Appearances02 NOVEMBER 2011DesignThinkers 2011Christian Schwartz will be speaking at the Association of Registered Graphic Designers' 12th annual DesignThinkers Conference in Toronto, along with an impressive list of designers from all areas of graphic design. For more information please visit the DesignThinkers site. 26 AUGUST 2011Lecture by Christian Schwartz at Les Rencontres internationales de LureChristian Schwartz will be speaking on "Obsessions in Type Design" at the 2011 Rencontres internationales de Lure, a weeklong conference on typography taking place the week of August 21-26 in Lurs, Alpes de Haute Provence, France. For more information, please visit the conference website (in French). 15 JUNE 2011Interview in CodexChristian and Paul were interviewed by Sébastien Morlighem for the inaugural issue of Codex a new journal on typography from John Boardley, the man behind I Love Typography. The print run was limited, but copies should still be available at codexmag.com. 13 JUNE 2011Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz in Australia: AGDA International Speakers Tour13 June: Perth, WA Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz will be touring Australia in June, giving 7 talks and a workshop over 12 days. Their lecture will touch on a number of the projects they have collaborated on, and discuss how they came together to form Commercial Type. For more information on exact time, locations, and ticket pricing, please visit AGDA's website. 10 JUNE 2011Lecture by Paul Barnes at The Design Society, SingaporePaul Barnes will be lecturing about his work at The Design Society in Singapore. Please visit The Design Society's website for more information and to make a booking. 10 MAY 2011Wei sraum. Forum Visuelle Gestaltung InnsbruckChristian Schwartz will be speaking on collaborations in type design as part of the wei sraum lecture series at aut in Innsbruck, Austria. The lecture is open to the public and admission is free. For more information please see www.weissraum.at. |
Updates02 FEBRUARY 2012 | JOBSCommercial Type has an immediate opening for a Font TechnicianWe are offering a full-time position with benefits for someone to handle mastering and testing of fonts in both current and legacy formats, and to handle technical support. Ideal candidates will have an interest in and experience with webfont production and implementation.
12 JANUARY 2012 | RELEASESNew release: Marian by Paul BarnesCommercial Type is pleased to announce the release of Marian, a new typeface family in 19 styles designed by Paul Barnes. Marian is a series of faithful revivals of some of the greats from the typographic canon: Austin, Baskerville, Bodoni, Fournier, Fleischman, Garamont, Granjon, Kis and van den Keere. The twist is that they have all been rendered as a hairline of near uniform weight, revealing the basic structure at the heart of the letterforms. Together they represent a concept: to recreate the past both for and in the present. 23 DECEMBER 2011 | CUSTOM TYPEFACES | PUBLICATIONSDruk XXXX Condensed and more for 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek Year in Review2011 was a densely packed and chaotic year, so the type needed to help reflect this in Bloomberg Businessweek's Year in Review issue. Berton Hasebe added some very dramatically condensed versions to his already very condensed sans family Druk, while Christian Schwartz pulled some Neue Haas Grotesk numerals in the opposite direction. Berton also provided some impossibly condensed pieces of lettering, for places where even Druk XXXX Condensed wasn't quite narrow enough. The illustration on the 4-part cover is by James Dawe. 24 OCTOBER 2011 | CUSTOM TYPEFACES | PUBLICATIONSNeue Haas Grotesk Stencil for Bloomberg Businessweek Sports issueBloomberg Businessweek Creative Director Richard Turley wanted something a little bit more flexible than just a piece of lettering to tie a special section on sports together, so Christian Schwartz created a stencil version of the Regular weight of their Neue Haas Grotesk, loosely inspired by the work of Lawrence Weiner (who, ironically, despises Helvetica). |











