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vortrag jan middendorp „schriftkulturen | type cultures” datum_mittwoch, 13. dezember 2006 zeit_19:00 uhr ort_designforum | mq jan middendorp is a dutch writer and designer living in berlin. he was the founding editor and art director of the fontshop benelux magazine druk (1999 – 2002), and has contributed to many international magazines including items, eye, typographic, experimenta and etapes. he also wrote and designed the award-winning book „lettered, the alphabets of clotilde olyff” (2000) and collaborated on monographs about letterror and ren� knip. this year, a group of international publishers will publish the book „made with fontfont” which he edited in collaboration with erik spiekermann and fontshop international. as a designer, he works for the belgian publishing company lannoo, and various clients in the cultural field. |
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vortrag jan middendorp „schriftkulturen | type cultures” the lecture: type for peace � would the world be a happier place if typography and graphic design would be a widely popular form of entertainment or worship, instead of just being the obsession of a mildly happy few? we examine the possibilities of type as a strategy for (cultural) survival focusing on local type projects from holland, iran, germany, denmark, tobago, egypt. ha, daar gaat er een van mij! | isbn 90-6450-436-9 dutch type | isbn 90-6450-460-1 |