Rob Stenson
A Font is a Percussion Instrument: Animating Letters with Sound, Animating Sound with Letters
This talk will focus on the relationship between type and music within film and video. Through case studies, Rob will present work that combines sound, typography, and variable fonts. He’ll also share some of the inspirations behind things he’s designed, like the work of the title designer Jean Fouchet and the artist Len Lye.
About Rob Stenson
Rob Stenson is a designer-musician based in Monrovia, California. After studying architectural history at Columbia University, Rob worked for a time as a programmer in San Francisco before starting Goodhertz, Inc., an audio software company, where he currently works on audio plugin interfaces, a programming library called Coldtype, and lots of videos that combine typography and music. Rob also plays clawhammer banjo, enjoys looking at buildings, and would love to talk to you about replacing your gas appliances with electric ones.
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