Text and the City // Buchstaben und die Stadt
We are delighted to announce that our book, Berlin Typography, is out now from Prestel Verlag. The book represents the culmination of a five year journey through the streets of Berlin, searching out the city s finest letterforms from carved stone to cursive neon. Over the course of seven chapters, the book offers a thematic selection [ ]
And so we reach the end of our Colours of Berlin series, which we started back at the beginning of 2019. In the first half of the year we examined the primary colours, starting with yellow, then moving to blue, and on to red. In the second half we looked at the secondary colours with [ ]
Berlin is a city of villages. Before the twentieth century, the compact Prussian capital was surrounded by dozens of small independent communities such as Schöneberg, Charlottenburg and Zehlendorf. As the main city and the smaller towns began to grow during the industrial revolution, the boundaries between them became indistinct and eventually meaningless. In 1920, the [ ]
The colours of Berlin is a bi-monthly series that will run throughout 2019. In the first part of the year we examined the primary colours, starting with yellow, then moving to blue, and on to red. In June we started on the secondary colours with a post on green. And now we are proud to present: [ ]
In Depth is an occasional series on the Berlin Typography blog celebrating the variety and diversity of typography within a specific geographical location. This week, guest author John Peck goes on a typographical journey down one of Berlin’s most famous streets. It was once the commercial epicentre of Berlin, a high-end shopping street to rival [ ]
The colours of Berlin is a bi-monthly series that will run throughout 2019. Where other posts on this blog have attempted to describe typographic trends and phenomena in Berlin, the entries in this series will focus on a particular colour by presenting a collection of images without additional text. The first three posts examined the primary colours: Red, Yellow and Blue. Today we move onto the […
Hotels are everywhere. Yet for anyone who lives in a particular city, they can be virtually invisible. This becomes apparent when a visitor to your city asks you for a hotel recommendation. How should you know? You live there. You never have to think about where you’re going to spend the night. Even if, for [ ]
The colours of Berlin is a bi-monthly series that will run throughout 2019. Where other posts on this blog have attempted to describe typographic trends and phenomena in Berlin, the entries in this series will focus on a particular colour by presenting a collection of images without additional text. Every city has its full spectrum [ ]
Not everyone in Berlin buys flowers. There are those among us who don’t especially care for baked goods. Some people will go several years without having to fill a prescription. But pretty much everyone wears shoes. With all the sharp cobblestones, bottle-caps, nettles and doggie surprises on the streets of Berlin, shoes are an essential [ ]
The colours of Berlin is a bi-monthly series that will run throughout 2019. Where other posts on this blog have attempted to describe typographic trends and phenomena in Berlin, the entries in this series will focus on a particular colour by presenting a collection of images without additional text. Every city has its full spectrum [ ]