August 2008
Font. The Sourcebook
Teal Triggs asks Sibylle Hagmann in Great Women Typographers: Where are They? The interview, published in the book titled Font. The Sourcebook, is based on revisiting some of the issues which emerged from Linda Nochlin's original feminist essay which asked “where are all the women artists?”.
July 2008
Granshan 2008
The typeface family Odile won a grand prize in Latin Text awarded by the International Competition of Fonts, Granshan 2008, which was held in June 2008 on initiative of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia. The Granshan competition was initiated to celebrate the introduction of Armenian symbols into the existing Unicode range of Armenian symbols.
May 2008
EYE magazine, 67/spring issue
EYE magazine, 67/Spring issue 2008. Devoted to type, this issue included a multi-author type critique titled Lust and Likeability. Voices from opinionated and type informed writers were requested. The type family Odile was on the list of fonts to be scrutinized by Mark Thomson, Petra Cerne Oven, Deborah Littlejohn and Jan Middendorp. The font family was received positively, quoting Jan Middendorp: […] “Odile is a breath of fresh air.”
March 2008
Metropolis magazine, March issue 2008
Share Your Local Flavor! Metropolis magazine, March issue, 2008 focuses on local flavor-design work and initiatives inspired by specific urban surroundings. Sibylle Hagmann was invited to typographically interpret her current city of residence in a way that expresses its local flavor. Few conditions were attached to this project, except the use of typefaces which were personally created.
March 2008
IDEA magazine, Issue No. 327
IDEA magazine, March issue No. 327, 2008, included a reprint of the article Dwiggins Revisited Revisité by Sibylle Hagmann. This essay was originally published in Typographische Monatsblätter—Revue Suisse de l'Imprimerie—Swiss Typographic Magazine. The Japanese IDEA magazine republished the essay in a series of articles that focus on typeface and type design from past to present.
January 2008
TDC Tokyo Annual Book
TDC Tokyo Annual Awards 2008: The Odile typeface family was selected and included in the annual book Vol.19.