Letrástica 3

Oct 24, 2019

Types, paper and scissors! In this workshop we will work with a purely analogous method to design a typeface. It will not only be about sketching on paper, but also addressing most of the conceptual, technical and aesthetic aspects before going digital.

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Oct 24, 2019

During three intensive sessions we will be working on exploration, transformation and customization of different classic calligraphic alphabets from past centuries, seeking their reinterpretation in a new and current context.

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Oct 25, 2019

There is only one step from type to logotype - or a few actually. In this workshop built on a practical approach, we will create a logo based on our own custom typography or retail.

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Gen Ramírez

Gen Ramírez is a typeface designer, graphic designer, calligrapher and sign-painter from Guadalajara, Mexico. His strong interest and passion for brushes and letterforms developed since a young age as he was taught mastery of sign-painting in his father’s workshop. It later led him to graduate from TypeMedia at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague as well as completing both Type@Cooper Extended program in San Francisco and Condensed in New York.

Oct 25, 2019

In this workshop we will explore the fundamentals of the true “brush lettering”, that is, we will make lettering with a brush considering valuable type design aspects such as expression, style, composition, rhythm and balance between negative-positive space.

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Oct 25, 2019
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Julien Priez

Julien Priez was born in Montreuil, France and studied Graphic Design and Type Design between 2004 and 2010 at Eugénie Cotton Montreuil and Estienne Paris.

After working for three years as a freelance typographer and calligrapher for several agencies, Pierre Di Sciullo, Atelier Chévara (Marge Design today), and Atelier Muësli, he left to work as an employee in type foundry for two years.

Oct 24 – Oct 26, 2019
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James Edmondson

James is an type designer based in Oakland, California. He studied graphic design at California College of the Arts, and graduated from the Royal Academy of Art TypeMedia program in the Netherlands.

Through his foundry OH no Type Co., he creates custom and retail typefaces. In 2018, James co-founded Future Fonts, a platform for distributing fonts in-progress.

Zrinka Buljubašić

Zrinka is a type and graphic designer with strong emphasis on blending type, digital media and print.

She has graduated TypeMedia, Master’s programme at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK), has obtained certificate at Type@Cooper program at Cooper Union in New York and has graduated from Arts Academy of Split, Croatia in Master of New Media Design and Baccalareus of Visual Communication Design.