Dirk Wachowiak

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Dirk Wachowiak Stuttgart-based graphic designer (b. 1974). He studied Visual Communiaction at HFG Pforzheim and obtained a Masters of Fine Arts in Graphic Design at Yale University School of Art (2003-2005). In 2005 he taught type design at the State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart and in 2008 typography at the School of Design of Pforzheim University. His typefaces: At ACME in 2001: AF Diwa. At ACME in 2002: AF Generation A, AF Generation AZ, AF Generation AzA, AF Generation ZaZ, AF Generation Z. At ACME in 2008: AF Module Classic, AF Module Text, AF Module Pressure, AF Module Texture. At Indian Type Foundry in 2015: Weissenhof Grotesk. Codesigned with Steanie schawrz, this 8-style rounded almost-modular typeface family is characterized by a lower case g with its ear perked up. In 2020, Dirk Wachowiak and Stefanie Schwarz released Referenz Grotesk at Sudtipos. They write: Made in Germany, Referenz Grotesk is a typeface full of references referring to the type design history of Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. Its typographic history holds a broad spectrum of shapes and characters, including F.H. Ernst Schneidler (1882–1956), Imre Reiner (1900-1987), Walter Brudi (1907-1987), Kurt Weidemann (1922-2011) and Frank Heine (1964-2003). Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Dirk Wachowiak [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