Posts Tagged ‘Interviews’

10May

Face to Face with Martin Wenzel

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Martin Wenzel is a Type and Communications Designer in Berlin, Germany. After earning his degree at the Royal Academy in The Hague, The Netherlands, he worked with Petr van Blokland in Delft for several years while setting up his one-man design studio MartinPlus.com. Originally a Berliner, he relocated to his hometown in 2005 to expand his design and font portfolio. Several of his typefaces are published under the FontFont label, including his award-winning sans-serif typeface FF Profile and FF Duper. In 2010 he has launched his own foundry, MartinPlusFonts.com, with his latest typefaces MPF Ode and the sans serif family MPF Realist.
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19Mar

Face to Face with Jeff Fisher

by Otba Mushaweh | Posted in Interviews | 6 Comments »

Jeff Fisher, the Engineer of Creative Identity for the Portland-based design firm Jeff Fisher LogoMotives. He has been working as a design professional since 1978, with a focus on identity design since about 1995.  In addition to being a designer, He is a writer.

He is the author of ” Identity Crisis!: 50 redesigns that transformed stale identities into successful brands” and “The Savvy Designer’s Guide to Success: Ideas and tactics for a killer career.”

He is currently writing the book “LogoType,” a book about typography in logo design – scheduled for release in late 2011. On occasion, He also write for design magazines. His article, “Self-Promotion the Social Way,” was recently published in HOW Magazine and has been posted on their website. Another part of his personality makes presentations at design conferences, speaks to student audiences at universities and design schools, and conducts workshops for business organizations.

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