Podcast appearances and mentions of gerard unger

We are happy to welcome Britt Möricke. She is an independent graphic and type designer and teaches at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. We talk about her “project stereotypos”, how to choose a typeface and the difficulty to get rid of “stereotypos”. Certain typefaces communicate certain messages. Further on we talk about typographic interventions in the city space, for example the typeface for Rome by Gerard Unger. Shownotes Trend Listwww.trendlist.org StereoTypowww.sterotypo.nl typeroomwww.typeroom.eu Websitewww.brittmoricke.com BookLanguage and typography by Cal Swann

Janno Hahn, a Dutch (typo)graphic designer based in Amsterdam, defines himself as a ‘semi-autodidact’ and is mostly known for his distinctive typographic work for buildings, bridges and public spaces. He talks to us about the materials, tools and philosophy of his work, very much based in craftmanship. Janno explains the idea of what is honest design to him, and also talks about his mentors Gerritjan Deunk, Gerard Unger, René Knip and other designers he collaborated with. Recorded on June 21st, 2019 in Amsterdam. Janno Hahn :: Spaarndammer spoorbrug :: Houthaven bruggen :: File Download (37:43 min / 52 MB)

Hansje van Halem is a Dutch designer based in Amsterdam. Her work revolves around the experimentation with shapes, colors, textures and type, both digitally and manually. In this interview she reflects on the work process of projects like the identity for the Lowlands festival or the ‘Theory of Type Design’ book by her former teacher Gerard Unger. Also her “In Patterns’ exhibit at Bijzondere Collecties in Amsterdam is discussed. Recorded on May 31st of 2019 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Hansje van Halem :: In Patterns exhibit Bijzondere Collecties :: Lowlands Festival :: File Download (54:50 min / 75 MB)

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Straatnaambordjes, neem die bijvoorbeeld in de hoofdstad Amsterdam, zijn altijd blauw met hoge kapitalen in wit. Toch? Wie goed kijkt ontdekt dat het in werkelijkheid een rommeltje is op die bordjes: verschillende lettertypes, provisorisch overplakt met tape met daarop nieuwe letters. Wie ontwierp de letter voor de Nederlandse straatnaambordjes, en dan met name in Amsterdam? Een verhaal van Tjitske Mussche, met letterontwerpers Gerard Unger en Albert-Jan Pool en vormgever en straatnaambordjes-expert Carel Kuitenbrouwer. Ongesigneerd is gemaakt door Tjitske Mussche en Laura Stek en is geïnspireerd op de Amerikaanse radioshow ‘99% Invisible''. Voor alle afleveringen van deze podcast en meer: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/ongesigneerd.html?

Straatnaambordjes, neem die bijvoorbeeld in de hoofdstad Amsterdam, zijn altijd blauw met hoge kapitalen in wit. Toch? Wie goed kijkt ontdekt dat het in werkelijkheid een rommeltje is op die bordjes: verschillende lettertypes, provisorisch overplakt met tape met daarop nieuwe letters. Wie ontwierp de letter voor de Nederlandse straatnaambordjes, en dan met name in Amsterdam? Een verhaal van Tjitske Mussche, met letterontwerpers Gerard Unger en Albert-Jan Pool en vormgever en straatnaambordjes-expert Carel Kuitenbrouwer. De vorming van straatnaambordjes is aflevering #7 van Ongesigneerd, een achtdelige serie over onopvallend design. Ongesigneerd is gemaakt door Tjitske Mussche en Laura Stek en is geïnspireerd op de Amerikaanse radioshow ‘99% Invisible''. De serie werd gemaakt voor Woord.nl en kwam tot stand met steun van het Mediafonds.

Straatnaambordjes, neem die bijvoorbeeld in de hoofdstad Amsterdam, zijn altijd blauw met hoge kapitalen in wit. Toch? Wie goed kijkt ontdekt dat het in werkelijkheid een rommeltje is op die bordjes: verschillende lettertypes, provisorisch overplakt met tape met daarop nieuwe letters. Wie ontwierp de letter voor de Nederlandse straatnaambordjes, en dan met name in Amsterdam? Een verhaal van Tjitske Mussche, met letterontwerpers Gerard Unger en Albert-Jan Pool en vormgever en straatnaambordjes-expert Carel Kuitenbrouwer. De vorming van straatnaambordjes is aflevering #7 van Ongesigneerd, een achtdelige serie over onopvallend design. Ongesigneerd is gemaakt door Tjitske Mussche en Laura Stek en is geïnspireerd op de Amerikaanse radioshow ‘99% Invisible''. De serie werd gemaakt voor Woord.nl en kwam tot stand met steun van het Mediafonds.

