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After spending 6 months in New York due to a grant by the Swiss government, Ivan Weiss and Michael Kryenbühl opened their own studio Johnson / Kingston by the end of 2011. In free and commissioned works as well as in their teaching they are engaged with exploring experimental, contemporary forms of graphic design, typography and programming.  Interview for It’s nice that (en... подробнее

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Jianping He is a Chinese designer based in Berlin. After studying graphic design at the China Academy of Art, He earned an MFA from the Berlin University of the Arts, and a PhD in cultural history from the Free University of Berlin. He has explained that the German emphasis on “independent thinking and play” has counterbalanced the academic discipline of his Chinese education, and his designs nego... подробнее

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Erich Brechbühl [Mixer] is a Lucerne based independent graphic designer focused on poster and corporate design. He was born on the in 1977, and grew up in Sempach, Switzerland. In 1990, at the age of 13, he started his career with the foundation of “Mix Pictures”, an organization for short film productions and cultural events. After a typography apprenticeship near Lucerne (1994–1998) h... подробнее

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Ludovic Balland specializes in typography, typesetting and book projects. He studied visual communication at the University of Art and Design in Basel and trained at Dalton & Maag in London. In 2002 he founded the studio The Remingtons in Basel, focusing on typography and typesetting techniques. In 2006 he founded his own studio, Typography Cabinet, where he focuses on book design, visual iden... подробнее

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Pan Yi — calligrapher, calligraphy teacher. Born in 1973. 1980–1986 — Shabanzhuang Elementary School, Beijing; 1986–1989 — Secondary School at Beijing Industrial University; 1989–1993 — Beijing Trade College of Commerce. Pan Yi, the master of calligraphy, studied this ancient art from school, as calligraphy is included in the compulsory program of the Chinese school. A... подробнее

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Majid Abbasi born in 1965 in Tehran, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran in 1996 in visual communication. It was in this same year, having already enjoyed numerous freelance design commissions, that Abbasi set up his prestigious studio, Did Graphics Inc., with partner Firouz Shafei. Also, he is a lecturer at the University of Tehran, following Morteza Momayez’ ... подробнее

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Keitaro Sakamoto gave a talk on Morisawa Type Design Competition that has been giving birth to new typeface designs for decades since the first competition held in 1984. Through entries with bold ideas and new attempts in anticipation with unprecedented expressive capacity, the last competition in 2016 received more than 700 entries from 49 countries and regions, including both Kanji and Latin cat... подробнее

Kaori Ishijima, master of Japanese calligraphy. 1999 — graduated from the Institute of Calligraphy in Ito, Japan. 2000–2004 — worked at the Japanese Association of Calligraphy Education in Tokyo, Japan. 2005–2008 — taught at Charles University, at the Society of Czech-Japanese Friendship, at the Davis Holis Institute in Prague, Czech Republic. Since 2009, she has been teaching at the Ja... подробнее

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Mr. Subrata Bhowmick is one of India’s leading graphic designers with great penchant for the Indian textile heritage. For many years, he was the design director of the Calico Museum in Ahmedabad. He is also a Creative Consultant at Mudra Communication in India. Further, his specialization includes textiles, photography, environment, graphics, book design, advertising and exhibition design. He cond... подробнее

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Mr. Subrata Bhowmick is one of India’s leading graphic designers with great penchant for the Indian textile heritage. For many years, he was the design director of the Calico Museum in Ahmedabad. He is also a Creative Consultant at Mudra Communication in India. Further, his specialization includes textiles, photography, environment, graphics, book design, advertising and exhibition design. He cond... подробнее

With the support of The Netherlands Embassy

High on Type is a collective of five designers and artists who share a passion for letters: Guido de Boer, Vincent de Boer, Hans Schuttenbeld, Ivo Brouwer, Julien Priez. To share their knowledge and skills with the like-minded, they often organise workshops, lectures and other events. They offer you a range of new insights, visions and visuals. All Eyes on Type is own ... подробнее

