365typo is now Identita
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
5M ago
Dear Readers, the team behind the 365typo books, as well as this blog, is thrilled to announce a brand-new venture: Identita – The Story of Czech Graphic Design. Identita is not just a project. We’re bringing you a documentary film titled ‘Bohemian Identity’ in English, a comprehensive monograph on Czech graphic design, a must-watch documentary series for Czech Television, and a one-of-a-kind exhibition set to be showcased at the Kampa Museum in Prague, starting Summer 2024. Follow us on the web at www.bohemianidentity.com and catch all our updates on social networks ..read more
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Gerard Unger Scholarship 2020
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
TypeTogether announced the 6th edition of Gerard Unger Scholarship, open to any current or graduated student who has developed a typeface in a type design course within the past two years (2018–2020).  The winning student will be given guidance and support in developing their career after graduation through critique, expert feedback, economic support, and a publishing contract with TypeTogether. The post Gerard Unger Scholarship 2020 appeared first on 365typo ..read more
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Support Independent Type
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
Support Independent Type book is a compendium of contemporary, physical and digital type specimens. The carefully selected work of over 400 font labels and type designers gives you a glimpse into the adventurous shift of this creative industry. Back the project at Kickstarter and emerge yourself in a world of boundlessness creativity and change in typography along the way! Editors: Lars Harmsen, Marian Misiak Binding: softcover, thread stitching, wrapped poster – dust jacket Volume: ≈ 320 pages Format: 21 × 27 cm Printing: full colour offset + back and white inse ..read more
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The world’s writing systems
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
The worldswritingsystems.org web site presents one glyph for each of the world’s writing systems. It is the first step of the Missing Scripts Project, a long-term initiative that aims to identify writing systems which are not yet encoded in the Unicode standard. As of today, there are still 146 scripts not yet encoded in Unicode. The post The world’s writing systems appeared first on 365typo ..read more
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Mouvo Festival 2019 review
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
In February, the 4th year of the Mouvo festival, organised by the Prague multi-discipline studio Oficina, took place in the Prague Archa theatre. The event primarily focuses on graphic design, motion design and animation, but also overlaps into other spheres of human creativity. For me, the star of the festival was Turkish guru Memo Akten, who started off the first day’s presentations. Memo comes from Istanbul and describes himself as an “artist, researcher and philomath, working with computation as medium, inspired by the intersections of science and spirituality; and collisions between natur ..read more
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Preorder Slanted Magazine #33 – Prague
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
In the summer of 2018 the Slanted editors embarked on a trip to Prague to take a close-up look at the contemporary design scene there. The list of designers Slanted met with boasts everyone from legends such as Rostislav Vaněk to well known figures from the contemporary design scene such as Briefcase Type Foundry, Anymade Studio, Studio Najbrt, and many more. The post Preorder Slanted Magazine #33 – Prague appeared first on 365typo ..read more
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Mouvo’s Fourth Edition will Offer an All-star Line-up and Workshops
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
Only few days remains until the fourth edition of Mouvo. It will be held from February 22 to 23 and will be hosted by Oficina, an award-winning Prague-based studio. Mouvo’s Fourth Edition is Driven by Education Prague and motion design. A connection that is becoming ever closer, primarily thanks to the Mouvo festival. The audience at the Archa Theatre will once again be treated to the very best of the global motion design scene. The speaker list includes Ash Thorp, Memo Akten, Ian Anderson (The Designers Republic), Federica Fragapane, Ilenia Notarangelo & Luca Gonn ..read more
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TypeCon2019: Call for Programming
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
The Society of Typographic Aficionados is now accepting programming proposals for TypeCon2019 — taking place August 28th to September 1st in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  TypeCon covers an increasingly broad range of topics, including: typography; type design; font production; graphic design; digital media; printing history; calligraphy; lettering; book arts; advertising; wayfinding; type in motion; literacy; type sales and marketing; legal issues; design education; and other related areas. We are currently seeking proposals for presentations, hands-on worksh ..read more
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Gerard Unger Scholarship for Young Type Designers
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
In memory of the late Dr Gerard Unger, renowned Dutch type designer and educator, and in celebration of what would have been Unger’s 77th birthday in January, TypeTogether font foundry has opened the call for entries for the Gerard Unger Scholarship, previously the TypeTogether Typeface Publishing Incentive Programme.  Unger Bio Dr Gerard Unger (1942–2018) was a Dutch graphic and type designer, writer, and lecturer. He was Professor of Typography at Leiden University, The Netherlands, from which he also received his PhD in 2013. Until his death, Unger taught as visiting professor at Unive ..read more
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Forward Vienna, festival for creativity, design and communication
365typo – 365 stories on type, typography and graphic design
by Filip Blažek
4y ago
The Forward festival will take place in Vienna, Austria, in Gartenbaukino from 4 to 6 April 2019.  Forward brings together the best international and local creative heads, who provide insights into their success stories in an exciting atmosphere. The conference, the centerpiece of the festival, is accompanied by various side events, such as workshops, live art sessions and networking events. Don’t miss out on exciting talks by David Carson or Anthony Burrill and many more. The post Forward Vienna, festival for creativity, design and communication ap ..read more
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