Nigel Cottier

Three shorts (denim shorts surely 🙂) for @hiutdenim Featuring @hazel_townsend @robert_suthers and makers from the team at the Hiut factory, Aberteifi. Design, art direction and production – @neue_miller @process.pattern @jensturrock @pentagramdesign DoP and edit – @catgarciastudio Music – @carlosgarciav Senior stylist – @thealewisyates On-set stylist – @iamalvaromerino Make-up – @anastasiaborovik_ Hair – @formmania

For @hiutdenim on the launch of their new line of jeans. Featuring @hazel_townsend @robert_suthers and makers from the team at the Hiut factory, Aberteifi. Design, art direction and production – @neue_miller @process.pattern @jensturrock @pentagramdesign DoP and edit – @catgarciastudio Music – @carlosgarciav Senior stylist – @thealewisyates On-set stylist – @iamalvaromerino Make-up – @anastasiaborovik_ Hair – @formmania And big thanks to @jmellis_ @andrewdmoores Quin and Johann @hiutdenim

Extracts from Alphabetical Playground. Recontextualised. A set of alphabets that draw freely from a range of historic scripts such as Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopic, Greek, Hebrew, Hiragana, Javanese, Katakana, Malayalam, Runic, Tamil, Thai and Tibetan. Every character, symbol and sign is a re-appropriation of an original source glyph, offering a new perspective on familiar writing systems. Recontextualised explores how changing the cultural context of letterforms can reshape their relationships and meanings.

TypoCircle book club - typography talk in London💌 #graphicdesign #typography #designtalks #london

TONIGHT! There’s a few remaining tickets for our TypoCircle Book Club. You’ll get one of these collectible posters too designed by @a2_type Tickets available via our Eventbrite page

I will be speaking at @typocircle this Thursday at the St Bride Foundation alongside a group of esteemed colleagues (@a2_type l, @richardardagh and @process.pattern ). It’s International Book Month and we will be talking about the editorial process and insider info around the publications ‘Type Archive’, ‘Citizen First, Designer Second’, ‘Margaret Calvert: Women at Work’ and ‘Alphabetical’. For those interested, tickets are available here: https://lnkd.in/eRWecW2c Complimentary drinks and networking from 6.30pm Seated talk starts at 7pm St Bride Foundation, London EC4Y 8EQ Gifted collector’s poster for each attendee! Poster design by @a2_type

This month we’re doing something different for our TypoCircle talk. We’ll be hosting our very own book club. Introducing @process.pattern who will be joining us on the evening. Nigel’s, Alphabetical Playground, explores a wide range of themes concerning expression in text. It presents a playful series of graphic experiments that investigate and manipulate the building blocks of language. Tickets available via our Eventbrite page, link in bio ☝️

Following the International Typographic Awards in 2024, the book is a 320-page full-colour celebration of excellence, the first of its kind in over ten years, designed alongside @neue_miller and @astridstavro . Showcasing all the successful professional entries from over 38 countries, in categories from print and identity to environmental graphics, motion, book design, type design, packaging, and more. Judged by an international panel of highly respected judges, with work spanning a wide range of expression with typography an integral part of the design. It offers insights into the judging process and the judges’ expertise, through comments relating to a selection of entries. With a foreword by ISTD President Astrid Stavro, the book is a snapshot of the design landscape and an inspiring sourcebook of typographic excellence.
 A limited number of the @istd.awards book are still available from istd.org.uk @istdworldwide Design and Art Direction: @neue_miller @astridstavro @_garethjones 
Print: @pureprintgroup 
Typography: Styrene A, Lyon Text @commercialtype 
Paper & Materials: @gfsmithpapers @foilcoltd Photography: @peterguenzel @tomcarterldn

TypoCircle Presents: Book Club! Rejane, Richard, Nigel and Henrik in conversation Join us this month to celebrate World Book Month as we curate our own TypoCircle Book Club! The latest design books and the people who made them... a panel discussion on all things designing (and writing) for editorial design. We’ve invited @rejanedalbello , @richardardagh , Henrik Kubel @a2_type and @process.pattern as our stellar line up Tickets on sale now! Join us for a lively evening full of design and type loveliness...

Extracts from Alphabetical Playground. Cursive. A geometric response to traditional cursive handwriting, Cursive explores scripts in which each letter is formed using a single, continuous stroke, allowing for extensive variations in complexity and structure. Each Cursive alphabet interprets this constraint differently, demonstrating the diverse possibilities within the cursive framework. The unifying rule throughout is that each letter must be drawn with a single unbroken line which must also connect it to the next letter.

Extracts from Alphabetical Playground. Matrix and Neo-Matrix. Matrix Inspired by conventional dot matrix technologies, Matrix explores three distinct typographic systems that vary in linguistic fidelity. Instead of using traditional dots, each system’s characters are constructed from unique geometric components. While they draw from functional matrix-based typography, these designs prioritise the interactions between the individual subcomponents of letterforms and their adjacent characters. By also eliminating spacing between glyphs, emphasis shifts away from conventional legibility and towards the abstraction of intricate patterns. Neo-Matrix A development of the Matrix system, Neo-Matrix features a set of alphabetic forms built from geometric shapes. These units exceed the limits of the original matrix system. Where shapes overlap or merge, they generate to new configurations and geometric relationships. The points of connection between units are emphasised, becoming key visual and structural features of the type, giving visual cohesion to the overall design.