Ed Fella's guest appearances

Ed Fella

Design Matters with Debbie Millman Archive: 2005-2009

Typeradio Podcast

Paula Scher

David Carson

Chip Kidd

Ellen Lupton

Stefan Sagmeister

Marian Bantjes

Jonathan Hoefler

Tobias Frere-Jones

Paul Sahre

Michael Bierut

Maira Kalman

Christoph Niemann

Paola Antonelli

John Maeda

Simon Garfield

OwlTail

We continue the interview with Ed Fella discussing the differences between art and design. Ed explains how we don’t have any problems with distinguishing art. But the general public does have a more difficult time telling the difference between a kind of ordinary conventional graphic design and stuff that’s special or that’s on a higher end. We wonder what Ed thinks about the 21st century graphic design, with a new global esthetic already emerging. We end this part talking on post-modernism versus modernism. In particular about his big debate with Massimo Vignelli back in the 1990s. Born and raised in Detroit we ask Ed about his feelings on the decline of the city. We also discuss the change in the usage of certain tools in the history of the profession, where we use more and more smart tools in stead of so called ‘dumb’ tools. Because Ed never used any digital means in his work, he feels he can’t compare a digital piece of work with an analog piece of work. We end the interview with Ed explaining why he would like to be a bodysnatcher… Recorded at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California.  Yestoday ::       Edâs Tumblr page ::       Trend List ::       CalArts ::       Ed at Walker Art Centre ::       Cranbrook ::       File Download (30:43 min / 56 MB)

We continue the interview with Ed Fella discussing the differences between art and design. Ed explains how we don’t have any problems with distinguishing art. But the general public does have a more difficult time telling the difference between a kind of ordinary conventional graphic design and stuff that’s special or that’s on a higher end. We wonder what Ed thinks about the 21st century graphic design, with a new global esthetic already emerging. We end this part talking on post-modernism versus modernism. In particular about his big debate with Massimo Vignelli back in the 1990s. Born and raised in Detroit we ask Ed about his feelings on the decline of the city. We also discuss the change in the usage of certain tools in the history of the profession, where we use more and more smart tools in stead of so called ‘dumb’ tools. Because Ed never used any digital means in his work, he feels he can’t compare a digital piece of work with an analog piece of work. We end the interview with Ed explaining why he would like to be a bodysnatcher… Recorded at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California.<ul> <li> <a href="http://edfella-yestoday.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yestoday</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://edfella.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edâs Tumblr page</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://trendlist.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trend List</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://calarts.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CalArts</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://www.walkerart.org/channel/2008/ed-fella" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ed at Walker Art Centre</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://cranbrookart.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cranbrook</a> :: </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/pod/Typeradio-Ed_Fella_2of2.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">File Download (30:43 min / 56 MB)</a>

Ed Fella 2/2

Edward Fella (1938) is an artist, graphic designer and educator whose work has had an important influence on contemporary typography. He practiced professionally as a commercial artist in Detroit for 30 years before receiving an MFA in Design from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1987. He has since devoted his time to teaching and his own unique self-published work. Since Ed already knew about our signature first question we’re curious about the answer he prepared for it. We also hear more about his family background, upbringing and education. Ed tells us how he started working at a commercial art studio at 18 years old. In 1985, after been in advertising for 30 years, Ed went to Cranbrook to get a master’s degree. We wonder if he thinks his work, if he would have taken the step earlier, would have developed in the same way? Recorded at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California.  Ed Fella ::        Letters on America ::        Ed at Emigre ::        Pushpin ::        video interview ::        File Download (29:25 min / 54 MB)

Edward Fella (1938) is an artist, graphic designer and educator whose work has had an important influence on contemporary typography. He practiced professionally as a commercial artist in Detroit for 30 years before receiving an MFA in Design from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1987. He has since devoted his time to teaching and his own unique self-published work. Since Ed already knew about our signature first question we’re curious about the answer he prepared for it. We also hear more about his family background, upbringing and education. Ed tells us how he started working at a commercial art studio at 18 years old. In 1985, after been in advertising for 30 years, Ed went to Cranbrook to get a master’s degree. We wonder if he thinks his work, if he would have taken the step earlier, would have developed in the same way? Recorded at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California.<ul> <li> <a href="http://www.edfella.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ed Fella</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://www.edfella.com/lib.php?dir=images/photographs/lettersonamerica/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Letters on America</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://www.emigre.com/Bios.php?d=15" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ed at Emigre</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://www.pushpininc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pushpin</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="http://vimeo.com/8868251" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">video interview</a> :: </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/pod/Typeradio-Ed_Fella_1of2.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">File Download (29:25 min / 54 MB)</a>

Ed Fella 1/2

Ed Fella is an artist, graphic designer and educator whose work has had a critical influence on contemporary typography in the United States and in Europe. 

Ed Fella is an artist, graphic designer and educator whose work has had a critical influence on contemporary typography in the United States and in Europe.