... education, design practice and experience as an ex-pat Slovak living in the Netherlands. dot dot dot is discussed, as well as the typefaces Biľak has produced...
Interviews ·
13 April 2005
· English
· 4079 words
This essay provides guidelines to fine Syllabics typography through identifying its general and inherent concepts, as well as detailing the nuances found in loc...
Essays ·
24 January 2022
· English
· 6512 words
Lava was designed to bridge the digital and print editions of a newly designed magazine.
Typeface stories ·
5 September 2013
· English
· 689 words
Un recorrido que da cuenta de las mujeres diseñadoras de libros, revistas, campañas activistas, marcas y otras cosas más en el siglo XX.
Essays ·
23 May 2012
· Spanish
· 4956 words
Greta Sans was been planned from the outset as a system of interrelated styles. From the very beginning, work proceeded on multiple styles simultaneously. This...
Typeface stories ·
25 April 2012
· English
· 1709 words
Detailed look at the English edition of Letter Fountain, typographic reference book examining the form and anatomy of Latin alphabet.
Reviews ·
24 June 2011
· English
· 1218 words
This article presents the Diwani style of Arabic which lead to designing Thuraya, a contemporary yet faithful interpretation of the Diwani style with extensive...
Typeface stories ·
9 May 2011
· English
· 2033 words
Interview with the Dutch designer René Knip, specialising in three-dimensional typography and lettering. From the book 158 answers.
Interviews ·
9 May 2011
· English
· 2361 words
Peter Biľak speaks with Mark Thomson about his beginnings, running a type foundry, magazines, print media in general, modern dance and typography. This intervi...
Interviews ·
27 September 2010
· English
· 3447 words
A real-life situation that forced a type designer to evaluate his profession. One small typographic detail (an incorrect version of the diacritic over the lette...
Essays ·
25 September 2010
· English
· 1466 words
Interview conducted by Luciano Perondi and Silvia Sfligiotti discussing issues of translation, languages, teaching, writing, organizing exhibitions, and having...
Interviews ·
20 December 2006
· English
· 4209 words
... slovacco attivo a L’Aia, con la sua fonderia digitale Typotheque e la rivista dot dot dot si è fatto conoscere come voce originale e indipendente nel campo...
Interviews ·
20 December 2006
· Italian
· 3944 words
Dieser Artikel basiert zum Teil auf meiner Forschung für die Ausstellung über das tschechische und slowakische Schriftdesign mit Schwerpunkt auf der Entwicklu...
Essays ·
28 November 2006
· German
· 3875 words
This article is partly based on the research for the exhibition on Czech and Slovak typeface design that we co-curated with Alan Záruba in 2004-2006 focusing o...
Essays ·
3 October 2006
· English
· 3891 words
El no-diseño como una repuesta al sobre-diseño y el manierismo contemporáneo. Alegato a favor de un diseño que, tomando en cuenta su contexto, responda a la...
Essays ·
7 June 2005
· Spanish
· 2373 words
El diseño tipográfico como conocimiento acumulado y continuidad: una mirada al papel de los diseñadores de tipos, la historia y la tecnología, los revivals...
Essays ·
11 May 2005
· Spanish
· 861 words
The first chapter of Emily King’s doctoral thesis which focuses on typeface design in the United States, England and the Netherlands between 1987 and 1997 (pa...
Essays ·
23 January 2005
· English
· 15154 words
A review of Emigre Number 64, the Rant issue, where upon its pages designers do just that. Siegel talks about the old Legibility Wars of the 1990s, how design i...
Reviews ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 2127 words
A reduced and expanded exploration of Swiss design and culture across the 20th century.
Essays ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 2388 words
An interesting analysis of the history, politics and context of graphic images which are composed of crowds of people: people as pixels!
Essays ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 2076 words
A brief examination of the politics, culture and designer’s role in the uses, cultural placement and proliferation of stock photography.
Essays ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 2444 words
A refreshingly positive response to (and call for?) more, and more thoughtful culture and design publications in a time when the phrase “who needs another des...
Essays ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 2284 words
An overview of the work of Cuban-born titling artist Pablo Ferro who broke ground with the titles for films like Dr. Strangelove and pioneered moving type for t...
Essays ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 3038 words
Screens of all sorts, their histories and their metaphors are approached in this theoretical discussion which take on the panopticon, Clinton’s inauguration a...
Essays ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 1675 words
In 1999, Print magazine talked to 20 American design heroes and had them look at work from their halcyon days. Designers from Art Chantry to Massimo Vignelli di...
Essays ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 4096 words
A survey of woman designers of books, magazines, activist campaigns, identities etc. across the 20th century.
Essays ·
29 November 2004
· English
· 4875 words
Design is concerned with creations of form, rather than philosophical discussions about holism and acceptance of non-form. However, can the absence of matter te...
Essays ·
19 February 2004
· English
· 2088 words
