TYPO Berlin 98 - 3. FontShop-Conference
The House of World Cultures will be spotlighted by design and advertising in mid March. The list of speakers is high calibre: apart from graphics and design gurus Neville Brody (London) and David Carson (New York), multimedia designer Max Kisman (San Francisco) and Wired art director Thomas Schneider have agreed to come. Top heads in advertising and trend research will be casting a critical eye over what's happening in advertising: Thomas Rempen, Peter Wippermann and Axel Kolaschnik.
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The accompanying programme (admission free) presented by the German Type Directors Club and the poster museum in Essen will be exhibiting award-winning advertising posters. More speeches for designers, anyone interested in multimedia and the internet will be presented in the foyer and café along with books, gifts and design objects. And there's more: during the conference, French collector Jean Marie Boursicot's latest ad film »La nuit des publivores« (ad eaters night) will be celebrating its première. And to round all this off, TYPOnight will be a huge happening in Friedrichstrasse. »ad eaters night« and TypoNight will be open to all advertising fans.
Night of the Publivores
World Premiere: The Night of the Publivores (»La nuit des publivores«).
Six full hours of advertising films shown in three different sets of 2-hour screenings.
The best spots from the world's largest private advertising film archive. Screened for the first time ever together in this combination. On Friday, March 13th, beginning at 21:00 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Free of charge for accredited typo 98 participants.
TypoNight
The grand Finale to typo Berlin 98, hosted by FontShop and Cre8 Com
Saturday night, 10 pm, Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur der Russischen Föderation, Friedrichstraße 176-179, 0s Friedrichstraße, 4u Französische Straße.
House, Disco and music of the '70's on two floors and spread out across 2000 square meters of floor space. Red-Carpet reception for the partygoers, with a dazzling display of lights and a welcome drink. Go-Gos on all floors. Lighting designed by Scudi Optics.
First Floor: Disko, Jay Ray, Medy Soul.
Second Floor: Maxwell, Judy & Suzy Blond (Strawberry-Disko).
Midnight and Beyond: doors open to the general public
(door: DM 20.-)