The Great Magazine Depression
Lately I’ve been thinking about what has become of the great fashion magazines of our time. Sure they still exist,…
Ein Blick auf den Bücherkosmos der Stamperia Valdonega
https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-388856Category : Typeface Design, Typography
Date : 10. December 2023
Between Naturalness, Terribleness and Sweetness
Today, next to my morning cup of espresso, is a small opusculum, first printed, it seems, in 1949. It is…
That’s why we (perhaps) love circles
As promised, I will publish some posts about the ongoing work on Signer Text. However, it is incredibly difficult, if…
Metamorphosis
One of the most difficult tasks any type designer has to deal with, for one reason or another, is deriving…
Magazine Double-Pages from My University Archives
Date : 27. August 2021
I remember cutting out these beautiful cursive text blocks in Garamond (No. 3) from photographic enlargements made with a reproduction…
From a time when…
Category : Magazine, Typography
Date : 17. August 2021
… we were fashion editor, casting director, photographer, art director, typographer and type designer all rolled into one. The story…
What happens if you get influenced by Spanish type?
During my recent researches for the Girl character involved in a Balenciaga lettering it happened that I woke up in…
Working on Girl Editor for a Balenciaga lettering
Date : 18. March 2021
Recently I have been working on a lettering for Balenciaga. I had been inspired by those experimental looking magazine pages…