Yellow
Typeface Design | Design History | Basel School of Design | Workshop
What it is:
In the summer of 2022, I spent a week at the Basel School of Design, studying typography under a former collaborator of Wolfgang Weingart, Philipp Stamm. The workshop focused on the foundations of type design: form, structure, and variation. It was intense in all the best ways. Each student chose a single word (a color) to develop. I chose yellow. I spent the week sketching, digitizing, and refining every letterform, exploring variations in weight and proportion.
What’s inside:
Sketches & Process
Letterform development from pencil to bezier curves, with notes and feedback from Prof. Stamm throughout.
Final Wordmark
The word yellow, designed with intention, practice, and a whole lot of nit-picky precision.
Variations
Explorations in weight and style, from thin to rounded to 3D, all branching from the same set of letters.
A Rare Visit
Photos and memories from an unexpected trip into Wolfgang Weingart’s personal archive (plus his very charming cat).
The materials provided:
The process:
The final version:
The variations:
A Visit to Weingart’s Home
Through a connection in the workshop, a small group of us were invited into the home of Wolfgang Weingart’s longtime partner. She welcomed us with warmth, shared stories, and opened up his personal archive—drawers full of original prints, proofs, and process work. We were each sent home with one-of-a-kind pieces from his collection. It was surreal, intimate, and completely unforgettable.
Also: he had a cat. She’s in the photos too. Obviously.
