—What would you like to ask Donald Roos?

—1st of december 2011
—19.30h
—c/ Paradís, 5

1. martin

   http://twopoints.net/

   —What tastes better, sans-serif or serif?

2. David

   http://www.nagelprobe.com

   —Which question did you ever wanted to be asked?

Donald Roos (Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1978) studied Graphic & Typographic Design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. After graduation, he went on to study Culture & Media for a couple years at the University of Amsterdam. He worked as a designer at design studio Buro Petr van Blokland and he freelanced for several studios in Amsterdam.

In 2008, he started up his own studio Bureau.Donald, based in Amsterdam. Donald’s work varies from visual and interactive designs for complex websites to animations for music videos. His passion for letters and typography always shines through in his design work.

As a typographic entrepreneur, he also initiates his own projects: he runs an alternative font foundry called VetteLetters, he devised the typography portal Typebase.com and, with his brother Benz (a lighting designer) he has a blog called RoosBros. He also co-founded Triqle, a software company which developes a tool for digital program information (this software recently got a honorable mention at one of the biggest European event congresses).
In May 2011 Donald was presenting VetteLetters at the main stage of TypoBerlin, Europeans most important typography congress with an average number of 1.000 visitor per lecture.

Donald has been a teacher with several academies; the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam College and Fontys College. He currently teaches type design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. He teaches workshops in the area of font design and design for digital media at VIDE and at several academies across Europe.

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