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Konstantin Golovchenko is a designer, researcher in the field of font and typography. For several years he was engaged in the design of titles in a television and radio company, then he worked as the lead editor of a book publishing company. Currently he is the director of the advertising agency “Motto Creative” (Odessa, Ukraine). In addition, he is a co-founder (together with Viktor Kha... подробнее

With the support of The Netherlands Embassy

High on Type is a collective of five designers and artists who share a passion for letters: Guido de Boer, Vincent de Boer, Hans Schuttenbeld, Ivo Brouwer, Julien Priez. To share their knowledge and skills with the like-minded, they often organise workshops, lectures and other events. They offer you a range of new insights, visions and visuals. All Eyes on Type is own ... подробнее

With the support of a href=https://www.goethe.de/moskauGoethe Institute in Moscow/a

Benedikt Groß is a speculative and computational designer who works antidisciplinarily. His work deals with the fascination of relationships between people, their data, technology and environments. He is particularly interested to speculate about these relationships in the near future. He uses design as a vehicle to visualize potential implications and scenarios. He holds an M.A. in Design I... подробнее

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Vincent de Boer is a typographic artist and a teacher of letter making, member of High on Type team. Early affirmation provided a solid confidence and a hunger for recognition. Without any doubt in his pieces, there is a legion of borders to cross. Any fresh visual that intrigues the eye, Vincent is interested to acquire. With many layers to a work, there is no such thing as one creative rout... подробнее

With the support of The Netherlands Embassy

Guido de Boer is an artist, graphic designer, calligrapher. His clients are from different fields, he works for museums, venues, agencies etc. But he also loves to make uncommissioned work. His enthusiasm not only results in making work, Guido also is a teacher at different Art Academies in The Netherlands. For instance he’s teaching writing & letters at the Royal Academy of the Arts in The... подробнее

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Born in Trieste in 1962. He deals mainly with the visual identity of public bodies and private companies. He has worked for, among others, the Venice Biennale, the Château de Versailles, the Centre Pompidou, the Palazzo Grassi-François Pinault Foundation, the Mart in Rovereto, the Giulio Iacchetti Studio, the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Rome, the New York Times, the SNCF (Fr... подробнее

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Shun Sasaki is a graphic designer and art-director from Tokyo. The founder of AYOND design studio. Interview for It´s nice that (en) Tumblr подробнее

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Sarkis Kristyan is type and graphic designer. Born in Beirut and based in Amsterdam. After receiving his master in Type & Media from the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in 2010, he started his own design studio in the Netherlands. In 2015, he co-founded TPTQ Arabic, a type foundry specialised in high-quality Arabic fonts. In 2016, he co-launched Arabic Type Design — Beirut, th... подробнее

With the support of HSE

Chae Byung-rok is an excellent graphic designer who lives and works in Seoul, Korea. After studying graphic design under Koichi Sato at Tama Art University in Japan, he has established his own studio named CBR Graphic. His vivid work is characterized by a variety of visual languages with a focus on solution-oriented concepts and eye-catching expression. He enjoys to experiment with different graph... подробнее

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Sarp Sozdinler (born 1989, Izmir) lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey. He began his independent graphic design practice in 2014 while studying at Die Angewandte / University of Applied Arts Vienna, after switching from Computer Engineering between the years 2006–2009. He now gives Typography classes at Istanbul Aydin University, and a participant in the post graduate program of Mimar Sinan Un... подробнее

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Khajag Apelian is a lettering artist, type and graphic designer. Having grown up between Dubai and Beirut, and being raised in an Armenian family, Khajag has an affinity for different languages and writing systems, which he has applied to the development of typefaces in many scripts, including Arabic, Armenian, and Latin. Khajag graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague with a Master... подробнее

With the support of a href=http://embassies.gov.il/moscowEmbassy of Israel/a

Artist, Graphic Designer, Researcher and Curator. Born in Israel, 1944. Lives and works in Tel Aviv. Senior lecturer at the Visual Communication Department at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, since 1976. Since 1975, operates his own studio in Tel Aviv, specializing in various aspects of visual communications, with particular emphasis on culture and politics. Collects and resear... подробнее