Erik Spiekermann is an information architect, type designer, author.
His typefaces FF Meta and ITC Officina are considered modern classics.
He founded MetaDesign in 1979 and FontShop in 1988). Erik has contributed to the design of brands like Audi, Bosch, VW, German Railways and Heidelberg Printing, among others. He has also developed information systems for Berlin Transit and Düsseldorf Airport, as well as publications like The Economist. He designed exclusive typefaces for corporations including Deutsche Bahn, Bosch, ZDF German TV, Cisco, Mozilla, Autodesk and Nokia.
Erik is Professor Emeritus from the University of the Arts, Berlin.

He is the founder of Edenspiekermann, Berlin, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Currently, he runs Hacking Gutenberg, an experimental letterpress workshop in Berlin.