Off-Script with Design Legend - Erik Spiekermann

​What makes a typeface endure?

​Erik Spiekermann is one of the most influential typographers of our time. An information architect whose work has shaped how the world reads, navigates, and understands visual language at scale.

​Founder of MetaDesign and FontShop, creator of classic typefaces, and designer of identity systems for global brands including Audi, Bosch, Volkswagen, and Deutsche Bahn, Erik has spent decades building the structures behind communication - from corporate systems to public transport networks.

​But type, for Erik, has never been styling. It’s infrastructure. It’s responsibility. It’s judgement.

​Expect context, conviction, and stories from a career that has defined modern visual communication - and continues to question it. If language, systems, and visual meaning are your thing, this one’s worth your time.