Henrik Kubel, UK

AGI member since 2007

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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 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.

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    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...

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    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 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

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    New Perspectives in Typography

    (2015)

    • Scott Williams,
    • Henrik Kubel

    Laurence King Publishing

    Exhibitions

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    ZHDK Museum Für Gestaltung

    Designmuseum Danmark

    Education

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    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

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    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

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    Awards

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    www.a2swhk.co.uk (full list)
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