Typeradio Podcast

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Nitti by Pieter van Rosmalen 2) Sound piece by Sebastian Knöbber 3) Chinese whispered typeface by Jasper Terra Jasper’s first impressions of the sound piece where: Apple (start up), clock, time, typing, typewriter, deadline, copy write

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Bint by Donald Roos 2) Sound piece by Nina Kronenberger, Barbara Hinz & Jennifer Graf 3) Chinese whispered typeface by Alexandre Saumier Demers Making a typeface from sausages was the obvious solution for Alexandre’s sound piece: festiv

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Rijksmuseum by Paul van der Laan 2) Sound piece by Jill Els 3) Chinese whispered typeface by Mark Frömberg Mark’s projection of the sound piece was a guy cycling along a beach promenade in great haste, full of joy. He’s on his wa

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: New Alphabet by Wim Crouwel 2) Sound piece by Jennifer Graf & Barbara Hinz 3) Chinese whispered typeface by Hugo Timothée Marucco Hugo based his type concept mostly on the structure of the sound which was composed of two distinct parts.

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Macula by Jacques le Bailly 2) Sound piece by Aileen Dietrich & Laura Müller 3) Chinese whispered typeface by T]M group This looping sound, featuring a palindrome played forwards and backwards, conjured ideas of letters that could be rea

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Eames by Erik van Blokland / House Industries 2) Sound piece by Camille Gergen & Carlotta Weisert 3) Chinese whispered typeface by Mark Yehan De Winne Over a backdrop of John Coltrane playing ‘My Favourite Things’ on the saxophone

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Brokken by Donald Beekman 2) Sound piece by Tumaj Talimy 3) Chinese whispered typeface by Sláva Jevčinová Sláva: “Who else got to watch cartoons for research? Lucky ME! The first seconds of Tumaj’s sound reminded

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Laundry by René Knip 2) Sound piece by Merle Sommer 3) Chinese whispered typeface by David Chmela As David first listened to the soundtrack, it seemed just a bunch of strange sounds. So he did a little sketch of the whole track and realised

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
 The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Neutral by Kai Bernau 2) Sound piece by Maria Sieradzki 3) Chinese whispered typeface by James Taylor Edmondson At first James thought the audio piece sounded like a combination of water, air, and electricity. Initially, his sketches focussed on

Dan Reynolds is a type designer and typographic researcher. Born in Baltimore, he studied graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design, visual communication at the HfG Offenbach, and typeface design at the University of Reading (UK). After several years with the marketing and font development teams at Linotype GmbH, he founded his own design practice in Berlin, Germany. We talk with Dan about his first typographic memory. What got him interested in design and typography and how he ended up living in Germany. Although Dan comes from a family of academics, he prefers a more esthetic approach of type design. He would rather doodle letterforms and then worry about how they’re going to be used. Because Dan – while studying, teaching and working at a typefoundry as well as a freelance type designer and researcher – has seen almost every single aspect of the profession we wonder how all that knowledge on these different fields come together in his daily practice. Recorded at the Klingspor Mu

HORT is a Berlin-based graphic design studio made up of a mixed bag of uniquely selected, creative and spirited people. When away from his Humble HORT Hub, founder (and head creative) Eike König takes on the role of mentor. He is currently the Professor of Graphic Design and Illustration at the University of Arts in Offenbach, Germany. In this interview with Eike König we talk about the international character of the design studio. How the team is carefully put together over the years. His relation to each individual and the dynamics within the group. Eike also explains how the hiring of interns is a big thing at HORT. Next to that he gives us his thoughts on ‘future thinking’ and explains that there are more important things in life that we can achieve than perfection in itself. Recorded at the Integrated 2013 Conference in Antwerp, Belgium. NB: At the beginning of 2014, after the recording of this interview, Eike’s father passed away. We are sorry for his loss. HORT ::

Morag Myerscough’s Studio Myerscough is one of the UK’s more prolific studios, with a consistent stream of work for exhibitions, schools, installations, wayfinding projects and advertising, largely but not exclusively 3D and with a strong graphic signature driven by a feeling for (big) type and lettering. Obviously we want to hear all about Morag’s fantastic family background story and wonder how this bohemian upbringing influenced her work. And how does she deal with possible disappointment while creating spaces that seem more permanent and are not easily changed. Is it always what she imagined beforehand? We’re also curious about her relationship with colour. And what about her twitteraccount…? Recorded at the Integrated 2013 Conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Studio Myerscough :: Supergroup :: Morag's twitter :: Designboom interview :: Eye Morag and Lemmy video :: A career in design video :: Britis

