NEWS
01|03|2012
In spring 2011, I designed the corporate identity for the »DWIH Moskau« (Deutsches Wissenschafts- und Innovationshaus - German Houses of Science and Innovation). >>>
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12|23|2011
Small and pretty. Please welcome »Skulpturales Handeln / Sculptural Acts«, the last book I designed in 2011. >>>
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12|21|2011
I’m very happy, that I had the great opportunity to work on a book about the american painter Robert Indiana, who is my absolute hero. His statements, the use of colors, type, and graphic shapes, and how he plays with space, fore- and background is just amazing. >>>
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12|21|2011
There are two new articles about my work on FF Karbid Pro:
Font Shop Blog (German)
I Love Typography (English)
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11|07|2011 Moderators Of Change
Fresh from the press: The book »Moderators of Change« on architecture that helps. Have a look >>>
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10|15|2011 Trust In Taste
I’m very honored to have been involved into the creation of the first cookbook for blind and sighted amateur chefs. >>>
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10|14|2011 Friedrich Seidenstücker
This year’s Frankfurt bookfair yield includes the beautiful catalogue »Friedrich Seidenstücker | Of Hippos And Other Humans« for the correspondent exhibition by the Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur >>>
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10|07|2001 FF Karbid Pro
Finally: Voilà, the brand new FF Karbid Pro family, with Basic, Slab, Text and Display fonts, Italics, features, etc. >>>
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10|06|2011 Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller | The Murder of Crows
Autumn means harvest: Please welcome the first of five printed books I designed over this summer. >>>
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07|18|2011 Wolfgang Pehnt
Just printed: 320 very classical pages about the exciting history of architecture >>>
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05|23|2011
Taking part on this type/illustration project, curated by Sonja and Rob Keller, I was very lucky, that Emilia Forstreuter was chosen to illustrate my FF Karbid Slab Light Italic (2011) »Z«. The new dress of the letter looks just great. A big up for Emilia!
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05|19|2011
I will give a presentation about my PARADOX ALG(I)ER(S) project a the TDC New York on Thursday, May 26, 6 to 8 p.m.
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05|19|2011
Back from my type design workshop (10–12nd May) at the medieteknik, Södertörns högskola (SH), Stockholm
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04|01|2011
Amman, part 2: The offical logo for the 50th aniversary of the Goethe-Institut Jordanien >>>
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03|25|2011
Voilà, some impressions of the (2x) two days logo design workshop, I hold this February/March at the Jordan University, Amman. The workshop was again initiated by the Goethe Institut Jordanien. >>>
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03|14|2011
Some pictures I took sideways of my incredible trip to Jordan and Syria this March. My regards go to all the great people I met on my way between Amman, Petra and Damascus. Chokrane. >>>
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02|07|2011
February 26.+27. and March 05.+06.2011 I will hold two logo design workshops at the University of Jordan/College of Arts and Design in Amman.
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12|17|2010
You can find a quite long interview with me and a great feature of my work in the current Slanted #12.
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11|12|2010 Soma. Dokumente/Documents
“We have drunk Soma and become immortal; we have attained the light, the Gods discovered.”
The official catalogue for the exhibition by Carsten Höller >>>
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11|01|2010 Typo PAGE
For the special issue on typography by the PAGE magazine, I was ask to give a statement on good and bad typography.
See typoPAGE 01.2010, pp. 020
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10|11|2010 Sam Shaw
Please wellcome: Sam Shaw, the most glamorous book I had designed this year. >>>
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09|23|2010 Algiers in Dublin
All about the »info« posters I designed especially for this show, and photographs from the opening of PARADOX ALG(I)ER(S) in Dublin >>>
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09|23|2010 Raimund Abraham
The third book I designed this year is »Raimund Abraham« for the Austrian Cultural Forum New York >>>
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09|03|2010 PARADOX ALG(I)ER(S)
A typographic exploration
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Poster exhibition in Dublin in collaboration with AtypI 2010.
