“I don’t think we can consider fonts to be good or bad. It depends on the purpose and intent of their usage. If I use a digital type font that has the same characteristics as a display font, it shouldn’t be used on text, so its application in that case would be incorrect. When drawing, I consider the optical adjustments...
PiliWu-Design — Pingtung Thing 2019 — Taipei, Taiwan
Inspired by the movements of the sun, rising from the east and setting in the west, signifying the daily schedules and routines of the attentive Pingtung farmers. From humble tradition to exquisite curation....
Underware — Amsterdam, Netherlands / Helsinki, Finland
“The inspiration for Y lies in a little essay we wrote titled From Typography To Grammatography. The story begins with three letters visiting a bar. One of the letters is called Y, and is changing its form continuously....
adj. everything — Sit Down Please — Taipei, Taiwan
By using the different angles of lines to create the “Site Down Please” font, as well as the application of flurencent pink colour, it communicates a sense of new-generation vibe. Grids and fonts run through the overall exhibition, opening a dialogue between the graphic and object; past and future about chairs....
Dinamo — Basel, Switzerland
“For almost all of our designs we’re driven by an interest in how typefaces can be produced and used. Favorit Lining, for example, we came up with when a project needed an Italic but the deadline did not allow us to design one in time. Underlining felt like a valid alternative and this led us to realise that you can...
Parachute Typefoundry — Athens, Greece
“Our latest design, PF Marlet, started out by trying to visualize a serif typeface with simpler letterforms, something like a hybrid between a sans and a serif, blending simultaneously traces of fashion and nostalgia. Inspiration came from the roaring ’20s and ’30s, decades that embraced women’s independence both socially and politically. Taking intricate hints from the era, a contemporary dynamic...
Design & Make Organization (DMO) — The Brick-O — Taipei, Taiwan
This design uses red brick, furnace stone, and sodium silicate material after the removal of the surrounding wall by C-LAB to proposed a landscape installation. The wall material is transformed from barrier to an enclosing space component. The installation responds to the circular economy of this city — the ring structure itself provide exhibition and knowledge, showing the posture of...
New Alessi Collection — Winter 2020 — Hong Kong
Alessi’s latest collection for 2020 are specifically made for children — consisting of the GIRO TABLE SET, GIRO CUTLERY SET and DORAFF by Ben Van Berkel; FOOD A PORTER FAMILY by Sakura Adachi; and MATTINA BREAD BOX by The Big Game Design Studio. Alessi regularly works with world-famous artists and designers, including Zaha Hadid, Philippe Starck and Marcel Wanders to...
Mat Voyce — Leeds, UK
“My Donut Worry piece was originally based on wanting to create a set of positivity stickers or badges to share on Instagram and GIPHY. This was before the worldwide lockdown came into force so they didn’t have their true impact until then. But I really wanted to make a few clever little badges to make people smile using puns and...
InFormat Design Curating — Go! Go! South Pole: Adventurous Horizon — Taipei, Taiwan
The exhibition allows visitors to experience the antarctic journey through AR, internet digital technology, bodily sensations, recreated scenes of polar day and polar night, adventure forums, and the shooting of documentaries to create a comprehensive adventure of ice, snow, and rocks on our subtropical island....
Whitelight Motion — Taipei Metro Pass: Taipei Anytime — Taipei, Taiwan
The redesign of “Taipei Metro Pass: Taipei Anytime” represents the distinctive reception of the city of the travellers. The travel pass serves the first impression of the trip and also commemorates the end of the journey....
Jérémie Gauthier — Lyon, France
“For the creation of my last typeface (Bigilla) and for most of the fonts I design, I draw a lot of inspiration from the world of luxury and fashion. I like everything that has to do with elegance and I try to show it in my creations, especially with ligatures.”...