Trust this Finnish graphic design agency. Music as a source for their playful designs. ‘In the old days the church was a patron of arts – we push our multinational clients to take the same role as the church used to have!’

Kai got interested in a dimensional, light sculpture and found himself working on materials like paper. He says the Finnish advertising has been influenced by Japanese graphic design.

Kai started as a sign-painter and a calligrapher. He has done some fonts based on a Finnish tradition, mostly in order to teach his students! Kai is fascinated in discovering old, forgotten fonts around Europe.

Get ready with Kai for Finnish winter sports and his ways to relax. And hear more about the way type design started being taught at the University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH).

Kai claims that Helsinki has been very careful in placing big and noisy billboards to its street scene. What kind of influence has the local, minimalist small talk mentality to this local typography?

‘Listen son, here is what you should do’. And more stories about Christian’s father. Did you know Christian looks a bit like Helvetica? And also: the real story behind the new typeface Schwartz made for the new tabloid sized Guardian newspaper, his most recent job.

The endless energy making a remarkable career of this young man.

Jewish Christmas at the Schwartz family, what would they cook that day? Raw fish maybe? Also in this talk: how to get drunk with Wolfgang Weinhart in Basel.

Adam Twardoch explaining why he still didn’t finish university. You can already guess why: type.

Adam Twardoch explaining how to succeed, Catch 22 and Hamlet, and the amazing world of letters.