Hello, I am Erik: Erik Spiekermann: Typographer, Designer, Entrepreneur

Spiekermann, Erik,

Hello, I am Erik: Erik Spiekermann: Typographer, Designer, Entrepreneur Erik Spiekermann : typographer, designer, entrepreneur [edited] by Johannes Erler ; [texts, Anne Beyer [and others] ; translation from German by Dylan Spiekermann]. - Gestalten 2014 - 320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm

Texts by Erik Spiekermann, Johannes Erler, Isabelle Erler, Urs Willmann, Yves Peters, Petra Schmidt, Julia Sysmäläinen, John L. Walters, Melanie Mühl, Philipp Poll. Contributors include: Christoph Busse, Wally Olins, Joan Spiekermann, Jürgen Siebert, Neville Brody, Alexander Branczyk, Bruno Schmidt, Mirko Borsche, Bill Hill, Susanna Dulkinys, Jürgen Korzer, Robin Richmond, Stefan Sagmeister, Andrej Kupertz, Christian Schwartz, Michael Bierut, Erik van Blokland, Göran Lagerström, Christoph Niemann. Includes index.

Introduction -- Works -- Seven questions -- List of typefaces -- Colleagues.

"Erik Spiekermann is one of the best-known typographers and graphic designers in the world. He not only represents German typeface and corporate design like no other, but his work and companies he has founded have had an unparalleled influence on contemporary graphic design around the globe. The visual biography, Hello I am Erik, is the first comprehensive exploration of Spiekermann's more than 30-year career, is body of work, and his mindset."--back cover.

9783899555196 9783899555196

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Spiekermann, Erik--Catalogs.


Graphic design (Typography)--Germany--Catalogs.
Graphic arts--Germany--Catalogs.

NC999.6.G3 / S6513 2014

686.224 / SID-B-11385