Creative Characters

By Monotype

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We live in a world awash in typography - whether we realize it or not. From the road signs that lead us home to the phones in our pockets, typography is front and center in nearly every waking moment of our day. Come meet the people and hear the stories behind the letters that shape our world.

Episode Date
Reinventing yourself at any age with Vic Lee.
Apr 30, 2024
Petra Dočekalová on the influence of history in modern design.
Apr 16, 2024
Live from SXSW: A branding masterclass with Dentsu, eBay, Neurons, and WeTransfer.
Apr 04, 2024
Searching for signs of the British seaside with Justin Burns.
Mar 19, 2024
Studying the subconscious superpowers of type trends across the globe.
Mar 06, 2024
Talking type that melts in your heart (not in your hand) with Steffi Marty.
Feb 21, 2024
Behind the 2024 Type Trends report with Jordan Bell and Damien Collot.
Feb 07, 2024
Studios we love: the stories of ArrowType, Type Salon, and Blaze Type.
Dec 06, 2023
Roger Black and Charles Nix trace the history of type.
Nov 21, 2023
Celebrating community, embracing vulnerability, and fostering self-discovery at Adobe MAX 2023.
Nov 08, 2023
Exploring the fluorescent legacy of Baltimore's Globe Collection and Press with Allison Tipton.
Oct 18, 2023
What our emotions can teach us about design and branding.
Oct 05, 2023
Talking shop with David Berlow, type hero and font technology pioneer.
Aug 30, 2023
From Basquiat to branding: how Erwin Hines creates space for community, dialogue, and collective liberation.
Aug 01, 2023
Chasing Dreams and Making Them Real with Muralist Kent Yoshimura.
Jul 18, 2023
From magazine to brand design with Warby Parker's Sarah Olin.
Jun 21, 2023
Goodbye, zombie bosses: Making WFH work for creatives with Upwork's Patrick Holly.
Jun 06, 2023
Finding the “feels” with Picsart’s Scott Walker.
May 23, 2023
Studios we love: the stories of CoType, Naïma Ben Ayed Bureau, and XYZ Type.
May 09, 2023
Big brands, big ideas, and big breaks with Tongal's James DeJulio.
Apr 25, 2023
Exploring all things novel and familiar with Mark Simonson.
Apr 11, 2023
Bringing design to the masses with Canva’s Andrew Green.
Mar 28, 2023
Changing the game with Maureen Raisch.
Mar 14, 2023
Making the Monotype Type Trends report with Terrance Weinzierl and Emilios Theofanous.
Feb 28, 2023
Getting into the ‘heavy stuff’ with Aaron James Draplin.
Feb 14, 2023
Iterative, content-first design with In-House International.
Jan 31, 2023
Jim Moran – Preserving print history at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum.
Jan 20, 2023
Elliot Jay Stocks - Navigating a Universe of Type.
Dec 16, 2022
'Live' from Adobe MAX, this week’s guest is: You!
Nov 17, 2022
Craig Ward: From metal type to the digital unknown.
Oct 27, 2022
Annie Atkins: Building worlds in film through graphic props and typography.
Oct 11, 2022
Holly Fraser – Winning Oscars and attention with a purpose-driven brand.
Sep 27, 2022
Mindy Seu - Gathering 30 years of cyberfeminism.
Sep 13, 2022
Jason Debiak - Let's start a design agency from scratch.
Aug 23, 2022
Ximena Amaya – A recent graduate on the role of design in communication, architecture, and protest.
Aug 09, 2022
Sarah Boris – On the power of defining yourself as a creative.
Jul 26, 2022
Nathan Lance - How to build an (authentic) sustainable brand.
Jul 12, 2022
Andrew Krivine and Michael Worthington - How punk and new wave turned design on its head.
Jun 28, 2022
Cristina Pandol - A creative's road to 'Bel-Air.'
Jun 14, 2022
Juan Villanueva - Cultivating a global community through type.
May 31, 2022
Jennifer Sagalyn & JoAnn Becker - On building an accessible, inclusive digital world.
May 17, 2022
David Sheldon-Hicks - The designs behind blockbuster moviemaking magic.
Apr 19, 2022
Greg Lutze - The power of creative community.
Apr 06, 2022
Dewey Saunders - Career collage, or: Flip your aesthetic.
Mar 10, 2022
Andrew van der Merwe - Ephemeral calligraphy from the beaches of South Africa.
Feb 24, 2022
Adam Weiler - Rethinking design thinking for a changed world.
Dec 03, 2021
Chelsea Goldwell - Hard-won lessons on balance, health, and nurturing creativity.
Nov 19, 2021
Dave Addey - Classic sci-fi films and the typography that brought them to life.
Nov 05, 2021
Ellen Lupton - On mentorship, relationships of equality, and representation in design.
Oct 22, 2021
Tyler Haughey - Neon and nostalgia down on the unseen Jersey Shore.
Oct 06, 2021
James Horwitz - Bold type and big ideas from a cutting edge design mind.
Sep 24, 2021
Dan Black & Jes Seamans - DIY printmaking from the edges of America (and several Midwestern basements).
Sep 10, 2021
Michael Johnson - Design with a purpose.
Aug 27, 2021
James Edmondson - Let the design be what it wants to become.
Aug 09, 2021
Lauren Hom - There is no recipe for reinvention.
Jul 30, 2021
Hannelore Ocampo - How type keeps your car (and eyes) on the road.
Jul 15, 2021
Angelina Lippert - Charting the human experience through poster design.
Jun 17, 2021
John Norman - Visual storytelling for the masses.
Jun 04, 2021
Sarah Hyndman - Celebrating typography, one taste (???) at a time.
May 20, 2021
Chris Do - Can creatives make a living doing what they love? (Spoiler: yes.)
May 06, 2021
Terrence Williams - The beauty and power of embracing identity in the workplace.
Apr 22, 2021
Tré Seals - Telling true stories through type.
Apr 07, 2021
Jenna Blazevich - Punk rock activism, one chain-stitched letter at a time.
Mar 25, 2021
Scott Starrett - Designing an authentic, memorable, winning (and now iconic) political identity.
Mar 11, 2021
James Sommerville - Let's reimagine how creative work gets done, shall we?
Feb 22, 2021