Erik Spiekermann – art historian, printer, typedesigner (Meta, Officina, Unit, Info, Fira, Real, et al) information architect, author. Founder MetaDesign ’79, FontShop ’89. Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Britain 2007. TDC Medal & National German Lifetime Achievement Award 2011, etc. Now supervisory board of Edenspiekermann Berlin, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Los Angeles. Lives in Berlin, London & San Francisco. A book about his life and work “Hello I am Erik” was published by Gestalten Verlag in 2014. He now runs galerie p98a, an experimental letterpress workshop in Berlin.