A unique experiment to create a family of fonts designed collaboratively by international participants through the generative online process of chinese whispers. Internationally renowned typographers/designers Erik Van Blokland (The Hague), Tobias Frere-Jones (New York), Jonathan Hitchen (Manchester), David Crow (Manchester) and Yaki Molcho (Tel Aviv) were invited to establish the aesthetic starting point for each typeface. In total over 180 people from 23 countries around the world contributed to the project. The results/fonts were/are downloadable from the project website and published in a 32 page catalogue.
Publications:
The Typographic Experiment: Radical Innovation in Contemporary Type Design
by Teal Tiggs (2003)
Visible Signs
by David Crow (2003)
Type 1 Digital Typeface Design
by Nathan Gale (2002)
Interactive Design for the Internet : Digital Media Design
by Paul Farrington (2002)
Responses: Intercultural Drawing Practice
by CAIR (2001)
CRDVD01: Fun with Type
Creative Review DVD ROM (2001)
Press:
i-D: No. 206 The inspiration issue, pg.44. (February 2001)
Creative Review: pg.10. (October 2000)
Online:
Microsoft Typography News
Presentations:
Typo_Move OneDotZero09, ICA, London (31 May 2005)
FFF15: International Typography Exhibition, MMU, Manchester (Feb 2005)