Thrilled to announce that my ‘Dogs and their Humans’ Project has been featured on the cover of UK culture magazine ‘Actual Size’. Issue 4 of ‘Actual Size’ publishes my portraits of eight Berliners and their furry companions, as well as a studio portrait of Bear …
Inspiring visit to the Bauhaus in Dessau, in connection with the School Fundamental Festival from March 20 to 24th 2019 at the Bauhaus Building
Visit to Erik Spiekermann Studio P98a, on November 19th 2018 p98a.berlin – typographic workshop Potsdamer Straße 98a 10785 Berlin In my quest to find practitioners of typography and letterpress today, I am visiting Erik Spiekermann’s Berlin-based artist studio, p98a Presses include an Original Heidelberger Tiegel, Korrex Frankfurt Kraft …
Berlin Cityscapes Series featured on Vogue Italia website
As part of my typographical field research, I wandered the city of Berlin to seek out any surviving commercial signs, particularly on the facades of buildings, that bear witness to earlier times. New Manchester-based print magazine Actual Size (https://www.actualsizemagazine.com) contacted me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/heike_schneider_matzigkeit/) after …
For my book cover prototype print, I choose a small lead font called 8pt Petit Post Versalien
https://www.voltapress.com/typecatalog/
After choosing the font, I proceed to set up the 8 point size letters which takes a lot of concentration and care
Then, I start to set up the printing press and to lock the type into place
I proceed to pick two colours that will achieve the style that I’m looking for – black and silver
Printing small letters onto small paper takes more time than printing big letters onto bigger paper (i.e. poster size)
THE ADVENTURES OF BEAR
BÄR’S ABENTEUER
Great result – Silver on black
