Jan Middendorp
Recent articles by Jan Middendorp
eL Seed: City-wide calligraffiti
Issue 100, Summer 2020
This mega-mural by street artist eL Seed spans the walls of 50 buildings in a Christian Coptic…
Dafi Kühne: By his own hand
Issue 100, Summer 2020
Swiss designer Dafi Kühne works wholly in traditional letterpress techniques with entirely…
Type now: Independence and originality
Issue 98, Spring 2019
States of independence
Issue 98, Spring 2019
The fragmentation of the type market has lead to new ways of examining, acquiring and enjoying…
Generation font rent
Issue 97, Autumn 2018
Fontstand has pioneered an innovative way for graphics students to make work with professional…
Time and type
Issue 96, Spring 2018
Colour is the new black
Issue 94, Summer 2017
For the past decade or so, Mark van Wageningen has been investigating the possibilities of adding…
Postmodern jam session
Issue 83, Summer 2012
Jan Middendorp recalls Fuse, the type ‘magazine’ that opened up (and put the lid on) a transient…
Typeface/interface
Issue 64, Summer 2007
Andrea Tinnes makes type families — functional or ornamental — that quickly acquire a life of…
Space and rhythm
Issue 59, Spring 2006
Type designer Cyrus Highsmith learnt the craft through both study and apprenticeship
Prototype propagandist
Issue 68, Summer 2008
Rivadulla’s revolutionary poster art avoids socialist cliché.
An abundance of directions
Issue 66, Winter 2007
The man on every French bookshelf
Issue 65, Autumn 2007
From the typographic to the visual
Issue 64, Summer 2007
Fruitful lines of graphic type analysis
Issue 59, Spring 2006
The eye of the curator
Issue 55, Spring 2005
Berlin
Issue 74, Winter 2009
It’s a state of mind, a club scene, and one of the great political, cultural and historical events…
Down-to-earth Son Of A Windmill-builder
Issue 63, Spring 2007
Is type design teaching losing its soul?
Issue 71, Spring 2009
Formulaic, modular approaches threaten the chemistry of the master-apprentice model.
Recent blog posts by Jan Middendorp
Rigorous play
1 January 2021
Fill the white space
15 July 2020
Tom Hautekiet, 1970-2020
11 May 2020
Culture in colour
1 April 2020
Take the clear line
28 October 2019
Due process
13 October 2010