Typeradio Podcast

Justus Oehler runs the Berlin office of Pentagram. He talks about how he got started in design, his parents and how he ended up at Pentagram. What is typically Pentagram, in design and thinking? What are the differences between the various Pentagram studios? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

What is the influence of the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and how did it change? Node are reluctant to define their graphic style. They explain their typographic sound projects and bring us the song ‘Make The Logo Bigger’. But what is Node’s claim to fame? And have they lived up to their parents’ expactations? Do they consider themselves to be digital bohemians? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Node is a design studio run by Anders Hofgaard from Norway, Serge Rompza from Germany (3rd member Spanish/Danish Vladimir is not present at the interview). They reflect on religion, rituals, meeting in Amsterdam and how they ended up in Berlin. They explain their collaboration and let us listen to some music. How did they come up with their name? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Simone Wolf about moderating at Typo Berlin and how to deal with boring speakers. How does Typevents compile a conference programme? Simone talks about their future plans, cross-linking and the design of a new identity. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Simone Wolf explains her company Typevents and how it started, and how she got interested in type and design. She tells some event organiser’s worst case scenarios and reflects on the Helvetica film, Italian graphic design and her favourite designers. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Mike reflects on the early days of house music. The music was rare and hard to find, just as the flyers, but it was much more fun than the globalised abundance we find today. He compiled an extensive flyer book called Flyersoziotop, runs a gallery, and also did a lot of radio in his days. He still believes in the power of radio and calls himself an irritainer or cultural media entrepeneur activist experimentator documentor. (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Mike Riemel collects flyers. How did he get caught up in collecting flyers? With over half a million flyers, how do you categorise such a huge collection? According to Mike flyers represent the social consciousness of a generation. How in the 80s, along with the house music movement, the flyer as a medium exploded due to computers. But who stole that Batman flyer? (Recorded at Typeradio’s Sweet16)

Donald & Liza’s introduction to the Typeradio’s Sweet16, a 16 hour live radio session, recorded on May 16th 2007 in Berlin, from 8:00 till midnight.

This episode Nathalie tells us the real story behind the winning World Press Photo 2006 and how she got involved in graphic design.

Nathalie talks about multilingual Beirut and what it means to live there as a designer. What is Lebanese (graphic) design like? Universal, hybrid, global or local? And how are the clients? Who are the clients?

Nathalie Fallaha is telling us about living and working in Lebanon and in which way politics, culture and daily life have a profound influence on the work you are doing. Next to this Nathalie is talking about teaching in Lebanon and her ideas and expectations.

Can a publisher for design books predict global trends in graphic design? And what are books really good for? What’s their relation with trends? And this would be not Typeradio if this interview would not also be about Die Gestalten font foundry.

Robert Klanten talks about Die Gestalten publishing house. How it started, who started it and where they all met. And how is Die Gestalten working at the moment? How do they decide what to publish and how to publish?

The whole story about George Hardie and Hipgnosis. The work, the context and the relation to autonomous art. But after all work is done, how does George want to be remembered?

George Hardie talks about books with only numbers in the title and the importance of the work involved by collecting.