This is a historic recording of a radio interview with Beatrice Warde. Beatrice Warde (1900–1969) was an American typographic expert, working at the American Type Founders Company, The Fleuron magazine, and for most of her career at Monotype Corporation. Warde was also a prolific writer, researcher and public speaker. She wrote and designed the famous Monotype broadsheet ‘This is a printing office’ (1932). ‘The Crystal Goblet: Sixteen Essays on Typography’ (1955) is an anthology of her writings. She spent much of her life in type, her first husband was type designer Frederic Warde and she was associating with great typographers of her time like Stanley Morrison and Erc Gill. This interview was recorded in 1959 in Adelaide, Australia. Designer Sara De Bondt discovered the recording in the Beatrice Warde collection at St. Bride Library, while preparing for the ‘Out of the Box’ archive event. Republished with kind permission of the St Bride Foundation. Beatrice W

Sara de Bondt runs a London-based, graphic design studio and co-directs non-profit publishing house Occasional Papers. Sara also has been a tutor at Central Saint Martins (London), Royal College of Art (London) and KASK (Ghent). Because Sara studied at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht and has been teaching at the Royal College of Art in London we wonder what the differences in philosophies are between the two master studies. And how did she experience the three countries she has lived and worked in so far? Are there very big cultural differences between England, Belgium and The Netherlands and is there an equal respect for the profession? Recorded at the Integrated 2013 conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Sara de Bondt :: Occasional Papers :: Tik Tak kids tv-programme :: Martian Museum at the Barbican :: Artissima 18 video :: File Download (22:21 min / 31 MB)

Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist and engineer. Since 1990 he builds walking kinetic sculptures that he calls a new form of life. Plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. His ‘Strandbeests’ walk Holland’s coastline, feeding on wind and fleeing from water. Because the work of Theo Jansen is a mixture of art and science we ask him if he ever had to choose between the two. We’re also curious why they are called ‘beest’ (animal). And does he have a favorite one? We end the interview with the question how Theo would like to be remembered and if he thinks it’s possible that his work is continued by somebody else. Recorded at the Integrated 2013 Conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Theo Jansen :: Strandbeest video :: Theo Jansen TED talk :: The New Yorker article :: File Download (13:56 min / 19 MB)

In the second part of the interview with Rick Poynor we focus more on the subject of graphic design writing and the function of good critical journalism. Because Rick is a known and respected person in the design field, we wonder if people criticize his work. He encourages us to look for places where the critical discourse still exists. Especially for the Typeradio listeners he gives some recommendations of worthwhile design journalism. Recorded at the Integrated 2013 Conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Design Observer :: Works That Work :: Looking Closer 3 - Classic writings on graphic design :: File Download (14:57 min / 21 MB)

Rick Poynor is a British writer, critic, lecturer and curator, specialising in design, media, photography and visual culture. He founded Eye magazine, co-founded Design Observer, and contributes columns to Eye and Print magazines. Rick gives us an insight into his daily freelance writing practice. We ask him if he’s very selective in the work he takes on and if he often says no to a commission. We also want to know more about his strong interest in graphic design and he explains why he started writing about it. Recorded at the Integrated 2013 Conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Rick Poynor wikipedia :: Eye magazine :: Print magazine :: Design Observer :: File Download (30:28 min / 42 MB)

We begin the second part of the interview a few years later, after having lived and worked a period in the US. Bruno talks about his renewed contact with Antonio Boggeri and his contribution to a Pirelli design competition. He also tells us about his initial idea to become a photo journalist and his doubts on having a serious relationship while working in this profession. We end the interview with the question how Bruno ended up marrying Anna, Boggeri’s daughter. Recorded at Tÿpo St.Gallen 2011, Switzerland. Page Spread article :: Bruno Monguzzi posters :: File Download (20:58 min / 24 MB)

Bruno Monguzzi is a Swiss graphic designer who studied graphic design in Geneva in the late 1950s, and typography, photography and design psychology in London. During his studies in London reading an article in Neue Grafik about Italian contemporary design he was attracted by the work of Studio Boggeri, at the time the leading design and advertising agency in Italy. Bruno explains how he ended up working there and talks about the most important design lesson he learned from Antonio Boggeri during his first month at Studio Boggeri. Recorded at Tÿpo St.Gallen 2011, Switzerland. Bruno Monguzzi AGI :: Eye interview :: File Download (29:14 min / 34 MB)

Dennis Elbers is a curator, editor, writer, lecturer and organizer, specializing in contemporary graphic design and its social relevance. He talked to us about organizing the Graphic Design Festival in Breda. Where the first edition of this biannual event lasted five weeks, the second in 2010 took three weeks and the 2012 edition started in a new setup of five days. For the programme of 2012 they came up with a theme in which four different attitudes towards graphic design are displayed: the designer as a journalist, a scientist, an agitator or a poet. Recorded at the 2012 Graphic Design Festival in Breda, The Netherlands. Graphic Design Festival :: Graphic Design Festival Facebook :: Dennis Elbers :: Fontal on the Graphic Design Festival :: File Download (31:05 min / 36 MB)