While in New York myself and my friend Kat visited Coffee Cup Design Agency. This was our first portfolio visit in NYC and we were really looking forward to it! When we arrived at the studio we were greeted by Kenneth Funk, the designer at Coffee Cup Design. The studio itself was small with just Ken working there but the space was full of great design elements with posters on the walls and books full of fonts.
We firstly talked about Kens career and how the industry worked before designers had computers. It was really interesting to hear about how methods have changed, he described to us how printing has changed and how he used to have to cut out individual lettering rather than just mac-ing up a design and exporting it as a PDF.
After chatting we showed our portfolios and spoke about our time at university. Ken seemed impressed with our work and was very positive. He liked my editorial work, particularly the way I had used the orange strip of the identity to highlight other elements within the design. He was also impressed by the typography I had created for this. Once we had finished showing our portfolios he recommended some places to visit including the Type Designers Club, another design studio, Number 17 and the oldest pub in New York! I feel that overall the visit went well, it was a great experience to visit an american designer.
Since been back in the UK I have looked into the Type Designers Club as sadly we didn't have time while in NY. There are some great designs in the annuals! I have posted some fromTypography 29 below.
