research project on international school scripts and the ‘dialects’ of handwriting
On Saturday, 17 May, I will give a presentation on the ‘Dialects of Handwriting’ at this year’s Tag der Schrift in Zürich, Switzerland.
There will also be lectures by Albert-Jan Pool (‘DIN 16, a mechanised script’), Jovica Veljović (‘Characteristics of Cyrillic script’), Christoph Dunst (‘Type is boring’) and Jeroen Klaver (‘Drawing letters’).
photos | Download my slides: pdf, 3.5mb (English version from ATypI Brighton)
On the occasion of the Walter Tiemann Prize ceremony, German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung has published an article on my project; ‘Die Dialekte der Handschrift’, written by Martin Z. Schröder.
I’m very happy to announce that “Von Luftlinien, Flammenbögen & Speedloops” is awarded the Walter Tiemann Prize! The ceremony will be held at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst [Academy of Visual Arts] Leipzig on Thursday, 13 March – on the occasion of the 2008 Leipzig Book Fair.
The Walter Tiemann Prize, given every two years by the Society for the Promotion of Printmaking and Book Art at the HGB Leipzig, is an international award to recognise outstanding book design and typography. Following Kaspar Mühlemann (2002), Daniela Mirabella & Rebecca Pfaffhauser (2004) and Matilda Plöjel (2006), this year’s laureate is Florian Hardwig.
more information on the Walter Tiemann Prize | press release
“Von Luftlinien, Flammenbögen & Speedloops” won the Focus Award 2007.
The work was exhibited alongside the other winning entries at FH Dortmund/Faculty of Design. In addition, the Focus symposium (this year’s subject: Standard) brought a number of great lectures and workshops; feat. Klaus Hesse, Eike König, Gertrud Nolte, labor b, Mario Lombardo, Ingo Taubhorn, Olaf Unverzart, Niklaus Troxler and many more.
more information on Focus | full program [pdf, 56kb]
In September 2007 I gave a presentation on the ‘Forms of Primary Script’ at the ATypI conference in Brighton, UK.
For the occasion of the ATypI conference, I made a revised version of the poster that accompanied my thesis, “Von Luftlinien, Flammenbögen & Speedloops” [On Air Lines, Flame Bows & Speed Loops] — a more extensive book project about school scripts and the ‘dialects’ of handwriting.
The poster was published in an edition of 100 copies. Unfortunately, they are all gone, but I am preparing another edition, once more enhanced! If you are interested in purchasing one, please contact me.
In July 2007, an article about the project was published by German graphic design magazine PAGE. Download the article: pdf, 4.8mb