gestalten.tv: 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 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.

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 in our latest Gestalten.tv video and you will easily realize why. Before heading to new visionary pastures, the bike enthusiast will make a short stop to receive the German Design Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 in February.

Motion-Design: Visual Essay: „The blue crab“

Für das ARD Format Weltspiegel hat der Ableger Pixelbutik von Deli Pictures einen schönes Motion-Design produziert und gestaltet, das die Thematik der blauen Kraben und den politischen Vorläufer Konflikten visualisiert.

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/5679350[/vimeo]

Folgende weitere Infos gibt es dazu:

A little history lesson (…unfortunately only in german speech…) designed and directed by my friend Jan Richter here at our Deli´s PIXELBUTIK (www.pixelbutik.com).

Special Thanks to our animation-crew: Axel, Rafael and Robert!

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Motion-Design: Flickermood 2.0

The next level of this experimental typographic orgy.
Visit our website for more stuff: mynamewasgod.com and basisbild.de/flickermood.
Animation was basically all done in AE/FCS – the music is from FORSS (check out the coolest music platform at soundcloud.com and for more about his music look at forss.to).

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/3302330[/vimeo]

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