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“The role that design and typography plays in this will be explored at the TYPO Berlin 2008.”

“The role that design and typography plays in this will be explored at the TYPO Berlin 2008.”
My friend Alex Haigh as updated his portfolio site thinkdust.com and and also made this new font, named Sukato.
Typographica revealed their 25 favorite typefaces of 2007, an amazing selection of typefaces, from people like Erik Spierkermann and others.
Parallel Strokes is a collection of interviews with twenty-plus contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world. The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering.
Interviews within include conversations with pan-European type design collecitve Underware, Japanese type designer Akira Kobayashi, American graffiti writer and fine artist Barry McGee/Twist, German graffiti writers Daim and Seak, American lettering artist, graphic designer and design eductor Ed Fella, among others. Parallel Strokes is an enquiry into the history, context, and development of lettering today, both culturally approved and illicit.

My friend and fellow designer Alex Haigh created a new font named Aiko. The font is fully develop including latin characters.
I finally put up a small type showcase. Check it out at www.r-typography.com
FontShop announced the 10 typefaces of the year 2007. Their is also a CD, FontStars 2007, with this ten fonts.
For more type experiments from Jack Featherstone, graphic design student at Chelsea College Of Ar, check his blog.

BAQ Rounded is a new typeface designed by Thinkdust - Alex Haigh and available to purchase now.

Great interview with Jason Munn, where we can take a look at his studio and discover a little more about this talented designer, who’s work I truly admire. Love the the simplicity and the impact.

I discovered this interview via Dave from grain edit, who send me an email with links to rare type specimens/design books that he publishes on his blog. Here are some samples:
Great sites you just can´t miss.
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