Kris Sowersby - AGDA International Speaker Tour Monday 22 June (TAS)

When: 22nd June 2009

Time: 06:00pm

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

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: Dechaineux Theatre, School of Art, Hunter St, Hobart

Cost: AGDA Members - $20.00
          Non-members - $35.00
          All Students Free

          Tickets can be purchased at the door on the night (cash only).
          AGDA Members - $25.00
          Non-members - $40.00

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.

Having seen many designers of all stripes talk – it’s always interesting to see who communicates best. Kris’ presentation of his work, and his explanation of the process was both hugely entertaining but also extremely insightful. He may be a fine detail / zoomed in at 4000% kind of guy,  but his easy going reputation as an excellent speaker meant we had a great turnout to both the talk and the drinks afterwards. Beautiful,  considered work and a really nice guy. That’s about the best combination possible in a speaker – like all good things from New Zealand we’ll likely claim his as our own!

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