An Interview with Colombian Graphic Designer Laura Cárdenas Alvarado — Most of the time letters are used in books and magazines, but sometimes they decorate a fence to make people feel belonging somewhere. This is exactly what Bogotá-based graphic designer Laura Cárdenas Alvarado and her best friend aim at doing with Type of Tape. …

TYPO Berlin: An Interview with Type Designer & Philologist Julia Sysmäläinen — Julia Sysmäläinen has a background in philology and design, and today she likes to combine these two fields, and often designs typefaces inspired by the handwriting of personalities from the literary scene. If you have ever grabbed a NIVEA product from the shelves of a supermarket, you might have already…

TYPO Berlin: An Interview with Czech Type Designer Petra Dočekalová — If someone wants to learn about contemporary Czech typography, one should turn to Petra Dočekalová. It’s really not an exaggeration to say that Petra’s life is centred around type: She works in a type foundry, leads workshops to teach others about letterforms, showcases her typographic skills on Instagram, and her…

TYPO Berlin: An Interview with Egyptian Product Designer dina Amin* — Dina Amin is a lot of things. She is a product designer, a tinker and a stop-motion artist among others. She showcases her creativity and talent by making and publishing stop-motion videos. Her project is called Tinker Friday, and her aim is to give broken objects another chance. This is…

You Can Be Extraordinary — The Basics of Personal Branding (Lehetsz kivételes — Az énmárkaépítés alapjai in Hungarian) written by Móni László was released in October 2015. Móni, who is a personal branding specialist, guides the readers through the essential steps of efficient verbal, non-verbal and visual communication. The readership…

An Interview with Dominican Illustrator Lena Vargas Afanasieva — Lena Vargas Afanasieva is a Dominican illustrator based in Santo Domingo. She is one of those people who seize the opportunity and don’t let negative experiences prevent them from reaching their goal — even if they might not really know what that is at that specific moment. Lena started out…

An Interview with Norwegian Illustrator Maria Midttun — Maria Midttun is a Norwegian illustrator currently residing in the UK working on her rather minimalistic projects for clients all over the world. She is keen on print but acknowledges the fact that one can’t really skip digital. To learn more about her work, projects and plans, I asked Maria…

Interjú Maria Midttun norvég illusztrátorral — Maria Midttun norvég illusztrátor jelenleg az Egyesült Királyságban él, ahol meglehetősen minimialista projekteken dolgozik a világ eltérő szegleteiben munkálkodó ügyfelei számára. Ugyan az analóg (nyomtatott) technikák közelebb állnak hozzá, tisztában vele, hogy a digitális megoldásokról aligha lehetne megfeledkezni. …