erikspiekermannsince 2008

    • Biography

      Biography

      Erik Spiekermann is author, information designer and typographer. He founded MetaDesign and FontShop, is Honorary Professor at the University of the Arts in Bremen and has an honorary doctorship from Pasadena Art Center. In 2003 he received the Gerrit Noordzij Award from the Royal Academy in Den Haag and in 2007 he was the first designer to be elected into the Hall of Fame by the European Design Awards for Communication Design. Later that year he was named Honorary Royal Designer for Industry by the RSA in Britain. Some of his typefaces, among them FF Meta and ITC Officina, are considered modern classics.