Abstract: We live in the age where experts are celebrated, and the narrower the focus, the more is it more appreciated. Peter Bilak will argue that depth of focus alone may be too limiting, and instead demonstrate that wide area of interests can make one\u2019s work stronger.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/typotalks.com\/sanfrancisco\/2013\/speakers\/single-speaker\/?tid=8501&et=TYPO%20San%20Francisco%202013<\/a><\/p>\n Peter Bi\u013eak is a Slovak graphic and typeface designer based in The Hague, The Netherlands. He is the head of the\u00a0Typotheque\u00a0<\/a>and co-founder of the\u00a0Indian Type Foundry<\/a>. He started Typotheque in 1999,\u00a0Dot Dot Dot\u00a0<\/a>in 2000, Indian Type Foundry in 2009, and\u00a0Works That Work magazine\u00a0<\/a>in 2012. In 2003, he designed a series of post age stamps for the Dutch Royal Mail, which were reprinted several times with a total print run of more than 140 million copies. Bi\u013eak teaches typeface design at the postgraduate course Type & Media at the KABK, Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and lectures widely on graphic design and typography.<\/p>\n Abstract: We live in the age where experts are celebrated, and the narrower the focus, the more is it more appreciated. Peter Bilak will argue that depth of focus alone may be too limiting, and instead demonstrate that wide area … Continue reading