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Watch Erik Spiekermann’s “Putting Back the Face into Typeface” interview for Gestalten TV

Listen to the design genius talk about new visual languages, design processes, the analogies of music and typography, and why we need better client culture on Gestalten.tv and you will easily realize why […]

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date January 29, 2014
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Erik Spiekermann - Putting Back the Face into Typeface

Typographer, graphic designer and businessman Erik Spiekermann has created timeless, influential and, yes, Meta-physical work over the past three decades.

Next to founding MetaDesign, Edenspiekermann, and FontShop, the latter being the first ever digital distributor of fonts, and designing more instant classic typefaces than any other, he has been recognized as an outstanding expert internationally.

Erik Spiekermann – Putting Back the Face into Typeface from Gestalten on Vimeo.

Listen to the design genius talk about new visual languages, design processes, the analogies of music and typography, and why we need better client culture on Gestalten.tv and you will easily realize why. Before heading to new visionary pastures, the bike enthusiast makes a short stop to receive the German Design Lifetime Achievement Award 2011.

via Erik Spiekermann | Gestalten TV.

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By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP, where he leads the design vision for the entire Human Capital Management product line, ensuring cohesive product narratives and establishing best practices.

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. Itamar has also served as a juror for prestigious design competitions and lectured on design topics at universities worldwide.

During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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