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Up the Arts! Typo Circle at D&AD
On 30th March '23 Michael gave a talk, for TypoCircle, at D&AD's headquarters. it was titled 'Up The Arts!'.

Jamie Ellul at Typo Circle
Michael's at St Brides for the latest Typo Circle talk, by the wonderful Jamie Ellul (from Supple Studio).

Michael Wolff at Typo Circle
Michael and Anna are at St Brides for the last talk in this season's Typo Circle talk series. Michael Wolff...

Jack Renwick at Typo Circle
This straight-talking Glaswegian set-up her eponymous studio in 2012, quickly establishing it as serious contender in the world of branding...

Simon Esterson at Typo Circle
"Recently we've been using some big type and we've also been using some smaller type for text". Michael was at...

A Practice For Everyday Life at Typo Circle
Matt and Michael are at St Brides for a Typographic Circle talk by Emma and Kirsty from A Practice For...

Mellor&Smith meet GFDA
Good Fucking Design Advice (GFDA) is an initiative from New York designers Brian Buirge and Jason Bacher. As part of...

Bruno Maag at Typo Circle
For his Typographic Circle talk, the outspoken typeface designer, Bruno Maag raced through a history of screen-based type design. Michael...

Carter Wong at Typo Circle
As a small design studio, Carter Wong have punched above their weight for three decades. In a talk, titled 60...

Tony Brook at Wolff Olins
In their reasonably regular 'Because' talk series, agency Wolff Olins invite leading figures from design and advertising to share their...

Ben Wright at Design Council
As part of their regular series of short talks, Design Council asked Ben Wright, co-founder of DesignStudio, to Take 5....

Daren Cook at Typo Circle
Talks about branding can sometimes be an unprepared monologue through the speaker’s portfolio. Thankfully, we were taken on a well-thought-out...

Andy Altmann at Design Council
In the second of their Take 5 series, Design Council invited Andy Altmann, one of the three founding partners at...

Hamish Muir at Typo Circle
The Typographic Circle, a volunteer-led organisation that brings together anyone with an interest in design and typography, host monthly lectures...

The Collaboration Economy
Established in 2006 as after-work drinks, Glug has since broadened its programme to include talks by some of the world's...

What was the point of the AGI Open?
Each year, a self-proclaimed, elitist club of designers descend on a major world city. This year it was London and...

Anthony Burrill at Wolff Olins
Once a month or so Wolff Olins put on an inspiring talk, under the title ‘Because’, at their studios in...

Michael Johnson at Typo Circle
In his Typographic Circle talk, Michael Johnson argued that Design Can Make a Difference. Our Michael was there to listen...