Vinicius
December 23rd 2009 @ 6:49 pm #
HI Elliot, can you add my email address to the list of 8 faces?
Thanks, I’m a great admirer of your work!
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Introducing: 8 Faces magazine 23rd December 2009
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Last week, I gave away a few teasers about my magazine pet project. Today, I’m going to give you something a bit juicier. I’m very happy to introduce… 8 Faces.
The magazine takes a very simple concept as its initial talking point: if you could only use eight typefaces for the rest of your life, what would they be? A sort of ‘Desert Island Discs’ for type, I suppose. Each issue asks this question to eight leading designers whose work is well known for its typographical slant, be they print designers, web designers, or type designers. But this is really just a point of focus and proverbial ice-breaker; the interviews then expand into open-ended discussions about all things typographic and are punctuated with examples of the designers’ inspiring work.
The interviewees
From the moment I had the idea, I knew I wanted to interview some very well-known designers, so I emailed eight of my type heroes, not expecting to hear back from most of them. To my astonishment, they not only replied: they said yes! So here’s the list of interviewees appearing in the debut issue:
- Erik Spiekermann — legendary type designer and the founder of FontShop and FontFont
- David Carson — ground-breaking and massively influential print designer (his packaging design for NIN’s album The Fragile was what got me into design when I was at high school, so on a personal note it’s a real honour to have David involved)
- Jessica Hische — in-demand (she’s everywhere on the internet right now), type-focused illustrator and creator of The Daily Drop Cap
- Jon Tan — web type guru and creative force behind Fontdeck
- Jos Buivenga — new breed of type designer, whose beautiful fonts and ‘freemium’ business approach have shot him to fame
- Ian Coyle — web/print designer and letterpress printer, whose participation on the SXSW 2009 Typography panel inspired the idea for the magazine
- Bruce Willen & Nolen Strals — also known collectively as Post Typography and the authors of Lettering & Type
It’s an absolute pleasure to have these people on board. I’ve also got some very exciting people potentially lined up for #2, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves…
So, would you like a copy?
There are many more details to follow and I’ll be revealing more in January, but for now, please sign up on the 8 Faces site if you’d like to hear more. I promise you won’t be spammed, and signing up will guarantee that you’ll find out about the magazine’s availability before anyone else. And yes, there will be pre-orders!
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Paul Randall
December 23rd 2009 @ 7:51 pm #
Johno (from I Love Typography & The Font Game) came to mind for Issue 2, but that list is epic!
Looking forward to seeing more.
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Markus Danek
December 23rd 2009 @ 9:12 pm #
Looks great and i love the idea/font of your magazine title.
Go Elliot, go!
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Bretton MacLean
December 24th 2009 @ 2:50 am #
Great concept! Will you be sharing your own ‘8 Faces’ in this issue?
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Gareth Redfern
December 25th 2009 @ 8:46 am #
Hi Elliot,
Can you add my email address to the list of 8 faces please?
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Phil Rowe
January 23rd 2010 @ 12:12 pm #
This is one of those “why didn’t someone think of this before?” ideas. Keep up the great work, hope to come and hear you in Norwich this Spring.
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Dean Hudson
February 4th 2010 @ 2:24 am #
Really keen to check this out – are you going to post copies overseas? Even an option to buy a PDF would be nice
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Tuhin Kumar
February 4th 2010 @ 7:31 pm #
Sounds brilliant by the looks of it. I am sure it would be a refreshing approach to typography. A PDF version would be a nice idea for people like me who are in India or other far off places.
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