Henrik Kubel, UK (2007)
Henrik Kubel is partner in London based design and typography office A2/SW/HK + A2-TYPE. He recently designed fonts for Paul Davis, The Independent Newspaper, Aperture magazine, Android, Airbnb, Expedia, Moscow...
Read full biographyHenrik Kubel is partner in London based design and typography office A2/SW/HK + A2-TYPE. He recently designed fonts for Paul Davis, The Independent Newspaper, Aperture magazine, Android, Airbnb, Expedia, Moscow Metro and the New York Times Magazine. He used to teach at the Royal College of Art in London. Kubel (A2/SW/HK + A2-TYPE) has received multiple industry awards over the years, most recently a D&AD Yellow Pencil 2014, Tokyo Type Directors Club Type Award 2015 and a Typeface award from TDC in New York 2015. Kubel was awarded the 3-year working grant from The Danish Arts Foundation in 2009. In February 2015 he was awarded the prestigious Knud V Engelhardt Award from The Danish Museum of Art & Design.
Publications
New Perspectives in Typography
(2015)
- Scott Williams,
- Henrik Kubel
Laurence King Publishing
Exhibitions
ZHDK Museum Für Gestaltung
Designmuseum Danmark
Education
Visiting lecturer, Staff
- Postgraduate
2007 – 2015
- Royal College of Art (England)
Visiting lecturer, Staff
- Undergraduate
2000 – 2005
- Bath University College of Art & Design (England)
External examiner
- Postgraduate
2014 – 2018
- The Danish Agency for Higher Education (Denmark)
External examiner for assessments at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, The Kolding School of Design and the Aarhus School of Architecture.
Lectures
A2-TYPE
(2015)
- Type@Paris, France
A2-TYPE
(2015)
- Tokyo Type DIrectors Club, Japan
Ideas on Design
(2015)
- Ideas on Design, Australia
KVE AWARD
(2015)
- Designmuseum Danmark, Denmark
Invisible Design, Transport Alphabet, New Transport
(2015)
- Sheffield Design Week, England
A2/SW/HK + A2-TYPE
(2013)
- AGI OPEN, Brazil
Work
(2013)
- Typo Berlin, Germany
A2/SW/HK POSTERS
(2013)
- Poster workshop/conference, Royal College of Art, England
Type Tuesday
(2013)
- St Bride Library, England
New Transport
(2013)
- ATypI, Holland
New Transport + The Independent Newspaper
(2013)
- TDC NYC, USA
New Work, New Fonts
(2013)
- School of Visual Arts, USA
Work
(2012)
- Typo London, England
Wicked problems in Type Design
(2012)
- Cooper-Hewitt, USA
Inspiration
(2012)
- The Typographic Circle, England
I DRAW TYPE FOR CIRCA 98% OF OUR PROJECTS
(2012)
- Bath School of Art & Design, England
A2/SW/HK — 5 projects in 20 minutes
(2011)
- AGI OPEN, Barcelona, Spain
Typography from London
(2011)
- Syndicom Gewerkschaft Medien und Kommunikation Conference, Switzerland
New Rail Alphabet
(2011)
- ATypI, Dublin, Ireland
420 X 594 URBINO
(2011)
- ISIA, Urbino, Italy
420 X 594
(2011)
- School of Architecture, Department of Design., Denmark
420 X 594 NINGBO
(2011)
- igdb 9, Ningbo Museum of Modern Art, China
A2/SW/HK Zurich 2010
(2010)
- Zurich, University of The Arts, Switzerland
A2/SW/HK + A2-TYPE
(2010)
- Typographic Circle, Pentagram, England
Revivals: New Rail Alphabet
(2009)
- St Bride Library, London, Revival Conference, England
A2/SW/HK Work from London
(2009)
- Naples Design Week conference, Italy
A2
(2008)
- Bath University College of Design, England
A2/SW/HK
(2008)
- AGI, Members Conference, Chicago, USA
A2/SW/HK
(2008)
- Buckinghamshire University College, England
Work from London
(2008)
- China Academy of Fine Art, CAFA, China
A2/SW/HK
(2008)
- Type Directors Club New York, USA
Type Talk
(2008)
- Type Talk, Royal College of Art, England
A2/SW/HK
(2007)
- Tongji University, China
A2/SW/HK
(2007)
- ADG FAD, Barcelona, Spain
A2/SW/HK
(2007)
- Kolding Design School, Craft and Design Biennial, Denmark
A2/SW/HK
(2006)
- Denmark's Design School, Denmark
Agencies
A2/SW/HK
2000 – present
www.a2swhk.co.uk
A2-TYPE
2010 – present
www.a2-type.co.uk