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The space between old and new technology

Typograph.Journal Vol.04

A must-read for anyone interested in typography, Typograph.Journal celebrates the creative process of the world’s best and brightest typographers, type designers, letterers, calligraphers, and printmakers. On the strength of the previous three volumes, the hotly anticipated fourth issue was released today! Nicole Arnett Phillips, the Brisbane-based typographer behind Typograph.Journal says: 

“Volume 04 demonstrates how great design responds to limitations of technology, while not allowing itself to be constrained by it.” 

Nicole is currently working on a series of letterpress prints that translates letterforms between analogue and digital mediums. It was these visual experiments that sparked the content development for Typograph.Journal's latest issue.

“Volume 04 shines a spotlight on creative's who embrace technology in their work. We investigate the space between archaic design craftsmanship and today’s digital lead practices – we also look at some fascinating projects that combine both old and new mediums.”

In recent years, the design community has re-connected with slow media. Contemporary creatives embrace letterpress, calligraphy and working with their hands. (Nicole unashamedly admits there is a large letterpress focus in this volume!) We are once again recognising the value of traditional craftsmanship and honouring simple tools and processes. But we are not entirely steeped in nostalgia. Designers love emerging technology too! TypographJournal volume 04 examines expressive digital mediums that reference human gestures and the human condition. The content is not so concerned with the technicalities of the digital realm but rather the ideas that might redefine its boundaries or the way we practice and create.

“The pathways we take in our creative process, and the tools we use when creating inform who we are as designers.”