Creative Characters Reprint: Irreverent type design with James Edmondson.
James Edmondson.
On Creative Characters, we meet creative people working at the intersection of type and everyday life. You can listen below, or on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and wherever quality podcasts are available.
Ohno Type Company is an industry rebel. Equal parts punk and precision, the studio is a direct reflection of founder James’ Edmondson love of expression and eccentricity. From globular California hippie text (Chee) to deceptively complex takes on classic geometric forms (Polymath), James and his team chart their own course through the wilds of type design.
In this interview from 2021, James discusses his story, process, and mindset with Monotype’s Charles Nix, and shares his thoughts on building a stable, rewarding creative career.
James has a new book publishing this fall, The Ohno Book: A Serious Guide to Irreverent Type Design. Preorder today at Bookshop.org.
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