Albert Pinggera comes from Southern Tyrol, the German-speaking region in northern Italy. Realizing that the letters interested him more than the medium, he apprenticed to the typesetting and graphic design department of a newspaper in Bolzano. In 1993 he went to Munich where he worked with Gert Wiescher, and a year later he moved on to MetaDesign in Berlin to assist Luc(as) de Groot in the type department. In 1995 Albert moved to The Hague for the postgraduate course in type design and typography at the Royal Academy of Art. After graduating cum laude in 1997 he returned to Italy, to the...
Susanna Dulkinys holds a BFA in Visual Communications and, after running her own studio, Dulkinys Booz Associates, left her native Chicago for San Francisco to work as creative director of Wired Magazine’s book publishing division, Wired Books. In 2001, Susanna was hired by Goodby, Silverstein and Partners to build its interactive/web creative department. That same year, Susanna worked with singer Youssou N’Dour to establish a brand for Joko, an internet training, access, and content development initiative aimed at empowering African youth. Her magazine and print work has continued with...