Press and mentions
About us, from the outside. An index of interviews, articles, links and professional accolades collected over the years and assembled here.
On the web
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Footwear News
How Fonts Help Clever Footwear Brands Tell Fascinating Stories
Article by Lauren Olsen, September 2017.
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TYPO News
TYPO Labs: Stop clicking: an introduction to shell scripting (Workshop)
An overview of Nicole's workshop by Rik Watkinson, April 2017.
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TYPE
Moniker: A Friendly Sans for Complex Matters
Article by Doug Wilson, March 2017.
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Adobe Create Magazine
Article by Shelley Gruendler, April 2016.
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Sentinel & Enterprise
August 2015.
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Fontstand
Process Type Foundry: the Art of Perseverance
Article by Sébastien Morlighem, July 2015.
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Brand New
A review of the new Facebook wordmark, July 2015.
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Typographica
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2014
Pique was reviewed by Victoria Rushton, March 2015.
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Letra Type
Type Designers That Inspire Us
Nicole Dotin and four other type designers are highlighted, March 2015.
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Design Feaster
Typefaces designed to enable communication: Nicole Dotin of Process Type Foundry
Interview by Nate Burgos, November 2014.
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Design Work Life
Badass Lady Creatives: 6 Type Designers
Article by Melanie Richards, April 2014.
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Typographica
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2012
Colfax was reviewed by Marc Oxborrow, March 2013.
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Gerry Leonidas’ Blog
Featuring Elena; article by Gerry Leonidas, October 2012.
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The FontFeed
Foundry Focus: Process Type Foundry
Interview by Yves Peters, July 2012.
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BuzzFeed
Article by John Herrman, March 2012.
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Fontwerk.com
Elena was featured; article by Ivo Gabrowitsch, January 2012.
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Typographica
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2011
Elena was reviewed by Jason Santa Maria, January 2012.
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Easily Amused
Article by Glenn Fleishman, December 2011.
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Boing Boing
Article by John D. Berry, December 2011.
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Wallpaper*
Graphic design exhibition at the Walker Art Center
Article by Damon Syson, November 2011.
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Walker Art Center Design Blog
What is a Designer Statement? (Part 4): Sulki and Min, Stewdio, Brandt, Olson, Catalogtree
Interviews by Vadim Gershman, December 2011.
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Typekit Blog
An interview with Nicole Dotin of Process Type Foundry
Interview by Tim Brown, August 2011.
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Twin Cities Metro
Four More Letter Heads
Interviews by Chris Clayton, February 2011.
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Fonts In Use
The Social Network: How to promote a film about Facebook without saying “Facebook”
Article by Stephen Coles, December 2010.
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Walker Art Center Design Blog
Avant la lettre: Insights 2009 Design Lecture Series: Process Type Foundry
Interview by Mylinh Trieu Nguyen, March 2009.
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The Scout
Article by Aaron Carambula, December 2008.
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MyFonts Newsletter
Creative Characters: Eric Olson
Interview by Jan Middendorp, November 2008.
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The Society of Publication Designers Blog
The Blender Redesign: It’s all about the “E.”
Article by the editors, August 2008.
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Walker Art Center Design Blog
Interview by Emmet Byrne, April 2008.
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AQ Blog
Facetime 1: Type Designer Eric Olson on Klavika
Interview by Chris Palmieri, July 2007.
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Typographica
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2005
Maple was reviewed by Mark Simonson, December 2005.
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Typographica
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2004
Klavika was reviewed by Yves Peters, February 2005.
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Typographica
Squarish Klavika Almost Didn’t Happen
Article by Yves Peters, December 2004.
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Daidala
Interview with Eric Olson
Interview by Jon Coltz, August 2002.
Books
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Perpensa Press
The Mysterious Case of the Curtailed g: Danish Style in Type
Christopher Burke. Devizes, 2019.
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nai010 publishers
Theory of Type Design
Gerard Unger. Rotterdam, 2018.
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Laurence King Publishing Ltd
The Visual History of Type
Paul McNeil. London, 2017.
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Verlag Hermann Schmidt
TypeSelect: Der Textschriften-Fächer
Michael Wörgötter. Mainz, 2016.
