TypoHungry
Hungarian Typography in the 21st Century
Vol. 1. / 2000 – 2021
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Art book about the history of Hungarian typography for the last 20 years. Curatorial interviews, selected typographic works from 242 artists and creative studios, on more than 200 pages, in Hungarian and English.
About the book
When we decided to publish printed albums featuring Hungarian contemporary artists in addition to our online platform, we thought a lot about which topic to cover first in the series. We were already set on starting with design, and decided that within graphic design, typography is the genre with which we could best illustrate the kind of explosive technical and aesthetic progress that came about in the profession and has a constant effect on our daily lives as well.
Anyone could submit their typographic works to the open call announced by ArtHungry, and we invited an eight-plus-one-member curatorial committee to select the projects that could represent the state of Hungarian typography competently; these can be found in the last chapter of this album. Our first idea in connection with the competition’s material was publishing a catalogue-like album, but since no one in the country has examined this era in terms of typography yet, we decided to research the field and compile the most important moments of 21st century Hungarian typography as well, within the framework of a detailed historical overview.
It is important to note that this volume does not deal with graphic design as a whole, but specifically with typographic projects and designers we considered to be inevitable when dealing with this period of local typography.
We would like to thank everyone who helped in creating this publication, which we think fills a long-felt need: the excellent curatorial team for their availability, and of course, all the designers, typographers, calligraphers, graffiti artists and font-obsessed people for taking part in this journey through time.
Contents of the book:
· A Twenty-year Typo-historical Overview of Hungary
· The End of the Nineties – The First Wave of Digital Graphic Design and Typography in Hungary
· The 2000s – The Rise of Hungarian New-Typography
· Tipography and Fine Art
· Typography Today – The Neo-Renaissance of Type Design
· Curator interviews
· Dóra Balla “Letters were the obvious choice for me”
· Oszkár Boskovitz “I am surrounded by letters”
· Béla Frank “This is a respectful process of reformation”
· Zoltán Halasi “Creating signs is great”
· Ádám Katyi “We’re moving in a very good direction”
· János Kőrös “Don’t just follow current trends!”
· Miklós Kiss “I consider myself an artist first”
· Amondó Szegi “Letters are the only true revolutionaries”
· José Tábori-Simon “Printed creative albums are still viable products”
· Selected works
· Typography Education in Hungary
Technical specifications:
Book:
Dimensions: 210 x 210 mm
Paper: 170 + 300 g
Colour: CMYK + 3D UV lack
Paperback: 204 pages
Languages: Hungarian, English
Paper box:
Dimensions: 210 x 210 mm
Paper: Fedrigoni Sirio Ultra Black, 350 g
Colour: Matte silver foil + embossing
Colophon:
Words: Lili Farkas-Zentai, José Tábori-Simon
Interviews: Lili Farkas-Zentai
Editor, art director: José Tábori-Simon
Graphic design: Simon Says
Translator: Anna Viola Sáfrány
Corrector: László Tábori
Printing: EPC
Interviews: Lili Farkas-Zentai
Editor, art director: José Tábori-Simon
Graphic design: Simon Says
Translator: Anna Viola Sáfrány
Corrector: László Tábori
Printing: EPC
Publisher: ArtHungry.com
Limited edition, 2021
ISBN 978-615-01-2402-5
