Digital design studio FIELD explores the future of typography

Date
27 July 2015

Digital studio FIELD is something of an anomaly in the realms of both design and technology. Known for its striking audio-visual installations and pioneering artwork for digital platforms, the London-based duo Marcus Wendt and Vera-Maria Glahn’s creations are always as beautiful as they are cutting-edge. We waxed lyrical about its video storytelling application Energy Flow back in 2012, which brought together ten films that could be viewed in endless sequences and from any angle. Most recently, FIELD teamed up with typeface library Monotype to explore the future of typography with three installations, asking how type can become responsive, or even emotional, and still be communicative.

The first, Sensual Power, was presented at Le Book in Paris and explored the role type design plays in the future of fashion by pairing motion-controlled graphics and sound with much-loved typefaces in the industry. Glyph.Index shown at Resonate Festival in Belgrade was an infinite interactive journey of glyphs in the only typeface to represent every symbol in every language, Noto Sans, that also used motion-controlled visuals. FIELD’s third installation with Monotype was Responsive Energy showing bold letter shapes forming and melting into new surfaces in tandem with audio. The results are beautiful, synaesthetic examples of how to merge art, design and technology.

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FIELD x Monotype: Sensual Power

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FIELD x Monotype: Sensual Power

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FIELD x Monotype: Glyph.Index

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FIELD x Monotype: Glyph.Index

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FIELD x Monotype: Responsive Energy

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FIELD x Monotype: Responsive Energy

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