Typographics — Type Today with Ilya Ruderman

Type Today

with Ilya Ruderman

What typefaces should one use today? What should a typeface look like in 2017? Is trendiness important in typography and typeface design? What makes a contemporary typeface appear contemporary? What will contemporary type look like tomorrow?

This talk is scheduled for Friday, June 16, 2017, at 12:00pm as part of the main Typographics conference schedule. You must register for the Typographics conference to attend.

About Ilya Ruderman

Ilya Ruderman

Ilya Ruderman, a type and graphic designer and teacher, lives and works in Moscow. He is a graduate of the Moscow State University of the Printing Arts (2002), where his graduation project was done under the supervision of Alexander Tarbeev. He has an MA degree in type design from the Type & Media program at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague (2005). After completing the program, he returned to Moscow, where he has collaborated with a number of media outlets: Kommersant, Afisha, Moskovskiye Novosti, Bolshoi Gorod and Men’s Health Russia. In 2005-2007 he was art director for Afisha’s city guidebooks, following which he was art director for RIA-Novosti, a news agency, for several years. Since 2007 he has also supervised the curriculum in type and typography at the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow. He has been very active as a consultant on Cyrillic since 2008. In 2014 he founded CSTM Fonts with Yury Ostromentsky.

Typefaces by Ilya Ruderman: BigCity Grotesque Pro, Kazimir, Permian (a typeface-brand for the city of Perm) and Cyrillic versions of: Austin, Dala Floda, Graphik, Marlene, Moscow Sans (as a consultant), Typonine Sans, Thema.

Registration is now open for the main Typographics conference, with educational and bundle discounts available.

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