My teachers and influencers

My type design studies have allowed me to learn from many of my design hero's. They've had a big influence on my life and I thought it would be nice to mention them here.

Sumner Stone (Stone Type Foundry) www.stonetypefoundry.com
Sara Soskolne (Hoefler & Freer-Jones) www.typography.com
Peter Bil'ak (Typotheque) www.typotheque.com
Erik van Blokland (Letterror) www.letterror.com
Peter Verheul www.farhill.nl
Paul van der Laan (Bold Monday) www.boldmonday.com
Françoise Berserik
Jan Willem Stass (KABK)
Just van Rossum (Letterror)  www.letterror.com
Christoph Noordzij www.teff.nl
Petr van Blokland www.petr.com
Jo De Baerdemaeker www.typojo.com

Type]Media 2012/13 The Hague, Netherlands

I'm very excited to announce I will be attending the Type]Media MA program at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in the Netherlands starting in September 2012 finishing mid 2013. I will be making posts here and via twitter @7roy on my progress and adventures.

2011 Create Design Awards Finalist

My typeface 'Habitat' created for the Brisbane City Laneways project with JOLT Studio has been nominated as a finalist in Typography category for the 2011 Create Design Awards.

Type@Cooper, New York

I'm very excited to have been accepted into the typeface design summer school at Cooper Union in New York in June. Checkout Type@Cooper here. Follow my tweets from NY @7roy

Study History

~ MA Typeface Design (Royal Academy of Art—The Hague, NL 2012/13)
~ Arabic Typeface Design Workshop (TDC, New York, USA 2012)

~ Typeface Design (Cooper Union—New York, USA 2011)

~ Typeface Design VCO3305 (Monash Uni—Melbourne, AU 2009)

~ Brand Strategy & Development (AdSchool—Brisbane, AU 2008)

~ Integrated Brand Management (AdSchool—Brisbane, AU 2007)

~ Copywriting (AdSchool—Brisbane, AU 2007)

~ Graphic Design & Advertising (CATC—Brisbane, AU 1994)