Aimur Takk and Andree Paat design typefaces using digital tools, heavily influenced by their collection of Soviet-era and antique printed materials. Based in Tallinn, they focus on translating local design heritage and unique qualities of neglected type into contemporary forms. The designers embrace imperfections, exploring approaches that prioritize mistakes and limitations over perfection. They experiment with various physical production methods, seeking ideas that might elude streamlined digital workflows. Their goal is to create letterforms that evoke tension, vulnerability, and a sense of oddness, exemplified in their typeface Juunior.
Aimur Takk and Andree Paat maintain an ever-growing collection of Soviet-era and antique printed ephemera, using it as a source of inspiration for their typefaces.
Their interest encompasses neglected local design heritage and hidden corners of the global canon, translating the unique qualities of these elements into contemporary digital tools.
The studio focuses on exploring the lessons type design can learn from mistakes and limitations rather than pursuing overly polished typographic solutions.
Their practice involves experimenting with physical production methods to uncover ideas that streamlined digital workflows might overlook, aiming to create letterforms that evoke a sense of tension or vulnerability.
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