Typographer, graphic designer and businessman Erik Spiekermann has created timeless, influential and, yes, Meta-physical work over the past three decades.

Next to founding MetaDesign and FontShop, the latter being the first ever digital distributor of fonts, and designing more instant classic typefaces than any other, he has been recognized as an outstanding expert internationally as a lecturer and professor.

Listen to the design genius talk about new visual languages, design processes, the analogies of music and typography, and why we need better client culture in our latest Gestalten.tv video and you will easily realize why. Before heading to new visionary pastures, the bike enthusiast will make a short stop to receive the German Design Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 in February.

Watch our complete line up of video interviews on gestalten.tv

 

Saul shared a little advice for design students in this video. From the LDL archives: Saul Bass logos: then and now.

Intro is a multi-disciplinary creative agency formed in 1988 and based in Smithfield. It has built a reputation for award-winning creativity within music, retail, fashion, arts, broadcast, corporates, government bodies and sport.

As part of Glug October, a panel of Intro‘s Creative Partners talked about the history of the company, how design, moving image & the digital domain has transformed over the past quarter century, how Intro have tackled some of their most notable campaigns and what they believe the future holds for brands and creatives.

Partners/Speakers: Julian House, Adrian Talbot & Julian Gibbs

In this 99% talk, photographer Andrew Zuckerman argues that curiosity is an essential part of the creative’s condition. But it’s even more powerful when combined with rigorous technique.

Via Very Own Studio