Typography

Font Men

You may not have heard of Jonathan Hoefler or Tobias Frere-Jones but you've seen their work. Before their recent split, they collectively ran the most successful and well respected type design studio in the world, creating fonts used by everyone from the Wall Street Journal to the President of the United States. Font Men, gives a peek behind the curtain into the world of Jonathan and Tobias. Tracking the history of their personal trajectories, sharing the forces that brought them together and giving an exclusive look at the successful empire they built together. - Presented by AIGA to celebrate H+FJ's 2013 AIGA Medal, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts Directed & Produced by: Dress Code Cinematography by: Andre Andreev Edited by: Dan Covert Music & Sound by: YouTooCanWoo Animation/Design: Evan Anthony, John Custer, Joe Donaldson, Emil Bang Lyngbo, Josh Parker, Eddie Song Principal Cast: Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones Shot on a Canon 7D

Prior to their split as Hoefler & Frere-Jones, Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones sat down with AIGA to talk about the process as a type foundry.

Aaron Draplin: LEGO Blocumentary

Season 2 of the LEGO Blocumentary web-series highlights a collection of designers, artists, animators & music-makers to see how creating with LEGO bricks has inspired the work they do now. In this episode we hear from Designer Aaron Draplin.

There is something interesting about where we find inspiration for our work. Aaron Draplin from the DDC talks about how building LEGO's as a kid made him fall in love with clean typography and modular forms.