The main objective was to create a typographic expedition, by taking inspiration of a professional interior designer. The professional in question, is great interior designer and founder of Greenside Design Center, Desmond Laubscher. Through this process, we learnt how to develop a typeface, while drawing inspiration from the field's tools, thoughts and peculiarities. Using this knowledge to develop the criteria of our own typeface, which has been inspired by Mr. Laubscher himself.

Based on the research conducted on Desmond Laubscher, it is clear that he is passionate about design. Desmond's career path has taken him to many places around the world and in his travels, he was able to present research papers, served on panels and conducted design workshops. He has made design his life's work, working as a professional designer and educator. After interviewing him and getting to understand his thought and design processes, we were particularly inspired by his design "a stage with no cast". The set up consisted of shapes that were constructed with paper. These setups are important because they help to visualize and understand the space and how light interacts within it. We used these key concepts to create "Takumi". Desmond had inspired us to take on a physical project, where we would use paper folding methods, and see how space and light interacts with each element, the same way Desmond would with his designs.

In Japan, the word takumi refers to a craftsperson who is unrivalled in their particular field of expertise. Desmond has inspired us in this way, therefore we felt that this name would suit the typeface well. The idea of folding paper, lead us to origami, which is defined as "the art of folding paper". Desmond's folded paper designs are crafted and photographed in artistic ways.

It is clear that in his images, he would consider two things, light and space.

His paper designs shows his craftsmanship, and their interaction with space and light is what makes it artistic and tasteful.

Takumi aims to mimic these points, showing craftsmanship in folding, and the artistic consideration of how it interacts with space and light. 

The final font display has 26 characters. The lighting used to capture the display had brought out a the crevices and edges in the origami, which are elements that are often overlooked. In this type face, we hope to show Takumi and origami, the craftsmanship of folding paper to create art.