Samuel Sapin-Blacher from Production Type chats to Chi-Long Trieu on the release of Paramount, and the twisting journey it took to get there. Over a year ago, Type Designer, Founder, and Creative Director of Office for Typography Chi-Long Trieu caught…
Here, she tells us more about her work for the exhibition. Curated in early 2022 by Non-Depleted at Berlin’s Haus der Statistik, Positioned Realities is an exhibition dedicated to creating public-spirited cultural spaces, cooperative development, participatory education, and critical social…
The experimental type works of Rozi Zhu (@rozi.525) are a series of captivating lessons in discovery and imagination. In the field of type design, it’s commonly accepted to go outside the box a bit, but not too much. After all,…
Positioned as an independent creative and passionate about letters and graphic design, Victoria Englund is a 25 years old creative based in Stockholm, Sweden. She mostly works in the fields of type design, branding, and creativity. “My way toward design…
We asked Jonathan Bruun (DK) all about their experience as a type design intern at AllCaps. Jonathan Bruun introduces us to AllCaps (@allcapstype), a design studio focused on publishing typefaces, through his perspective and experiences as an intern. Jonathan has…
Discussing everything from NFTs to the appeal of the chrome aesthetic, David F. Costa, founder of Disruptive magazine, interviews the creative behind @chrometype, a platform for the 3D type & chrome aesthetic obsessed. Joey, also known as Modern Revolt, is…
I speak with the founder of Arabic Script Studio (@arabic_script), an Arabic branding studio and leading platform for designers in the Persian and Arab worlds. ZLM: Welcome, Mehrdad. First, can you explain what you do at Arabic Script Studio? M:…
Azza Alameddine shares her approach to designing multilingual type systems with distinctive personalities. The work of Azza Alameddine, a freelance graphic and type designer who specialises in branding, lettering and Arabic typefaces, combines an experimental, curious approach to letterforms with…
Peter Bushuev of NaumType discusses the combination of variable fonts with animation and the foundry’s latest font, Strikt. ZLM: Hey, Peter! Firstly, can you introduce yourself and NaumType? PB: Hi! I’m Peter, a 32 y\o designer from Pskov, Russia. From…
We speak with Tom, Creative Director at the incredible Wolff Olins, about how to use typography to tell stories with meaning. ZLM: Hey, Tom! Tell us about yourself 🙂 T: Hello, I’m Tom—Creative Director at Wolff Olins (@wolffolins). I’ve spent…
“I like to f*ck with it” — Giulia Boggio on creativity, type, visual language and more. I recently had the pleasure of catching up with Giulia Boggio (@bojjoe), the creator of fonts including Margo+Beuys, Rigatoni and Fabio XM and a…
Recently, we had the opportunity speak with Ran Zhen on the subject of climbing the ladder and becoming a senior designer in the (type) design industry as a woman. A multidisciplinary senior designer at Pentagram, New York, Ran has built…
Want to learn how to choose the best font for your web page, how to create killer font pairings, or how to maximise the power of type in your UX/UI design? You’re in the right place. Working out how to…
Brian Jackson is a freelance brand designer living in Los Angeles. With 34 years of professional experience, he has recently undertaken the challenge of creating a brand refinement for Universal Pictures, and throughout his years on the scene, he’s gathered…
Matteo Bologna has some bold ideas on branding and fonts today. Not only does he believe that custom fonts are a super-tool for brands right now, but that they are essential for any brand to build their story effectively in…
