Erik Spiekermann

Art historian, printer, type designer (Meta, Officina, Unit, Info, Fira, Real & many corporate fonts), information architect (German Railways, Berlin Transit), and author. Founder MetaDesign ’79, FontShop ’89, Edenspiekermann 2002. Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Britain 2007. TDC Medal & National German Lifetime Achievement Award 2011, etc. Erik now runs a post-digital letterpress shop, Hacking Gutenberg, in Berlin. Lives in Berlin, London & San Francisco. (Photo by Dennis Letbetter, SF.)