Principal, Das Kombinat and Kombinat-Typefounders
Greater New York City Area
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- Member of Advisory Board at AISS, Art in Social Structures
- Author and Webmaster at TypEdu, www.TypEdu.org
- Pricipal and Type Designer at Kombinat-Typefounders, www.kombinat-typefounders.com (Sole Proprietorship)
- Principal at Das Kombinat, www.das.kombin.at (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Type Designer at House Industries
- Adjunct Lecturer at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, School of Art
- Adjunct Lecturer at CCNY, City College of New York
- Adjunct Lecturer at New Jersey City University, Visual Arts Department
- Teacher at SfG, Schule für Gestaltung Basel, Switzerland
- Graphic and Typographic Designer at Buro Petr van Blokland en Claudia Mens
- Intern at Font Bureau Inc.
- Intern at Studio Dumbar
- Education
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- KABK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague (NL)
- SfG, Schule für Gestaltung Basel (Switzerland)
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Hannes Famira’s Summary
Hannes Famira’s Specialties:
Type designer and graphic designer, teacher and lecturer.
www.das.kombin.at
www.kombinat-typefounders.com
www.typedu.org
www.artinsocialstructures.org
Hannes Famira’s Experience
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Member of Advisory Board
AISS, Art in Social Structures
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
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Author and Webmaster
TypEdu, www.TypEdu.org
(Educational Institution; Myself Only; Higher Education industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)
TypEdu provides a web based reference and a general forum to students of Hannes Famira's type design classes.
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Pricipal and Type Designer
Kombinat-Typefounders, www.kombinat-typefounders.com (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)
Next to our standard library of retail fonts we offer type related services ranging from customization of existing typefaces to the design of complete families of typefaces.
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Principal
Das Kombinat, www.das.kombin.at (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
January 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)
We are a lose network of independent designers and technicians, that live and work scattered all over the planet, with the headquarters based in Brooklyn, NY For full buzz-word-compliance we suggest "virtual studio" which means that we don't actually have to share physical space to be able to work together.
By marrying our specialization in four key areas of design and technology we take advantage of the resulting synergy effect.
• database publishing
• type design
• web design
• graphic design for print media
Because of the extended swatch of skills we offer, the applications range from complete corporate identities and design consultancy to items as diverse as orientation systems, books, posters, illustrative work and all kinds of publications. -
Type Designer
House Industries
(Design industry)
December 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 1 month)
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Adjunct Lecturer
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, School of Art
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 8 months)
• Experimental Type
• Typography II
Continuing Education:
• Introduction to type design: Hand drawn type - The Roman Letterforms
• Introduction to type design: Hand drawn type - The Italic Letterforms
• Introduction to Digital Type Design in FontLab Studio v.5 -
Adjunct Lecturer
CCNY, City College of New York
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)
• Typopgraphy I
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Adjunct Lecturer
New Jersey City University, Visual Arts Department
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 2006 — December 2006 (6 months)
Typedesign and Lettering class
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Teacher
SfG, Schule für Gestaltung Basel, Switzerland
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 7 months)
In the foundation year as well as on the post graduate level and in continued education Hannes taught the following classes:
• type design
• new media
• graphic design
• introduction to the computer
In addition to teaching these classes Hannes coached students in building their portfolio and served on the committee for student admission. He also served as a specialist for new media to the board of the Swiss federal exams and as an examiner for type design and new media on the board for the state exams. -
Graphic and Typographic Designer
Buro Petr van Blokland en Claudia Mens
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
July 1997 — January 1999 (1 year 7 months)
At the studio located in Delft Hannes took care of the corporate typefaces and logo fonts for some of the major Dutch banks and insurance companies, a strong demand for euro signs and dived head on into database publishing and the mysteries of Robofog.
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Intern
Font Bureau Inc.
(Graphic Design industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
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Intern
Studio Dumbar
(Privately Held; Design industry)
1996 — 1996 (less than a year)
Hannes Famira’s Education
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KABK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague (NL)
BA , Graphic and typographic design , 1992 — 1996
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SfG, Schule für Gestaltung Basel (Switzerland)
Gestalterischer Vorkurs (foundation course) 1991 — 1992
Additional Information
Hannes Famira’s Websites:
Hannes Famira’s Interests:
typography, type design, type education
Hannes Famira’s Groups:
Member TDC, Type Directors Club
Beta tester for Pyrus FontLab Studio
Advisory board of AISS, Art in Social Structures
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![Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunst | Royal Academy of Art [KABK]](http://media.linkedin.com/media/p/1/000/00f/2ee/13c7804.png)
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunst | Royal Academy of Art [KABK] -
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Schule für Gestaltung Basel | Basel School of Design -
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ATypI -
FontLab
Hannes Famira’s Honors:
Typefaces released with FontShop International are ffBlocker and ffMutilated. Typefaces released with the Kombinat-Typefounders are the InterFamily and the ScanLine Bundle.
