ::

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Ken Barber 1/3

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:02:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1
Ken Barber about his underwear and his neighbors.

House Industries ::

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John Downer 4/4

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:14:00 -0700

John Downer about font revivals and what type design have in common.

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John Downer 3/4

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:13:00 -0700

30 questions – part 2

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John Downer 2/4

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:07:00 -0700

30 questions – part 1

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John Downer 1/4

Typeradio — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:06:00 -0700

Prelude

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Chester (aka Village) 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:50:00 -0700

Chester (aka Village aka Thirstype aka Apex) about Village (Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood, Fonts)

Village ::

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Chester (aka Village) 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:49:00 -0700

Chester (aka Village aka Thirstype aka Apex) about voting, loving and type reunion.

Village ::

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Chester (aka Village) 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:48:00 -0700

30 short questions for Chester (aka Village aka Thirstype aka Apex)

Village ::

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Luc(as) de Groot 3/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:24:00 -0700

How Luc(as) de Groot became a type designer (by making type with shit).

LucasFonts ::
Lucas Free Porn ::

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Luc(as) de Groot 2/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:21:00 -0700

Luc(as) de Groot about the thinnest type ever and his work he did for Microsoft (including technical details for the freaks).

Lucas Fonts ::

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Luc(as) de Groot 1/3

Typeradio — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:07:00 -0700

30 short questions for Luc(as) de Groot.

Lucas Fonts ::

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Alessio Leonardi 2/2

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:12:00 -0700

Alessio on Italian design

Alessio Leonardi ::

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Alessio Leonardi 1/2

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:09:00 -0700

20 ‘Yes or no’ questions for Alessio Leonardi

Alessio Leonardi ::

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Cyrus Highsmith

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:22:00 -0700

Cyrus singing a song for us.

who is Cyrus ::

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Christian Schwartz 1st cooking

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:58:00 -0700

Christian Schwartz and what really matters for him: chicken breast.

who is C. Schwartz ::

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Mike Parker about Times Roman

Typeradio — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:59:00 -0700

If there is someone knowing everything about Times Roman, then his name is Mr. Mike Parker. Listen to this pure and complete typographic history lesson.

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