The Factory Space, 100 Capel Street, Dublin 1, Co. Dublin City, Ireland
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09|02|2010 Angelika Platen
Getting closer to the Frankfurt Book Fair this autumn, the first of some books I designed this year got published: Angelika Platen | Artists >>>
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06|12|2010 FF Chambers Sans becomes Webfont
The design and brand agency edenspiekermann chose FF Chambers Sans for the development of the new brand Sentres. For the corporate identity, especially seen online, FF Chambers Sans was converted into the new Web Open Font Format (WOFF). You can find a report on the project and the typeface in the German design magazine PAGE 07.10. Thanks to Julia Sysmäläinen for choosing Chambers :•)
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05|07|2010 Talk in Munich
I’m honoured to be the supporting act (a short lecture on VIELZWECK) for Oliviero Toscani on Tuesday | 18 May 2010 | 7.30pm | Pinakothek der Moderne, Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
An event in co-operation with Die Neue Sammlung - The International Design Museum Munich.
Thanks to the tgm (Typografische Gesellschaft München).
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04|28|2010 Algiers Posters
The full description of the project >>>
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04|22|2010 Algiers Posters Exhibition
My first own show of posters >>>
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03|01|2010 »Before and after East met West«
There is a great three pages feature on some of my typefaces in the Berlin special of Eye Magazine (#74).
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01|01|2010
Credo for 2010: Always look twice. Nothing needs to be, what it seems.
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12|20|09 This was 2009
A résumé:
Lectures and workshops in Munic, Algiers, Bielefeld, Minneapolis, Algiers (again), Warsaw, Berlin and Amman.
Four and one 3/4 books
One typeface (6 weights + features)
One poster
The usual small stuff . . .
Thanks to all of you who made this really exciting year possible.
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11|02|09 After the wallfall
Preparing my lecture about »20 Jahre Mauerfall« for Algiers this week, I found a very early artistic project of mine from 1991. »From A to Z«
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10|22|09 Lecture in Warsaw
On Saturday, October 24th, I will give a lecture at the »TYPESPOTTING. TYPOGRAPHY AND THE CITY« evening, which is part of the »Warsaw Under Construction« festival.
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10|18|09 20 Jahre Mauerfall
Last month I gave a lecture at MCAD (Minneapolis College of Art and Design), I was invited to by Erik Brandt. Part of the trip to Minneapolis was a visit to Erik’s typography class, which was designing posters for the commemoration of twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Thanks a lot to Erik and his great students! I had a fantastic time with you. Find out more . . .
You can find all the posters here.
And thanks a lot to Chris Burns for twittering my whole lecture!
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10|10|09 Michael Laube
The second book I designed last summer and which was printed last month is a very colourful and extravagant artbook for the artist Michael Laube. Have a look . . .
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10|10|09 Schneiders Laden
PTL Vielzweck/Tephe is the corporate font for the new show room Schneiders Laden of famous Schneiders Büro.
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10|10|09 Modersohn & Freiesleben
Have a look to this nice little book I was working on over the summer. It’s the first time, that PTL Vielzweck got printed. And it works great!
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06|09|09 Vielzweck/Tephe in tm rsi stm
PTL Vielzweck/Tephe is featured in an article about signage by Christine Schranz for »Typografische Monatsblätter« 2.2009.
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05|26|09 John Heartfield
Yesterday, the catalogue, I had designed for the John Heardfield exhibition (Berlinische Galerie, May 29. – August 31., 2009) arrived in our studio. Have a look . . .
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05|18|09 Please wellcome PTL Vielzweck
PTL Vielzweck is the text version of the headline font PTL Tephe. It now provides three weights plus an Oblique. PTL Vielzweck will soon be released at primetype.com. Have a look . . .
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05|07|09 Poster workshop in Algiers
From April 15-17, 2009 I had the opportunaty of spending a few days in the North African metropolis of Algiers. I was invited by the Goethe Institute there to give a short talk at the opening of an exhibition on the German graphic designer, type creator and first professor of advertising Lucian Bernhard. More . . .
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03|07|09 Interview for cafebabel.com
Last summer I gave an interview for the online magazine cafebabel. Have a look.
