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Basteleur v2.1
16 May 2023Version 2.1 introduces Greek support for Basteleur Bold and Basteleur Moonlight
Grotesk v3.013 January 2023In 2023, a new version of Grotesk developed by Ariel Martín Pérez was released. This new version introduces new weights that are multiplexed, which means that you can change the weight of the font without changing the width of the paragraphs. This new version also presents some subtle optical corrections. Last but not least, it considerably expands the glyphset of the font with a brand new lowercase set as well as language support for Russian, Ukrainian, Tifinagh and many Latin-based languages.
BackOut 2.15 October 2022The 2.1 version of Backout presents improved spacing and kerning, some new ligatures and some subtle optical adjustments.
Basteleur v2.015 June 2022A bit more than a year after its original release, Keussel adds a new sharp thinner weight to the pre-existing soft bold weight of Basteleur. Welcome Basteleur Moonlight!!!
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Exhibitions
- 2019
- The World’s Best Typography: The 65th Annual Exhibition of the Type Directors Club
(Cooper Union, New York, USA — Takeo’s Gallery, Tokyo, Japan — PJATK, Varsovie, Ukraine — ECV Lille, France) - Flags at Fig. Liège Festival (Liège, Belgium)
- Creative Exchange, Le Murmure, Red Dot Design Museum (Essen, Germany)
- The World’s Best Typography: The 65th Annual Exhibition of the Type Directors Club
- 2018
- Exhibition of the Red Dot design awards winners: Le Murmure, Communication Museum (Berlin, Germany)
- All Fonts look the same (Wellington, New Zealand)
An exhibition of 260 fonts; celebrating uniquely restricted shapes with an almost endless amount of variation. - Flags at Fig. Liège Festival (Liège, Belgium)
We were invited to draw a Velvetyne flag for the Fig. flags exhibition.
- 2017
- Trickster launch exhibition, La Générale (Paris, France)
With Posters from Lucas Le Bihan (Dreams Office), Félicité Landrivon, AAAAA Atelier, Lionel Michée (Studio Feed), Jean-Baptiste Morizot, Jérémy Landes (Studio Triple), Anton Moglia, Théo Guillard, Murmure, Raphaël Bastide, Gaëtan Baehr, Lauren Coullard + Julien Imbert, Sébastien Hayez and Martin Desinde. - Hyper Chapelle, with AAAAA Atelier (Parvis de la Cathédrale de Metz, France)
The exhibition for the one the Hyper Scrypt typeface has been designed. Interactive installation, posters, typeface. - Solide Mirage launch exhibition (La Maroquinerie, Paris, France)
- Trickster launch exhibition, La Générale (Paris, France)
- 2016
- Millimetre launch exhibition, La Générale (Paris, France)
- 2013
- Iinteractive installation for the launch of Kiblind Magazine (Point Éphémère, Paris, France)
Teaching / Workshops
- 2019
- Imago Mundi Mei: Type design workshop organized at la Paillasse (Paris, France) in the frame of the Fanzines! Festival.
- 2018
- On The Shoulders Of Giants: Type design workshop at ESAD Amiens (Amiens, France).
- 2017
- Saint J&an Porte La Tine: Type design workshop organized at and with la Générale (Paris, France). This workshop was made possible thanks to the –Zeug publishing house who edited a book from the participant designs afterwards.
- 2016
- FontFonkFork: Type design workshop organized at and with la Générale (Paris, France).
- 2015
- Picto-porn: Type design workshop organized at and with la Générale (Paris, France).
- Résistance: Type design workshop organized with students from the Ensad school at and with la Générale (Paris, France).
- 2014
- Marathon Général: Type design workshop organized at and with la Générale (Paris, France).
Talks / Masterclasses
- 2019
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- 2018
- Talk for the Estiennales at École Estienne (Paris, France)
Jean-Baptiste Morizot and Jérémy Landes - AFK #23: Murmure, type design as a basis of a new identity at Le Tank (Paris, France)
Agence Murmure and Jérémy Landes. - Talk for On The Shoulders Of Giants, at ESAD Amiens (Amiens, France)
Frank Adebiaye and Jérémy Landes.
- Talk for the Estiennales at École Estienne (Paris, France)
- 2017
- Who/What/Where/When/Why, a talk at HfG Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany) followed by a masterclass to the students of the type design class on the stakes of monaging an type foundry.
Frank Adebiaye and Jérémy Landes - Polices de France : a cross talk with Benoît Bodhuin at Le Monte en L’Air (Paris, France)
Raphaël Bastide, Jérémy Landes and Lucas le Bihan - Talk for Papier Brûlant at the Gaîté Lyrique (Paris, France)
Anton Moglia, Manon Van der Borght (Hypsoline), Julien Imbert
- Who/What/Where/When/Why, a talk at HfG Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany) followed by a masterclass to the students of the type design class on the stakes of monaging an type foundry.
- 2016
- 2013
- Talk for the 10th anniversary of the Alliance Française des Designers (Moulins, France)
Jérémy Landes
- Talk for the 10th anniversary of the Alliance Française des Designers (Moulins, France)
- 2012
- Talk for the Typocamp #1 (La Cantine, Paris)
Jérémy Landes
- Talk for the Typocamp #1 (La Cantine, Paris)
- 2011
- Talk at the Rencontres Internationales de Lure (Lurs en Provence, France)
Frank Adebiaye and Jérémy Landes
- Talk at the Rencontres Internationales de Lure (Lurs en Provence, France)
Publications
- 2019
- Graphisme en France, Étapes №249
- 2018
- Slanted Magazine n° 31, Étapes №244, Red Dot Design Yearbook, itsnicethat.com
- 2017
- Eye On Design, Graffica.info, IDN, itsnicethat.com, Slanted.de, Page-online.de, Peopleofprint.com, Étapes.com, Point Typo, Maison-Tagible.fr, Radio Campus
- 2016
- Étapes.com, Ligature.ch, Étapes №230, Brutalist Websites
- 2015
- Actualitte.com
- 2014
- Fontemporary Magazine
- 2013
- Kiblind №44, Après/Avant
Awards
- 2020
- 2019
- Modern Cyrillic Award 2019 for Le Murmure
- Gold of the French Club des Directeurs Artistiques for Le Murmure
- Type Directors Club Certificate of Excellence for Le Murmure
- 2018
Salons
- 2019
- Fanzines! Festival (Montreuil, France)
- Puces Typo #9 at Campus de la Fonderie de l’Image (Bagnolet, France)
- 2018
- Puces Typo #8 at Campus de la Fonderie de l’Image (Bagnolet, France)
- 2017
- Fanzines! Festival (Paris, France)
- Papier Brûlant at the Gaîté Lyrique (Paris, France)
- 2016
- Puces Typo #6 at Campus de la Fonderie de l’Image (Bagnolet, France)
- 2014
- Puces Typo #4 at Campus de la Fonderie de l’Image (Bagnolet, France)
- 2013
- Puces Typo #3 at Campus de la Fonderie de l’Image (Bagnolet, France)
- 2012
- Puces Typo #2 at Campus de la Fonderie de l’Image (Bagnolet, France)
- Zurich Font Market (Zurich, Switzerland)
- 2011
- Puces Typo #1 at Campus de la Fonderie de l’Image (Bagnolet, France)