Ben Kiel - Irvin

Ben Kiel is a typeface designer, graphic designer, and educator. He runs Typefounding, a typeface design and production studio in Saint Louis, Missouri. Before starting Typefounding, he worked at House Industries where he worked as a typeface designer, director, and developer. At House, he worked as part of the team that developed the online Photo-Lettering service, shortlisted as a Design of the Year by the London Design Museum in 2012.

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Working with Wyatt Mitchell and Luke Shuman as part of the redesign of the New Yorker, we explored various options for the iconic Irvin typeface. Working from a concept put forward by Luke, two new weights were drawn for the magazine, ligatures and special characters were added, and the older digital version of Irvin was redrafted. This project was done for House Industries.
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