Typeradio Podcast

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: 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

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: 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 cam

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: 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 chalkboa

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: 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 cap

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: 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. Col

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: 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

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. Robert Bringhurst wikipedia :: The Elements of Typographic Style :: The Solid Form of Language - CreativePro book review :: The Elements of Typographic Style - applied to internet :: Robert Bringhurst reading pt1 :: Robert Bringhurst reading pt2 :: File Download (

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 sys

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

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. Jo's photos :: Johan Enschede Museum :: Javanese script :: Mongolian script :: File Download (19:58 min / 27 MB)

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. Jo De Baerdemaeker :: Plantin society :: Lungta font :: File Download (26:33 min / 37 MB)

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. MNP :: Vasilis Marmatakis :: MNP in Eye magazine :: National Theatre of Greece :: File Download (18:57 min / 26 MB)

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. Yurko Gutsulyak studio :: Yurko at EDA 2010 :: Maria Priymachenko :: File Download (15:18 min / 21 MB)

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 :: File Download (11:17 min / 16 MB)

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. TypeTogether :: Reading :: Adelle typeface :: TypeTogether video interview :: File Download (18:28 min / 25 MB)

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. Moving Brands :: James Bull interview/bio :: Moving Brands Flickr :: Moving Brands Vimeo ::

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. Bauer concept & design :: Austrian of the year - Slanted magazine :: Kampf um die Stadt project :: Reklame typeface ::

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. ping-pong design :: Barry de Bruin blog :: ping-pong alternative site :: Rutger Hauer :: Luis Miguel :: File Download (23:07 min / 32 MB)

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’.File Download (11:22 min / 16 MB)

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. Sagmeister studio :: Designmuseum bio :: ‘Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far’ website :: Stefan Sagmeister at TED :: Stefan Sagmeister talk at AIGA 2009 :: File Download (29:09 min / 40 MB)