Typographics 2019: Changing Out of Your Typographic Sweatpants with James Edmondson
Channel: Typographics
Date: 2019-08-20

We are in the middle of one of the most exciting times in thousands of years of type history. Variable axes, new licensing models, and improved educational programs are helping facilitate this golden age of type design. Unfortunately, graphic designers are overworked, and too busy “crafting digital experiences” to make sense of it all. In this 20 minute explosion of black and white, James will give an entry point to this esoteric world, and make a desperate plea for designers to embrace the chaos of our contemporary type design landscape.

James is an type designer based in Oakland, California. He studied graphic design at California College of the Arts, and graduated from the Royal Academy of Art TypeMedia program in the Netherlands. Through his foundry OH no Type Co., he creates custom and retail typefaces. In 2018, James co-founded Future Fonts, a platform for distributing fonts in-progress. James teaches type design in the Extended Program at Type West and occasional workshops through Type@Cooper.