Erik Spiekermann is a German typographer, designer and writer. He is an honorary professor at the University of the Arts Bremen and ArtCenter College of Design.
In 1989, he and his then-wife Joan Spiekermann started FontShop, the first mail-order distributor for digital fonts. FontShop International followed and now publishes the FontFont range of typefaces. His family of typefaces for Deutsche Bahn (German Railways), designed with Christian Schwartz, received a Gold Medal at the German Federal Design Prize in 2006, the highest such award in Germany.
He's been involved in the design of some of the most famous fonts including ITC Officina, FF Meta, Fira Sans and more.
Currently Erik runs Hacking Gutenberg, an experimental letterpress workshop in Berlin dedicated to letters, printing and paper.
WORKSHOP
Get some time away from the screen and join a limited 10 people workshop on letterpress with legendary designer and typographer Erik Spiekermann.
Before modern technology allowed books, newspapers and magazine to be printed they way they are today, they were printed using mostly letterpress. A printing method where each letter would be picked, arranged and layed out manually, to result in printed text.
Whether you are someone who loves typography, or just want to try out something new, we highly recommend taking part in this workshop and creating your very first motives, hand crafted and printed. Nothing like using your hands and having fun with fellow designers in the process!
Because prints can take up to 2 days to dry, you will be able to either get them at the Conference Day (September 6th) or we'll mail them to your address.