François Morel was born in 1974 in Paris. After studying fine arts and art history, he started a “self made” graphic designer career in 1997. Since then he has been mainly working for the music industry (Virgin Music, Universal Music, Emi Music…) designing record artworks, logos, etc. Since his teenage years doing illegal graffiti to the mid 90s when he started to spread visual propositions represented by words and statements in the urban space (posters, stickers, stencil…), his interest for type and lettering never stopped to grow.
Definitely obsessed by sign painting since his childhood, he collect old books and documents about this lost art. Later he learnt the techniques to become a full time sign painter. Finding the right balance between the use of the “hand made” traditional techniques and nowdays computerized world is an everyday challenge François likes to struggle with.
The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 4 June and ends 12 July 2024.
Our summer programme is in English and covers typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and software practices. Every kind of design professional can learn about type design in a relatively short amount of time.
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Join us on 1 June 2024 to listen to international speakers representing various spheres of the world of typography and design.
Don’t wait to register to Now24 conference (in English) that brings together typography and design enthusiasts. We seek to explain how typography has a visible impact on the world around us.
Come to Paris for the 1 June 2024 to listen a mix of inspiring speakers (which will be announced in 2024) evoking topics as broad as graphic design, web design, motion design, publishing, visual identity, communication and type design.