Tina Smith is a New York-based freelance Art Director and Designer. Her work specialises in engaging typography-focused branding solutions situated in the contexts of editorial design and art direction. We interviewed Tina to find out about her design practice and…
In a nutshell, Future Fonts is an experimental platform for in-progress fonts. It connects designers buying fonts more directly with the ones making them, making it a unique platform for foundries to fund a long creative process, grow their audience,…
Amber: Hi Mark, so can you tell us more about yourself? Mark: Sure. I’m an Italian/Dutch lettering artist and type designer based in Berlin, Germany. My journey as a letterer started around six years ago when I first discovered a…
We’ve been working on this project for some time and we’re super excited to say we can finally release our very own independent online marketplace; Type Department. Our curated store will play host to a range of high-quality display and…
Paper Lettering Artist, Vera Drmanovski, creates 3D, handmade and three-dimensional paper lettering designs, often paired with stop motion animation, from her base in Toronto, Canada. Vera’s work is beautifully letter-centric, featuring bright colours, bold shapes, decorative details and layers. She…
Amber: Hi Erik. So, tell us a bit about what you do. What is your design and career background? Erik: Originally from Sweden, I’m a designer based in New York City with a focus on branding and graphic design. On…
Creating stunning 3D graphics with vibrant textures and typographic forms is Singapore-based brand strategy and creative design consultancy BÜRO UFHO. Dazzled by their type-focused work, we interviewed co-founder Jun to spark a discussion about the field of 3D type. Amber:…
Reimaging letterforms and constructing beautiful typographic creations is Cologne-based type foundry Nikolas Type, established by Nikolas Wrobel. Their catalogue of well-thought-out type designs builds upon a foundation of refined shapes and considered details, creating an idiosyncratic voice for communications of…
Describing themselves as “a graphic designer and letterpress terrorists” duo, we caught up with 5X Letterpress who produce prints using movable types and every ink-able surface. Working from a secret location in a basement of a print shop, the studio…
What began with Johannes Gutenberg’s moveable type in the 15th century, printing press technology and letterpress remain a timeless classic that creatives enjoy experimenting with. We caught up with Berlin-based letterpress studio P98a to dive in deeper about what they…
