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Rapid Proto Type

Arkitypo is a collaborative research project between Ravensbourne and design studio johnson banks that aims to push the limits of rapid prototyping technology in the creation of a 3D alphabet Ravensbourne asked johnson banks to come up with an idea to...

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An interview with Kunihiko Okano

By Taro Yumiba How and when did you become interested in typography & type?design? At university I majored in graphic design. I used to leaf through typeface catalogs in search of letters to use in my poster design assignments. By Taro Yumiba How...

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Hörst gets Hot

H?rst Dusseldorf , as its name implies, is a German brand — sold and distributed by a Canadian company based in Montr?al — of high-end clothing for men that includes shirts, suits, pants, and other accoutrements to make a man feel more man...

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Type held in the hand

Type, as we know, is something that you can pick up and hold in your hand. But there are fewer opportunities for doing this now than ever before, and our fading familiarity with the way type was made in the past can make for puzzles that are not easy...

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BTST 12.11: Vorweihnachtliche Ratestunde

Grafik gesetzt in der Siri ( Göran Söderström ) Aus Sicht der Sicht der Quizmaster – also Florian Hardwig und mir – kann ich nur sagen, dass das 4. Typostammquiz eine kugelrunde Sache geworden ist. Die Reaktionen in der virtuellen und realen Welt...

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An Interview with Verena Gerlach

By Ivo Gabrowitsch & Christoph Koeberlin After more than 10 years, Verena Gerlach has revised and extended her FF Karbid super family, an interpretation of German storefront lettering from the early 1900s. By Ivo Gabrowitsch & Christoph Koeberlin After...

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