Notes from Zürich Design Weeks

Three talks worth your evening, and one we walked out of.

Mila Novak,

· 3 min read

Our open studio evening during Design Weeks

Our open studio evening during Design Weeks

Events

Type on a budget

The best talk of the week was about type for public signs, set with free fonts and a lot of patience.

The lesson: spacing does more for legibility than any typeface choice.

Brands that age well

A panel of founders looked back at identities from 2010. The ones still standing were the plainest.

Nobody missed the gradients.

Our open studio

On Thursday we opened the studio for an evening of work in progress. Ninety people came for twenty chairs.

We will do it again next year, with more chairs.

Portrait of Mila Novak, writer
Portrait of Mila Novak, writer

Mila Novak

Writer

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