and thus how you act. An alien language transmitted to earth becomes, in a sense, an invasion. The idea is that once people decode it, the language will determine their thoughts, and they will think like the aliens. Is your font a world-conquering project? Would we all understand the world as seen from your studio if we incorporate it as our standard font?
JK: This potential change in relating to the world of objects through use of your font actually reminds me of another science fiction novel, The Embedding by Ian Watson. This takes as its starting point a forbidden linguist dream, isolating a group of children before they have developed any language. The children are exposed to a deeply layered but logical version English, test the relationship between logic, language andofthe world aiming throughtomonitoring the effects between logic, language and the world through effects on the children’s language, and ultimately on theirmonitoring relationshipthe with the on the children’s language, and ultimately on their relationship with world. It has to be said that, in the book, this does not end well, but is the world. It has to be said that in the book this does not end well, your font, in a sense, the language that you have developed through but is your font, in a sense, the language that you have developed being isolated in your studio? Are you actually attempting to bridge that through being isolated in your studio? Are you actually attempting to gap between language and yhe external world? world? bridge that gap between language and external
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JK: yes, there there may maybe besome sometruth truthtotothat. that. I wonder what font JK: Ha,ha, Ha,ha, yes, I wonder what font the the graphic designer will use for my questions. Do you think that graphic designer will use for my questions. Do you think that choice choice mightthe affect the interview? might affect interview? TS:
The objects that make up STUDIO FONT were exhibited at Farbvision, Berlin, 29 January – 13 February 2016. To help decode Tommy and Jakob’s conversation, download the key on PDF at tommystockel.net/STUDIOFONT.pdf The font is also free to download at tommystockel.net
JK: This potential change in relating to the world of objects through use of your font actually reminds me of another science fiction novel, The Embedding, by Ian Watson. This takes as its starting point a forbidden linguist dream, isolating a group of children before they have developed any language. The children are exposed to a deeply layered but logical version of English, aiming to test the relationship
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