Kris Sowersby - AGDA International Speaker Tour Monday 29 June (QLD)

Online registrations close at 1.00pm today. Tickets can be purchased at the door this evening.

See why Kris's fonts National and Feijoa are featured in Eye Magazine Spring 2009 Type Special. 

“The cool allure of Modernist style refuses to die”  - Nick Bell.

"Kris is a very gentle and genuine speaker and the 100+ Victorian audience (on Monday night) enjoyed his presentation immensely... we also had a small but vocal crowd come back to the unofficial Q&A afterwards (Match Bar & Grill) - had some very enlightening conversations! - Simon Mundy

"(Perth) event went really well. Kris was entertaining, very well received, no empty chairs, venue - Tiger Lils Bar was great - he loved it too!" Paul Dennis AGDA WA Chapter President 

Don't miss out! 

Get the low down on his custom fonts Serano, Hardys and Methvan Flow. See what step by step design process Kris goes through. How much is done on paper and how much is digital. Does he start with certain letters and how does he deal with kerning pairs... 

Kris Sowersby graduated from the Wanganui School of Design in 2003. After brief employment as a graphic designer he started the Klim Type Foundry in 2005, currently based in Wellington, New Zealand.

His first retail typeface, Feijoa, was released onto the international market in 2007. National, Sowersby's second retail release, won a Certificate of Excellence from the Type Designers Club, New York in 2008. Since then he has worked on various custom and retail typefaces including FF Meta Serif, the seriffed sibling of the renowned FF Meta.

Sowersby's reputation for typeface design has lead to his working with, and for, contemporary typographic luminaries such as Christian Schwartz, Erik Spiekermann, Chester Jenkins, House Industries, DNA Design and Pentagram.

Sowersby's typefaces combine historical knowledge with contemporary craftmanship & finish. The Klim Type Foundry markets its typefaces exclusively through Village.

In a 2007 interview with I Love Typography, Sowersby was asked how he got started designing type:

‘There was a point at design school when I realised that I loved drawing letterforms, so much so that I would prefer to make typefaces than become a graphic designer. I think it was when I was drawing/copying Bembo letter by letter, trying to understand how it was put together. I noticed that the arch of the ‘n' subtly curves into into the right-hand stem-all the way down into the serif. For some reason that struck me as being quite amazing. It is a detail that would seem rather innocuous, yet lends so much warmth and character to the overall printed impression. I still have that sketch, I wrote "cheeky Bembo!" next to it.

Venue: Queensland College of Art Auditorium, 226 Grey Street, Southbank

Cost: AGDA Members - $25.00
          AGDA Student Members - $10.00
          Non-members - $50.00
          Student Non-members - $20.00

Thank you to Finsbury Green, RMIT School of Applied Communication, CPI Paper+Edwards Dunlopaper, Billy Blue College of Design for their generous support.

Register online via the registration link below.

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QUEENSLAND EXHIBITION OPENING:

EXQUISITE TYPOGRAPHY POSTER EXHIBITION 

NZ identity - le cadavre exquis / the exquisite corpse / 

A series of nine works by nine designers and typographers, curated by Italian designer Leonardo Sonnoli.

Alt NZ / Peter Bilak NL / Moana Bilsahson AO / Tony Brook UK / Catherine Griffiths NZ / Henrik Kubel UK / Paul Sahre USA / anothermountainman [Stanley Wong] HK / Leonardo Sonnoli IT

With many thanks to TypeSHED11 NZ, Leonardo Sonnoli IT, Catherine Griffiths NZ, Typevents IT

On display at: Queensland College of Art Auditorium, 226 Grey Street, South Bank: Monday 29 June 6.15pm Extended exhibition viewing: Design College Australia, 200 Barry Parade, Fortitude Valley: 1–22 July |  Mon, Wed 9.30am-8pm | Tues, Thurs 9.30am-5pm | Fri 9.30am-4pm

The theme 'NZ identity' – how nine separate designers from all over the world imagine New Zealand through typography. Now it is possible to discover our contemporary world through Flickr, webcams, online news, in a 'couch journey', from wherever you are… how new technologies degrade our imagination, and potentially create a fake identity of the world…

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