Press

Ilya Ruderman of type.today did an extensive interview with Christian about contemporary ideas in type design, how to relate to type history, and so-called celebrity status. Link inside,

Commercial Type was featured in the latest issue of hiut, a small-format magazine on typography and type design pulished in Seoul, South Korea. The issue also featured an in-depth review of Atlas Grotesk and Atlas Typewriter, notable because it's the first non-Hangul typeface they have reviewed.

Paul Barnes has been interviewed by the nice people at Typecache, a new online compendium of type news and information.

Marian is the subject of a new book from Ypsilon.éditeur in France. Written by Paul Barnes and translated into French by Sébastien Morlighem, this book is the first title in the publisher's new series, 1|1, in the "Bibliothèque typographique" collection. The book is 56 pages long, features Paul's essay in both English and French, is printed in 2 colors, and is profusely illustrated.

Editor in chief John Walters and creative director Simon Esterson sat down with Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz in London in November for a wide-ranging interview to be published in Eye magazine issue 82, winter 2012.

Angelynn Grant's interview with Commercial Type founders Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz is featured in the March/April 2012 issue of Communication Arts magazine.

Berton Hasebe was chosen as one of Print's New Visual Artists this year, also known as the "20 Under 30".

Christian and Paul were interviewed by Sébastien Morlighem for the inaugural issue of Codex a new journal on typography from John Boardley, the man behind I Love Typography and designed by our friends at Working Format.

A short article on Commercial Type was featured in the February 2010 issue of UK design magazine Creative Review.

An interview with Christian Schwartz appears in the January 2010 issue of Wallpaper* magazine's Thailand edition. Interviews with Schwartz will also appear in upcoming issues of Thai design magazines art4D and Computer Arts.