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03|06|09 Art of Projection
Just got the printed copies. For this great project I could use an other variant of FF Chambers Sans. It works really great for a lot of content in just a few space. Find out more . . .
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02|11|09 FF Chambers Sans for the president
The typography class of Erik Brandt at MCAD was using FF Chambers Sans for a really great typo project. The typographic content: President Barack Obama’s entire acceptance speech. Check out the working process 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 . I’m deeply impressed!
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02|08|09 LT Pide Nashi on Spiegel Special
Before I forget it: You can find the font LT Pide Nashi on the Cover of the »Spiegel« special issue 6/2008 about Turkey.
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01|18|09 FF Chambers Sans already is getting political
I just realized, that the green party (die Grünen) in South Tyrol (Südtirol) was using FF Chambers Sans for their complete election campaign. Check it out.
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01|09|09
On Tuesday 13. January, I will give a short presentation of FF Chambers Sans at tgm (typographic society Munic).
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12|02|08 Wow what a feedback
Mies van der Rohe and Erwin Blumenfeld in Spiegel Online!
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11|15|08 Lecture in Halle
On Monday 17. November at 2 pm, I will give a lecture at Burg (Castle) Giebichenstein in Halle. What a great Place!
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6|4|08 Page 07.08
FF Chambers Sans is featured in a great article in the July issue of German design magazine Page (p. 58).
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4|23|08 Please wellcome FF Chambers Sans.
FF Chambers Sans is the text typeface, I was working on for the last two years now. It will finally be released in the mid of june at Fontshop. Have a quick sneak preview, before I find the time to write here more about it.
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3|22|08 Happy Easter 2008 everyone!
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3|7|08 Dimensions of the Surface – Communications Design in Germany
Four of my typefaces, the absinth cat and No War are featured this exhibition. The exhibition opened on 7 December 2007 in the International Design Center Berlin, and from 18 January until 2 March 2008 was on show at its first international venue: in Manggha, the Museum for Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow. The touring exhibition Dimensions of the Surface is devoted to the key areas of modern communication and interaction, with the latest examples of communications design in Germany on show. The 150 or so exhibits from 41 design agencies, among them many original works, provide an exemplary illustration of the core disciplines within this domain: typefaces, graphic design, digital media, corporate design and orientation and signage solutions. The Exhibition is a joint initiative of the Goethe Institut and the German Design Council in Frankfurt am Main.
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3|6|08 Design and globalisation
You can find an interview with me on Erik Brandt’s www.geotypografika.com.
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Page 12.07
A great article in the german design magazine Page, by Antje Dohmann about female typedesigner, featuring Verena Gerlach, Veronika Burian, Sybille Hagmann, Trine Rask and Magdalena Frankowska as part of the typeladies network.
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Page 08.07
Antje Dohman is featuring the custom typeface Viceroy in an article about Corporate Types.
Viceroy was designed in collaboration with Andrea Tinnes.
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PAST LECTURES
2008 January 22 - FHTW Berlin »Einsichten« 2007 December 10 - »Education in Design« (Katowice, Poland) November 7 - »HAMM Forum Typografie« (Hamburg) July 16 - Jury meeting: 8th International Biennal of Students‘ Graphic Design agrafa 2007 (Katowice, Poland) June 1 - »THE RAINBOW ILLUSTRATION BRIDGE«, The Castle of Art and Enterprise in Cieszyn (Poland) April 26 - DGH TYPO Conference (Copenhagen) www.dgh.dk March 6 - »höhere technische Lehranstalt« (Salzburg) January 20 - bfi (Salzburg) 2006 Typografisk Fredag | A4 (Stockholm) tga (Vienna) The Castle of Art and Enterprise in Cieszyn (Poland) Prosign (Frankfurt) AtypI (Lisbon) Münzclub (Berlin) 33pt (Dortmund) 2005 Prosign (Frankfurt) TEMPORARY TYPE - St Bride conference (London) 2002 Postscript (Vienna) 2001 Typo Berlin 2001