Speakers
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Annie Atkins
Annie Atkins, graphic designer for movies such as Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel and Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, will take you on a journey through her process in creating graphic props for filmmaking.
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Jon Barnbrook
Jon Barnbrook has designed the cover artwork of David Bowie, worked with the artist Damien Hirst, designed typefaces, and collaborated with brands around the world.
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Clare Bell
In their joint presentation, designers, researchers, and lecturers Clare Bell, Mary Ann Bolger, and Max Phillips will discuss characteristics of Irish typography and its impact on culture and society.
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Mary Ann Bolger
In their joint presentation, designers, researchers, and lecturers Clare Bell, Mary Ann Bolger, and Max Phillips will discuss characteristics of Irish typography and its impact on culture and society.
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Matteo Bologna
Matteo Bologna, the Italian founder of New York creative studio Mucca, will delve into the recent large scale culinary branding project for Manhattan’s Seaport district and the role of custom type design.
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Rutherford Craze
Rutherford Craze is a type designer and developer, and founder of the type foundry Mass-Driver. His work is characterized by a deep understanding of the materials and technologies used in the process.
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Liza Enebeis
Liza is a creative director and partner at Studio Dumbar, specializing in visual branding and motion design. She is also co-founder of Typeradio, the first podcast station to focus on type and design.
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Jonas Hecksher
Type designer Jonas Hecksher from the Copenhagen-based type foundry Playtype will look into the history and current use of the unique form of Danish lower-case ‘g’.
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Chorong Kim
Leading Korean type foundry Sandoll has collaborated with Dutch foundry Typotheque to create Korean versions of multilingual typefaces, exploring new methodologies to make culturally appropriate typefaces.
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Max Phillips
In their joint presentation, designers, researchers, and lecturers Clare Bell, Mary Ann Bolger, and Max Phillips will discuss characteristics of Irish typography and its impact on culture and society.
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Mark Porter
Mark Porter cares about content, and is one of the most acclaimed editorial designers. For three decades he has been creating some of the most recognizable media brands, working in digital, print, and television.
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Astrid Stavro
Astrid is a creative director based in London. Her work that is conceptually driven, emotionally engaging and meticulously crafted. She co-founded the design agency Atlas, is a former Pentagram partner and a design nomad.
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František Štorm
František Štorm is a Czech musician, type designer, writer, artist, illustrator, and a founding member of the black metal band Master’s Hammer. He now lives in the countryside where he finds inspiration for his art and music.
With The Presence Of:
Roberto Arista
Paul Barnes
Johanna Biľak
Peter Biľak
Erik van Blokland
Thomas Bouillet
Veronika Burian
Francesco Canovaro
Ethan Cohen
Joana Correia
Nikola Djurek
Catherine Dixon
Daniel Grumer
Michael Hochleitner
Marko Hrastovec
Jürgen Huber
Yanek Iontef
Joyce Ketterer
Andrej Krátky
Indra Kupferschmid
Paul van der Laan
Jeremy Mickel
Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini
Dan Reynolds
Ilya Ruderman
Martin Wenzel
Youngho Yun
Location
Dublin, Ireland
The city offers a range of hotels and bed & breakfast options. Most of the speakers will be staying in The Hendrick hotel in Smithfield, the vibrant street art area of Dublin.
Venue
TU Dublin East Quad
Lower Grangegorman
Dublin 7
D07 XFF2
Ireland
tudublin.ie
Accommodation
Schedule
Friday, September 8, 2023 | |
10.00 — 18.00 |
Workshops
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10.00 — 18.00 |
Typeface Design for Non-Type Designers
with Matteo Bologna (Mucca Typo) and Ethan Cohen (Dinamo) This short and intense workshop is a great opportunity to get started in designing type. Go beyond choosing the same typefaces from the type menu to creating your own! You’ll learn the basics of designing and generating a variable font with font-design software Glyphs (Mac only). Free with the Fontstand conference ticket (max. 20 participants) |
14.00 — 17.00 |
Demystifying Font Licensing
with Joyce Ketterer (Darden Studio) When you ‘buy’ fonts, you purchase limited rights to use them. In this workshop with the Darden Studio CEO Joyce Ketterer, End User License Agreements (EULAs) will be discussed from both perspectives, as a type foundry protecting their work, and as a font user utilizing fonts for commercial and non-commercial purposes. Free with the Fontstand conference ticket (max. 20 participants) |
14.00 — 18.00 |
Python for Designers
with Roberto Arista (Typotheque) An introduction to programming in Python language, working in the popular application DrawBot for the Mac, to generate and explore visual ideas using code. Python can help you design and make books, illustrations, data visualizations, maps, and animations, as well as handle websites, and more. You will need to bring your own laptop with MacOS. Free with the Fontstand conference ticket (max. 20 participants) |
14.00 — 18.00 |
Hebrew Type Design
with Yanek Iontef and Daniel Grumer (Fontef) Learn how to design Hebrew typefaces in this short workshop. In the first part of the workshop, Yanek and Daniel will guide you through the history and contemporary use of Hebrew type, analyzing the Hebrew letters and their development. In the second part, participants will draw sample Hebrew words based on the existing Latin typeface. You will be encouraged to draw by hand on paper, but you can also work digitally. Free with the Fontstand conference ticket (max. 20 participants) |
14.00 — 18.00 |
Cyrillic Type Design
with Ilya Ruderman (CSTM Fonts) Learn how to design Cyrillic typefaces in this short workshop. In the first part of the workshop Ilya will guide you through the history and contemporary use of Cyrillic type, and different Cyrillic languages and their needs. In the second part, participants will draw sample Cyrillic words based on an existing Latin typeface. You are encouraged to draw manually on paper, but working digitally is also possible. Free with the Fontstand conference ticket (max. 20 participants) |
14.00 — 15.30 |
Dublin typographic walk
with Mary Ann Bolger (TU Dublin) Join Mary Ann Bolger, a lecturer in Design History and Visual Culture at the School of Media, TU Dublin, for a walk through Dublin, drawing your attention to the cultural significance of overlooked letters and reflect on their production, and the stories behind the material traces. Free with the Fontstand conference ticket (max. 15 participants) |
9.30 — 19.30 |
Registration
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20.00 — 21.00 |
Annie Atkins:
Fake love letters |
21.30 |
End
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Saturday, September 9, 2023 | |
9.00 — 10.00 |
Registration
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10.00 — 10.10 |
Welcome
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10.10 — 10.50 |
Clare Bell & Mary Ann Bolger (TU Dublin), Max Phillips (Signal Type Foundry):
How to (un)make an Irish typeface |
10.50 — 11.20 |
Jonas Hecksher (Playtype):
The Danish G |
11.20 — 11.50 |
Jon Barnbrook (Barnbrook Fonts):
Music, typefaces, Bowie |
11.50 — 12.30 |
Break
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12.30 — 13.00 |
František Štorm (Storm Type):
Blissful engraving |
13.00 — 13.30 |
Liza Enebeis (Studio Dumbar):
Character in motion |
13.30 — 15.00 |
Lunch
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15.00 — 15.30 |
Matteo Bologna (Mucca Typo):
Branding a food hall with kerning and love |
15.30 — 16.00 |
Chorong Kim (Sandoll):
Contextual reinterpretation of Korean type |
16.00 — 16.30 |
Astrid Stavro (Atlas):
Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it |
16.30 — 17.15 |
Break
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17.15 — 17.45 |
Rutherford Craze (Mass-Driver):
Digital native type design |
17.45 — 18.30 |
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18.30 |
End
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20:00 |
Official Saturday dinner party
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