Mark De Winne

Typography 
Mentorship and Type Design Asia

17 September 2024 Share

Some of the more interesting typefaces are ones that are made in these places that carry the influence of where they're from.

September 17, 2024 — In this episode John Kudos chats with Mark De Winne, a Singaporean type designer and educator. They discussed the launch of Type Design Asia, a program dedicated to empower the rising type design communities in South East Asia through accessible education and mentorship.

Mark was the head of Relay Room, a design shop in Singapore, but found his way to the Type and Media program at the Royal Academy of Art (Netherlands) and Type@Cooper program at the Cooper Union in New York where he met his typography mentors catapulted his journey.

  • Introduction
  • Work-Life Harmony & Parenthood
  • The Flow State & Type Design Process
  • Mark’s Journey into Type Design

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