Today we we're given the pleasure of a lecture from the well-known type designer and calligraphic artist, Sebastien Lester. Lester gave us an insight on his life growing up and discussed how he got involved in the industry and how he got to where he is today.
Lester has worked with a whole range of huge brands such as The Rolling Stones Magazine, Intel, Waitrose, The Daily Telegraph, British Airways, Barclays, H & M, Ariel, The Labour Party, the list goes on and on.
Lester discussed how as soon as he picked up a pen and began designing his first type he has never lost his passion and any second of the day he has spare he will be working on his projects. A lot of his inspiration came from his personal interests such as BMX'ing and sci-fi, as well as the famous Neville Brody. As well as working on his type design he also began to teach himself motion graphics and animation, in order to give him the ability to bring life into his designs and experiment with moving type.
HAMBURGE - Typeface used by British Airways
NEO SANS - Extremely popular typeface used throughout many big brands including the Labour Party and Ariel.
SOHO - Seen throughout GQ branding and the New Scientist.
Iconic design for Penguin Books
More recent calligraphic work
Lester mainly works now on more detailed letter forms and gives them his personal, contemporary twist.
The talk its self was very inspiring and would have given even those without an interest in design, the urge to sit and experiment with calligraphy and start experimenting in typography.
Typography has more recently become an interest of mine so the talk was extremely informing and inspiring and certainly gave me a lot more motivation.
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