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