Oliver Linke Type Designer Lazydogs Typefoundry, Germany Play (43min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Oliver Linke (*1971) studied graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany and the University of Missouri, Kansas City (1993–98). He continued his studies in art history, art education and philosophy (2000–05) at the University of Augsburg. Today his work focuses on book- and type design which is also the topic when he tries to attract the attention of his students at the »Munich Designschool« and the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg.

Gerald Fleuss Calligrapher/Illuminator, Great Britain Play (28min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Gerald Fleuss worked for a time for the lettercarver David Kindersley before studying calligraphy and bookbinding full-time with Ann Camp at Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, returning to teach there for the next ten years. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators in 1982, a member of the Art Worker’s Guild in 1983 and served as Honorary Designer of the Wynkyn de Worde Society for 1998. He is the co-author (with Dr John Nash) of Practical Calligraphy (Hamlyn 1991), was featured in Calligraphy Masterclass (Collins 1990) and contributed to The Calligrapher’s Project Book (Collins 1987) and Digital Calligraphy by George Thomson (Batsford 2003). His work is included in public collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Houghton Library, Harvard University USA.

Richard Hollis Graphic designer and writer, UK Play (53min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

The intention of this talk is to present Edward Johnston, even before his Underground lettering, as a modernist, and at the same time to take another look at his book, Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering.

Humphrey Stone Typographic designer Play (44min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

This talk, by a biased son, is a tribute to a father who combined brain, eye and hands to a remarkable degree. Unassuming, modest, observant, scholarly and a superb craftsman he was above all an artist with an artist’s vision. Largely self taught, except for a fortnight at Eric Gill’s studio in Pigotts, his mastery of the art of engraving letters in wood remains equal to none.

Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley The Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, UK Play (17min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Website: www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk

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Juliet Shen Principal, Shen Design Play (42min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Juliet Shen is principal of Shen Design, a graphic design studio she founded in 1989, and has taught design and typography at School of Visual Concepts, Cornish College of the Arts and Art Institute of Seattle. She holds a Master of Typeface Design degree from the University of Reading, England. Her thesis typeface family, Bullen, appeared in Computer Arts and Typo magazines in December 2006. Current projects include type design for the University of Oxford Press children’s division. Her annual Chinese New Year cards have been circulating in Seattle and other parts of the world for 17 years.

Ken Garland United Kingdom Play (45min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Ken Garland completed his studies in graphic design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, in the 1950s. He was Art Editor of Design magazine from 1956-62, when he left to establish his own graphic design studio as Ken Garland and Associates. Among his many clients were Galt Toys, Race Furniture, Barbour Index, The Butterley Group, William Heinemann, Paramount Pictures, Harper & Row, Otto Maier Verlag, The Science Museum, Cambridge University Press, The Ministry of Technology, Jonathan Cape, The Arts Council, the Royal Parks Agency and the Barbican Gallery.

Andy J Altmann Graphic Designer, UK Play (41min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Andy Altmann graduated in graphic design from the Royal College of Art in 1987 and almost immediately formed the multi disciplinary design group Why Not Associates with fellow graduates David Ellis and Howard Greenhalgh. Located in London, Why Not Associates gained an international reputation based on a creative and experimental approach. In 19 years of experience they have worked on projects ranging from exhibition design to postage stamps via advertising, publishing, television titles, commercials and corporate identity. Their clients include the Royal Academy of Arts, Malcolm Mcclaren, the Royal Mail, Nike, Paul Smith, Virgin Records and Channel 4.

Richard Kindersley Letterer Kindersley Studio, U.K. Play (28min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Richard Kindersley studied lettering and sculpture at Cambridge School of Art and in his father, David Kindersley’s, studio. He has had an independent studio in London since 1966. He is a letterer of international renown. His knowledge and love of poetry and understanding of letterform results in powerful, unique work. He carves in many materials, the chosen letter forms and texts expressing the different qualities of the stone, brick or metal. He has worked extensively in Scotland and in recent years has created a series of magnificent, monumental standing stones, (a group from the Millennium now in the Sainsbury Collection) with words carved directly into slabs of Caithness stone.

Yaki Molcho Israel Play (34min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Yaki Molcho was born in Israel in 1945. He graduated from the Graphic Design department in Bezalel – Academy of Art And Design in Jerusalem in 1971. From 1972 he worked as freelance graphic designer and art director with major advertising agencies, magazines and daily newspapers in Israel; he has also designed numerous books, record sleeves, catalogues and exhibitions. During the years 1985-1992 he co-designed the typographic design of the Valley of the Communities site in Yad Vashem, the National Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.

Timothy Donaldson Type Designer, UK Play (37min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Timothy Donaldson was formed in the north west of England, an only child of Yorkshire parents. He developed an obsessive interest in drawing during his first decade which matured into another obsession with writing (still drawing) during his second one. During his third decade he was a journeyman signwriter, earning his crust in pursuit of the just forming of letters. By his fourth decade he had become a lettering artist and type designer and a lecturer at Stafford College School of Art; a legendary destination for the teaching and learning of Typography in England. Now into his fifth decade, he focusses fully on his work with letterforms as a Research Fellow at the University of Lincoln.

Karen Cheng University of Washington, USA Play (29min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Type design is, in some ways, an old-fashioned subject within a graphic design program. As the field of graphic design matures, emphasis has shifted away from traditional issues of craft, visual skills and formal innovation to also include communication theory and strategy, often in a wide variety of social and cultural contexts. Additionally, advances in digital technology continue to transform communication media and platforms, further expanding the desired capabilities and competencies of new graduates.

Joe_Clark Joe Clark Play (29min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

A public–transit system is a hands–on place, or one that’s foot– and arse–on. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), which runs a 69–station subway line and a network of buses and streetcars, offers riders a typographic treasure in the form of the subway’s station names and original signage, which use a mid-century sansserif font not found anywhere else – upper case only and like Bernhard Modern in its crossbar heights and Art Deco curves. The font is still a spot–on choice 50 years after the subway opened; it reminds us just how generic Vignelli’s Akzidenz in the New York subway really was.

Kevin_Larson Researcher Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies, USA Play (38min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

Kevin Larson received his PhD in cognitive psychology in 2000 from the University of Texas at Austin. His academic research was on word recognition and reading acquisition. He currently works for Microsoft’s Advanced Reading Technology team working on the scientific understanding of ClearType and other reading technologies.