The Sound of Type

STEREOTYPED: Sound + Typography
3 –26 September 2010, Object Gallery, Sydney

The Type People and the Music People
Nils Crompton & Brooke Trezise | Stephen Banham & David Chesworth | Amanda Cole & Ellen Lupton | James Cecil & Tin&Ed | Jay Ryves & Nathan McLay | Gemma O’Brien & Jared Underwood

The What
Stereotyped: sound + typography is an exhibition that will look at how type + sound create meaning in our everyday lives as well as challenge the definition of the designer in the 21st Century. This exhibition will be presented in the Project Space at Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney.

Both sound design, the manipulation of audio elements to achieve a desired effect and typography, the art and technique of arranging type, type design , and modifying type glyphs were once highly professional fields of specialization. Now, both mediums are used by a multiplicity of disciplines to create meaning in a diversity of forms. Moreover with the evolution of digital technologies has come a plethora of amateur ‘designers’ of both sound and typography – anyone with a computer can create sound and type at home. Stereotyped will cross multiple disciplines, from sound designers/composers/musicians to typographers/illustrators/graphic designers/animators/filmmakers/writers, to challenge commonly held beliefs about each discipline and create an unforgettable sensory experience.

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Fresh from the Foundry

I’ve always thought it strange that font designers working in their glistening white studios call their workplace a foundry – of course this terminology harks back to a period when metal type was cast and people got their hands dirty making the stuff. So it was a wonderful experience to be working on a typographic project where you do find yourself in a real foundry. As part of a project we are currently putting into production, we thought you might enjoy this image. More information about the finished project to come soon.

Design as a Career

Instead of Friday 13th bringing bad luck, for a hundred or so Melbourne artists and craftspeople this date brought the good fortune to listen to a myriad of different speakers on a range of topics relating to professional practice and development. Hosted by the Melbourne Museum, the sold-out event included Letterbox founder Stephen Banham who spoke on the topic of graphic design and identity. Other speakers include: Evan Lowenstein Lowensteins Arts Management, Rhiannon Hardingham i dream a highway, Lara Olsen & Yann Burden Energy Return, Melissa Loughnan Utopian Slumps, Grace McQuilten The Social Studio, Jo Walker frankie magazine, Lucy Feagins The Design Files and Nina Ellis, jeweller and designer, with Titania Henderson, sculptor. Thanks for Craft Victoria for organising the very successful event.