(in)visible (de)signs Keith Tam

粵語 Cantonese

路政署早前在沙田大圍、中環碼頭一帶及荃灣更換了全新設計的「特色街名牌」。名牌設計用上厲向晨設計的字體文悅古典明朝體。今集(in)visible (de)signs請來道路研究社的Gary邱益彰和Thomas吳灝民從信息設計的角度探討這個具爭議性設計的種種問題。

主持：Keith Tam、Kiki Yau
嘉賓：道路研究社Gary Yau、Thomas Ng

延伸閱讀：

道路研究社：路牌亂改字體　隨時危害道路安全
集誌社：街名牌轉字體用咗幾多錢？
明報：路邊考現：換上「文悅古典明朝體」 街名牌難認 文化氣息搭夠？
Ole Lund: The public debate on Jock Kinneir's road sign alphabet
Robert Waller: Comparing typefaces for airport signs

普通話 Putonghua

來自上海的字體設計師、研究者厲致謙2023年11月15日來到香港知專設計學院擔任TypeMeet #007的演講嘉賓。厲致謙是三言3type字體設計公司的創辦人。三言設計及開發多款多語種字體、開展字體研究項目，近年更推動字體設計教育，創立Type School短期課程。本集談到厲致謙怎樣由工業設計晉身為字體設計師及研究者，他對漢字對齊問題的見解，和為什麼漢字不一定是方塊字。

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[Interview] Beau House and Alex Nelson are founding partners and creative directors of Post Projects, a graphic design and creative services agency based in Vancouver BC, Canada. In this episode, we talk about the genesis of the studio from their time as students at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, the studio’s work and design approach, and their views on the impact of artificial intelligence on communication design.
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[Interview] In Episode 3, Canadian scholar and author Thomas Girard and I discussed whether typography could save lives. This episode was recorded in Vancouver, Canada at Thomas's studio where I asked him the same 20 questions that he asked me on his podcast show Uniqueways with Thomas Girard.

Tell me a little bit more about yourself, what do you do?
What’s a key piece of knowledge that makes you different?
Why this? Of all things? Why do you do what you do?
What does your future look like?
Let's talk about location. How does the notion of “place” play into what you do?
If you had to start from scratch, what advice would you give your former self?
What’s your day in the life like?
Lifelong learning is a popular topic these days. How do you stay up to date?
What tools do you use? Are you a digital nomad?
How do you deal with work/life balance?
If you weren’t doing what you do now, what would you be doing?
What would you not like to do?
What’s your favorite word, quote, or sentence?
What’s your least favorite word, quote, or sentence?
If you had to pick one word to describe yourself, what would it be?
What keeps you up at night?
What’s a dream you’re chasing.
What inspires you?
Any advice you’d like to share?
How can our listeners keep tabs on you?

[Reading] Episode 8 is a reading of a post published on 18 April 2022. The post was originally written for a practice-spotting exercise in a journaling course given by Derek Black, powered by Make Meaningful Work of Dan Szuc and Jo Wong. The original post has been edited for this reading. You can find the original post here: https://nontxt.com/journaling/

粵語 Cantonese



Typography這領域在前電腦時代總帶著點點神秘。二十年前，在飛機上遇到鄰坐的陌生人問到你做什麼時，你說typography或typeface design，相信會引來滿臉問號。2023年的今天，社交媒體，博客，網媒，甚至主流媒體如報章雜誌和電視也討論著字體和文字編排設計。當科技令人人日常也可接觸和使用到字體和文字編排的時候，我們也發現有很多關於typography和typeface design的迷思或謬誤，今集我們一一探討。

#迷思vs都市傳說
#字體和文字編排設計的分別
#字體尺寸的迷思
#字體和文字編排設計的原創性
#設計師的神化
#復刻字體與保育
#印刷體與手寫體
#求新
#求精
#求效
#求真

伸延閱讀：文字設計教育的四種思想流派Martin Heijdra: The development of modern typography in East Asia, 1850–2000

Typography in the pre-digital era was mysterious to most people. Even merely 20 years ago, if you meet a stranger on a plane and you tell her that you’re a typographer or type designer, you would be looked at strangely. In 2023, typography and type design are all over social media, blogs, websites or even mainstream media. When typography and typefaces become accessible to everyone, many myths also abound. Keith and Kiki try to dispel some of these myths in this episode.