Pepperpot me
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Pepperpot me

by Kongur on Oct 18, 2011 • No Comments
After the lethargic summer months, September and the first half of October have been pretty exciting. I saw so many things and discovered plenty more. And one day, just as I was drifting away into sleep, I imagined myself upside down and shaking my head out, pouring out all the...
Nick Shinn on Turco-friendly Typefaces
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Nick Shinn on Turco-friendly Typefaces

by Kongur on Sep 28, 2011 • No Comments
The TYPOBerlin 09 “Space” conference was where I met and made this interview with Nick Shinn – a famous type designer and the founder of the Shinntype foundry. He is a regular contributor to the well known typographic community and forum typophile. I love typophile, it is a marvellous place...
Chip Kidd on book design at TYPOBerlin 09 "Space"
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Chip Kidd on book design at TYPOBerlin 09 “Space”

by Kongur on Sep 27, 2011 • 1 Comment
I was lucky to talk and interview the creative designer Chip Kidd at TYPOBerlin 2009. He shared his mischievous outlook on creativity with the audience and his talk was genuinely rocking – thanks to his musical as well as his graphic talents! It was a pleasure to talk with him...
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TYPOLondon 20-22 October 2011 “Places”
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TYPOLondon 20-22 October 2011 “Places”

by Kongur on Aug 29, 2011 • No Comments
For the last sixteen years the successful annual design and typography conference TYPOBerlin, curated by FontShop, has brought together famous graphic designers, typographers and inspirational names from the creative world. This October it is returning to London, the place where it began, with the famous FUSE94 conference. Under the theme of “Places” it will promote...
#Crtateup in Tate Britain
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#Crtateup in Tate Britain

by Kongur on Jul 23, 2011 • No Comments
I went to the #crtateup tweet up event sponsored by Creative Review and Tate Britain on Thursday 21/07/2011. It is such a great venue for creative gigs. I really enjoyed being under the high ceilings and amongst the art. So many creative treats were prepared for the attendees. I used an iPad interactive painting app....
Neu Alphabet
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Neu Alphabet

by Kongur on Jul 20, 2011 • No Comments
When I visited the Design Museum in London to listen to GraphicDesign&’s talk in Mid April, I had the chance to poke my nose around the museum. The retrospective exhibition of the legendary Dutch designer Wim Crouwel was on. In the foyer they had a sample of the Neu Alphabet rug on display. It was...
I tawt I taw a tnake in Comic Sans Euro!
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I tawt I taw a tnake in Comic Sans Euro!

by Kongur on Jul 9, 2011 • No Comments
Was it my tired eyes, or the funny little joke of Vincent Connare’s about the Euro sign still hiding somewhere in the font file? The ghost of the wicked snake was, strangely enough, visible in a couple of screen versions of the font. I wonder why? I was very curious about the story after I...
Angus Hyland's Lecture on Symbols
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Angus Hyland’s Lecture on Symbols

by Kongur on Jul 1, 2011 • 2 Comments
Pentagram partner and graphic designer Angus Hyland gave a brilliant short talk on symbols. He picked some well known trademarks and logos from the collective archives of our everyday life and compared the associations as well as the implications we attach to these trademarks. He also discussed how they developed and were transformed from their...

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