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Weingart: The Man and the Machine. | Typetoken

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For over 30 years, more than 420 students from 35 countries refined their skills at the Basel School of Design. Wolfgang Weingart’s work as professor of typography and visiting lecturer has not only strengthened his students as graphic designers, but has also played a decisive role in modern typography and design.

This is the first book ever published from the perspective of Weingart’s students on his work and teaching. The collection of 77 statements is boldly illustrated with photos of Mr. Weingart and portraits of the individual students.

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Better UI for Better Typography

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Designers ask Adobe for a better user interface for type

The introduction of OpenType fonts in 2000 offered designers a rich and sophisticated typographic repertoire. The number of fonts that support these typographic features has grown exponentially over the years. And yet, we – the designers, producers, and users of digital type – have observed with growing despair how software applications offering typesetting capabilities have failed to provide an adequate typographic interface.

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iF Student Design Award 2015

The iF Student Design Award is one of the most internationally renowned as well as biggest young designers competition. Already since 2008 they are looking for the most intelligent, most innovative concepts from all fields of design every year.To reflect the range of contributions, the iF Student Design Award accepts entries in seven disciplines, most of them sub-divided in several categories:

• Product
• Packaging
• Communication
• Interior Architecture
• Service Design
• Fashion Design
• Photography

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