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Thames & Hudson
The Geometry of Type
Stephens Coles. New York, 2013.
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Thames & Hudson
Graphic Design in Context: Typography
Denise Gonzales Crisp. New York, 2012.
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SHS Publishing
Type Compass: Charting new Routes in Typography
Luca Bendandi, Michael Brenner, Emilio Macchia. Rome, 2012.
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Walker Art Center
Graphic Design: Now in Production
Andrew Blauvelt and Ellen Lupton, editors. Minneapolis, 2011.
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BIS Publishers
Creative Characters: The MyFonts Interviews, Vol. 1
Jan Middendorp, editor. Amsterdam, 2010.
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Thames & Hudson
New Ornamental Type: Decorative Lettering in the Digital Age
Steven Heller and Gail Anderson, editors. New York, 2010.
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Princeton Architectural Press
Lettering & Type
Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals. New York, 2009.
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University of Minnesota Press
Metro Letters
Deborah Littlejohn, editor. Minneapolis, 2003.
Magazines and newspapers
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Star Tribune
Little-known fact: The Twin Cities is a hotbed for type designers
Article by Alicia Eler, May 11, 2020.
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HOW Magazine
Type Foundry Spotlight: Process Type Foundry
March 2014, Volume XXIX, Number 2.
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8 Faces
Eric Olson and Nicole Dotin
Interview by Elliot Jay Stocks, April 2013, Volume 1, Number 6.
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The Student Publication, Transformation: New Perspectives on Design Methods and Processes
An interview with Nicole Dotin of Process Type Foundry
Interview by Michael Carbaugh, 2013, Volume 35.
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Computer Arts
Type Showcase: Capucine
March 2012, Issue 198.
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Codex
Five Fine Faces
Article by John Boardley, Spring 2011, Issue 1.
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Slanted
Some New Sans Serif Typefaces From France
Article by Dan Reynolds, Spring 2011, Issue 13.
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Grafik
Fontbook
2011, Issue 189, Volume 1.
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Twin Cities Metro
Letter Heads: Type Design in the Twin Cities
Article by Chris Clayton, February 2011, Issue 6, Volume 5.
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Eye
Article by Deborah Littlejohn, Spring 2009, Issue 71, Volume 18.
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Nylon
Country’s Finest
Article by Luke Crisell, Samantha Giliwicz, et al., November 2008.
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STEP
Typographic Dichotomy: Young Designers – Mature Skills
Article by Allan Haley, January/February 2008, Volume 24, Number 1.
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Task Newsletter
Interview with Eric Olson
Interview by Emmet Byrne, Number 1, Winter 2007.
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Typo
Typo.Education
Introduction by Filip Blažek, December 2007.
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CAP&Design
Få Utbildningar I Bokstavens Konst
Article by Jonas Mattsson, November 2007, Volume 49, Number 9.
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Eye
Practise and Process
Article by Deborah Littlejohn, Winter 2006, Issue 62, Volume 16.
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Twin Cities Metro
Be Here Now
September 2006, Volume 1, Number 1.
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Metropolis
Home Renovations
Article by Nancy Nowacek, May 2006.
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Graphic Exchange
New Plastic Weapons
Article by Nick Shinn, January/February 2004.
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STEP
The STEP Field Guide to Emerging Design Talent 2004
Article by Alice Tremlow featuring Eric Olson. January/February 2004, Volume 20, Number 1.
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étapes
Police Municipale
Article by Stéphane Darricau and Étienne Hervy. December 2003, Number 103.
Lectures and appearances
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AtypI Workshop
Nicole Dotin
Sid Lee, Montréal, Canada. 12 September 2017.
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TYPO Labs Workshop
Nicole Dotin
silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany. 7 April 2017.
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The Show ’n Tell Show
Nicole Dotin
Amsterdam Bar and Hall, Minneapolis, MN. 18 February 2012.
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College of Design Public Lecture
Up to and the Making of Elena
Nicole Dotin. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. 26 October 2011.
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Insights Design Lecture Series
Eric Olson and Nicole Dotin. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. 10 March 2009.
Exhibitions
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Walker Art Center
Graphic Design: Now in Production
Minneapolis, MN. 22 October 2011 – 22 January 2012. Traveling exhibition.