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Erik Spiekermann
Erik Spiekermann is information designer, type designer (FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Info, FF Unit, Nokia, LoType, Glasgow 99, Berliner Grotesk, Bosch Sans & Serif, DB Type et al) and author of books and articles on type and typography.
He was founder (1979) of MetaDesign, Germany's largest design firm with offices in Berlin, London and San Francisco. Projects included corporate design systems for Audi, Skoda, Volkswagen, Lexus, Heidelberg Printing, Berlin Transit, Duesseldorf Airport and many others. In 1988 he started FontShop for the production and distribution of electronic fonts. He holds an honorary professorship at the Academy of Arts in Bremen and an honorary doctorate from Pasadena Art Center College of Design. He is board member of ATypI and the German Design Council, and past president of both the ISTD, International Society of Typographic Designers, and the IIID, International Institute of Information Design.
In July 2000, Erik withdrew from the management of MetaDesign Berlin. Erik now lives and works in Berlin, London and San Francisco, running SpiekermannPartners. The office designs Corporate Design Programmes for Bosch, Deutsche Bahn, Pioneer Investments, Birkhäuser, Gravis, Messe Frankfurt and Lufthansa. Recent editorial projects have included the redesign of Le Monde Diplomatique, Bauwelt, Bosch Zünder and PC Professionell.
In 2001 he redesigned The Economist magazine in London. His book for Adobe Press,“Stop Stealing Sheep” has recently appeared in a second edition as well as a German and a Russian version: ÜberSchrift. His corporate font family for Nokia was released in 2002. The new corporate typefaces for Deutsche Bahn (the German railway system) were introduced in 2005 and have just been awarded the German Federal Design Prize for 2007.
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