Ion Lucin — New York, USA

“In all of my typefaces, inspiration can come from anywhere. It can be something related, you can be inspired by another typeface, make something similar, better, or go into the totally opposite direction, or inspiration can come from something that doesn’t have anything to do with typography — a line on a building, a curve on a car; many times, motions tests I create end up created in animated typefaces. It’s about finding what I think looks interesting graphically, and converting it into a typeface.”

Ion Lucin believes in minimalist, rational design — “Simple, yet complicated; less, but better”.