Based in Manchester UK, Steven is Founder of art and design practice FROM PARTS UNKNOWN, specialising in typography and image-making. He is also co-founder of ENSEMBLE, a brand and strategy studio. Please get in touch if you would like to see more or discuss a project. FROM PARTS UNKNOWN frompartsunknown.co.uk ENSEMBLE weareensemble.co.uk
Optical concepts which are crucial to the correct spacing of letters explained, and some tips on how to start the spacing of a typeface in a logical manner
Typographics 2020 – A design festival for people who use type
The 6th Typographics design festival takes place during June and July, 2020. All events have been moved online this year. It includes an online conference, 72-hour TypeLab, workshops, tours, a book fair, and more.
Luc(as) de Groot’s Interpolation Theory is a theory about the optical behaviour of a family of fonts of increasing weight. It has resulted in a formula for calculating intermediate weights that has been influential among type designers the world over.
‘Fonts that address special issues’ from ‘Read Me: Magazine’ by Readymag Templates
Diverse and glitzy template for an editorial. You have six different layouts to choose from! The sample text explores the issue of web readability and is worth reading on its own.
A typographer friend of mine wonders about the most convenient way to create text samples having arbitrary line wraps without hyphenation. Such layout is commonly used in foundries
13/11/2009 – I’ve made a 2010 Calendar using the Complex Grid and I’ve explained it step by step. You can check that article Here is a pdf of the final grid if you want it By: Pedro Mon…
Deep dives into powerful Figma features. Skip the basics and learn prototyping, auto-layout, systems, and illustration with your instructor, Pablo Stanley.
A design system is a set of standards to manage design at scale by reducing redundancy while creating a shared language and visual consistency across pages and channels.