December 2013, Typeradio held a two day workshop in cooperation with Indra Kupferschmid and 10 students of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Each student was assigned a typeface, designed by a Dutch designer, along with the assignment: ‘translate the typeface into a one minute sound piece’.
The resulting 10 sound pieces were the starting point of another workshop, in collaboration with Jan Willem Stas and the students of the Type]Media 2014 typography master coarse in The Hague, The Netherlands. Each T]M student was handed an (anonymously labelled) sound piece and their challenge was to ‘create a typeface concept inspired by the sound’. The results were quite surprising! 1) Original typeface: Decoder by Gerard Unger 2) Sound piece by Carina Schwake 3) Chinese whispered typeface by Nina Christine Stössinger What Nina heard was a trained singing voice, possibly digitally sampled; so she imagined the type to look like something a trained hand might write, digitally cleaned. It is fluid – letters are usually made of a single stroke and don’t feature sharp corners –, but somewhat minimal and deliberate. Nina ‘translated’ the equal length of the tones to a monospaced design; the slowness of the singing to a generous width; and the swelling of the volume within each tone to a swelling stroke that usually starts and ends in a thin point. And then, of course, the layering of voices to the layering of font styles: “The piece soon combines two voices, and towards the end introduces rhythm changes and ligations that make the voices differ. So I drew two related layers that overlay and intertwine, with the second one offering a set of discretionary ligatures. – This was seriously fun to draw!” HBK Saar :: Type]Media :: File Download (1:33 min / 2 MB)

War of words, live from the Crossing Border festival 2006. Typeradio discussed with 4 guests the limitations and strength of the written and spoken word. The guests included the most discerning book designer of the Netherlands Tessa van der Waals, furiously renowned European poet Menno Wigman, Fluxus legend Willem de Ridder – whose spoken words have no limit and worldwide acknowledged type designer Gerard Unger – whose knowledge of the letter form exceeds all others. Electric Mustafa wrote and performed this special song for this special night. Darling I don’t know what is right Should I write down, should I recite?  One letter’s fine, the next is crap A minefield and a boobytrap Well come on what’s your technique? Should I write or should I speak? And all these T’s, D’s and E’s What font will put your mind at ease? Should I be following the hype? Or am I really not that type? Come on it’s so mystique! Should I write or should I speak? Should I speak or should I write now? Should I write or should I speak now? If I speak there will be trouble And if I write it will be double So come on you little freak Should I write or should I speak? This indecision’s bugging me Don’t wanna speak, just make ya see Exactly what I mean to say Or should I say it anyway? Come on and let me know Should i speak or must I show? Solo Should I speak or should I write now? Should I write or should I speak now? If I speak there will be trouble And if I write it will be double So come on you little freak Should I write or should I speak? Should I speak or should I write now? Should I write or should I speak now? If I speak there will be trouble And if I write it will be double So come on you little freak Should I write or should I speak? Electric Mustafa :: File Download (4:37 min / 5 MB)

War of words, live from the Crossing Border festival 2006. Typeradio discussed with 4 guests the limitations and strength of the written and spoken word. The guests included the most discerning book designer of the Netherlands Tessa van der Waals, furiously renowned European poet Menno Wigman, Fluxus legend Willem de Ridder – whose spoken words have no limit and worldwide acknowledged type designer Gerard Unger – whose knowledge of the letter form exceeds all others. Listen to Menno Wigmans point of view. Writing is imitation. The do-it-yourself attitude. Graphic Designers are punks. Bembo, Charlotte & Dolly. Crossing Border :: about Menno Wigman (in dutch) :: File Download (8:25 min / 8 MB)

War of words, live from the Crossing Border festival 2006. Typeradio discussed with 4 guests the limitations and strength of the written and spoken word. The guests included the most discerning book designer of the Netherlands Tessa van der Waals, furiously renowned European poet Menno Wigman, Fluxus legend Willem de Ridder – whose spoken words have no limit and worldwide acknowledged type designer Gerard Unger – whose knowledge of the letter form exceeds all others. Listen to Tessa van der Waals. Crossing Border :: Best dutch book designs :: File Download (4:56 min / 5 MB)

War of words, live from the Crossing Border festival 2006. Typeradio discussed with 4 guests the limitations and strength of the written and spoken word. The guests included the most discerning book designer of the Netherlands Tessa van der Waals, furiously renowned European poet Menno Wigman, Fluxus legend Willem de Ridder – whose spoken words have no limit and worldwide acknowledged type designer Gerard Unger – whose knowledge of the letter form exceeds all others. Listen to Gerard Ungers point of view. 01 Make words, not war 02 Make love 03 Love is a word And finally Gerard will tell us what young couples should do while making love. Crossing Border :: Love Language :: File Download (7:21 min / 7 MB)

Mr. Unger & Mr. Kobayashi on inspiration, hobbies (?), pumpkin soup & sausages. bio of Akira Kobayashi :: bio of Gerard Unger :: File Download (2:17 min / 2.1 MB)

30 yes-or-no-questions which the gentlemen find difficult to answer with just ‘yes’ or ‘no’. bio of Akira Kobayashi :: bio of Gerard Unger :: File Download (4:38 min / 4.3 MB)