Announcing up.front 15th on May 10th 2011

[Jens Nikolaus]

Hej girls & boys,
We are happy to announce the next up.front meetup.

On May 10th 2011 we will feature Gearoid O'Rourke, Frederik Frede &
Tim Seifert, Stephen Coles and more.

* Gearoid O'Rourke about “Taking print design online”
Newspapers are dying. Print is dead. All hail the online revolution!
It has felled the inky beasts. Oh the confidence of teenagers.
Web design is a discipline in it's adolescence — the classic teenager;
all existential angst, bad fashion choices, mood swings and earnest
attempts at "cool". It has rightly rejected the mistakes, constraints
and pitfalls of "fuddy-duddy" print design, but has forgotten that
old-man print still has more than a few things to teach.
Gearóid spent his teenage years in the world of newspapers. As the
youngest designer at Ireland's oldest newspaper he learned print
design from the old hands. Teaching himself web design at the same
time, he became fascinated by the insights a grounding in print design
can offer to the web designer who is willing to listen. Gearóid will
explore these insights under 3 headings – process, philosophy and
practicalities.

Gearóid is an 24 year-old Irish guy who runs a one-man design studio
in London. He has worked as an editorial designer with the News of the
World, The Irish Times and the Sun. He welcomes our new online
overlords in "the cloud".

Links:
http://www.orourkedesign.com
http://twitter.com/orourkedesign

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* Frederik Frede & Tim Seifert about “Freunde von Freunden”
The online format Freunde von Freunden is a showcase project that
proofs how ideas can grow and develop through digital media, great
motivation and a strong network of friends and producers. Producing
for FvF is lots of fun in the first place and with the engagement of a
creative network became a fertile ground for great client projects and
new ideas in digital publishing.

Frederik Frede is an entrepreneur, consultant, award-winning creative
director and founder of the Designstudio and now Coffeebar NoMoreSleep
and online magazine and production company Freunde von Freunden.
Having studied digital communication on a master's degree Tim Seifert
finished his academic career with a thesis on networked and
collaborative digital journalism and is a co-founder and manager of
the magazine and production company Freunde von Freunden.

Links:
http://freundevonfreunden.de
http://twitter.com/FrederikFrede
http://twitter.com/timmiseifert

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* Stephen Coles about “Cure for the Common Font — A Web Designer’s
Introduction to Typeface Selection”
Now that web designers suddenly face the challenge (and delight) of
choosing fonts from an ever-growing selection, it’s a good time to
recommend some basic principles for making wise type choices.

Stephen is a writer and designer living in Oakland and Berlin. After
six years at FontShop San Francisco as a creative director, he now
publishes the websites Typographica, Fonts In Use, and The Mid-Century
Modernist. Stephen is also a regular contributor to Print magazine and
a member of the FontFont TypeBoard.

Links:
http://stephencoles.org
http://twitter.com/typographica

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There will be lightning talks by Karl Westin, Robb Böhnke, Johan
and more. Found out about a cool new tool or technology? Want to talk
about a case that fits into the web design or frontend category? Share
it with us. You are always welcome to take a slot for a lightning
talk. The location remains unchanged and is hosted by the co.up
co-working space (http://co-up.de) providing chairs and drinks for
cheap.
Spread the word, we are looking forward to see you.
—up.front.ug

In short: Date: May 10th, 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Location: co.up Coworking Space
Adalbertstraße 7
10999 Berlin
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