Jöran’s Architectural Audio Tours #3
Jöran Mandik takes us on an architectural tour of the Horseshoe Estate, Bruno Taut’s famous example of 1920s/30s social housing.
Listen below. Jump to start time 12:10.
Secret cinema in the Amerika-Gedenk-Bibliothek
Jöran’s Architectural Audio Tours #2
Jöran Mandik takes us on an architectural audio tour of the Amerika-Gedenk Bibliothek, which has a few surprising secrets: there’s a one-person cinema for watching forbidden films, and a piano room where you can practice your scales.
Listen below. Start time: 23:40.
Akazienhof – Berlin’s world heritage houses
Recreating the U8 font
Have you ever paid attention to the lettering on the station signs on the U-Bahn?
We interview typographer Anton Koovit, who has created a font called U8 based on the U-Bahn station signage. As Anton discovered, the original font was created in the 1920s but was promptly forgotten, and the existing signs are rotting away without proper restoration.
He spent months creating a digital version of the U8 font to ensure it does not disappear entirely. During out extended interview, Anton shares some other interesting discoveries about the Berlin underground transport system.
You can see his font in action at www.korkork.com.