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Siggi Eggertsson

Icelandic graphic designer, illustrator and type designer, b. 1984 in Akureyri, a small town on the north coast of Iceland. He graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in Reykjavík in 2006. He now lives in London and/or Berlin. Old URL. His creations:

• Bútasaumsletur (2005): a typeface inspired by patchwork quilts. Each letter is a block, and when you write a text with it, the blocks connect to each other, so in the end you have some kind of a digital quilt.
• Skuggasveinn (2006-2007): a 3d-folded paper style typeface made in collaboration with Gunnar Vilhjalmsson.
• Grasrot (2005): Headline typeface for the catalogue of Grasrot, an exhibition held in Reykjavik, showcasing young and upcoming Icelandic artists. Done in collaboration with Gunnar Vilhjalmsson.
• Pulsa (2005): a hot-dog themed typeface.
• Tundurdufl: Based on German poster grotesks, ca. 1900, and constructed according to a special grid.
• Times New Siggi: a wiggly version of Times Roman.
• With Sveinn Daviðsson, he made several typefaces such as Reinhardt, Ultima Thule, and Russibani (organic).
• Typojanchi (2015) is an amoebic typeface.

A nice quote by him: Designing a proper typeface is a difficult and boring process. When you've sketched down your main ideas, there is not much room for creativity, it just becomes hard labor, a bit like doing the dishes.

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