TYPE DESIGN
Rasa
with Marie Lusa
Rasa is a modular stencil typeface designed by Mac Wang. It consists of two masters, Roman and Alien, with the possibility of complementing each other by overlaying them. Semester project mentored by Marie Lusa.
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Wallace
with Kai Bernau
Wallace is a semester project by Gabriela Jaime and Pauline Heppeler, developed during the course “Tools Make Shapes”, led by Kai Bernau. “We worked with the metaphor of dancing and how our body behaves when it moves. This led to experimentation with two types of mechanisms; the first prototype followed the scissors logic, while the later one (and final) followed the compass logic. This typology of object allowed us to translate dance movements like spin and pivot, drag and drag across (sliding along the floor) onto an open typographical stroke and structure. It was important for us to show the coordination and movement of two that becomes one – hence we chose to maintain the final output as an open stroke typeface.”
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ON 2040 - MASTER TYPE DESIGN
with Larissa Kasper
Following a collaboration with the Swiss avant-garde brand On, ECAL is proud to present the interdisciplinary work carried out jointly by the 2nd year students of the Product Design, Photography and Type Design Masters.
TYPE DESIGN
Labour Tool Product
with Julia Born
“Labour, Tool, Product” is an editorial project, self-initiated by Samira Schneuwly. The book explores the universal profession of farming, its evolution and the technologies and possibilities associated with it through carefully curated images from ETH Zürich’s online image archive and excerpts from her great-grandfather’s and grandfather’s inventory books.
TYPE DESIGN
Yearbook
with Nejc Prah
In October 2021, the Master Type Design welcomed Nejc Prah for a one-week workshop. Being in a masters program is a special time, both personally and professionally. To keep a memory of it, the students were invited to create a Yearbook. First years and second years were assigned into pairs and asked to make a contribution about their partner. Drawings, collages, letterings, doodles, patterns, 3D-modelling, … Experimentations and explorations were encouraged. It resulted into a colourful and joyous publication, displaying a diversity of characters and approaches. After a collaborative effort for the production on the last day, each student got a copy, as a memory.
TYPE DESIGN
Excerpts from Master Type Design theses
with Anniina Koivu, Roland Früh, Wayne Daly
TYPE DESIGN
Böcklin Zoo
with Karl Nawrot
Workshop with Karl Nawrot. Handpainted compositions inspired by the typeface Arnold Böcklin from Schriftgiesserei Otto Weisert (1904).
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All Over
with MATD, Job Wouters (Letman)
Workshop with Dutch designer Job Wouters.
TYPE DESIGN
Max Fett
by Weichi He
MaxFett is a free interpretation of the typeface Fette Grotesk, widely distributed as a single cut among former German type foundries under different names. Fette Grotesque, Breite fette grotesque, Fette Steinschrift, Zeitung-Grotesque, Ganz fette Groteske. This interpretation of the source by Herrlinger & Schmidt from 1881 is taking a contemporary approach on heavy squarish grotesks.
TYPE DESIGN
Indentity Of The Zone
with Jan Horčík, MATD
Patches from workshop with Jan Horčík.
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Workshop with studio NORM
with Dimitri Bruni (NORM), Manuel Krebs (NORM)
Workshop with Zürich based studio NORM on the theory, the design and the use of stencil typefaces.
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Typetitle, projet de semestre par Quentin Coulombier
with Kai Bernau
Typetitle is a condensed typeface designed for newspaper headlines which was inspired by American wooden type models.
TYPE DESIGN
Inside-Out semester project by Dávid Molnár
with Radim Peško
TYPE DESIGN
Didot Vafflard semester project by Dávid Molnár
with François Rappo
TYPE DESIGN
Workshop with Thibault Brevet
with Thibault Brevet
Workshop with Thibault Brevet.
TYPE DESIGN
Type Poster Workshop with Dafi Kühne
with Dafi Kühne, MATD
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Tools make shapes. Semester Project by Malte Bentzen et Kaj Lehmann
with Kai Bernau
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Atlas of Letterforms, workshop with Radim Peško
with MATD, Radim Peško
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Sign Painting Workshop with Alaric Garner
with Alaric Garnier, MATD
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Type Bulletin #1
with MATD
TYPE DESIGN
Modern Gothic, Semester Project by Malte Bentzen
with François Rappo