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Mike Abbink (born 1967), also known as Michael Abbink, is a graphic designer who made multiple award-winning typefaces, including FF Kievit, FF Milo, GE Inspira, Brando, and the IBM Plex family.[1][2] He is also the co-founder of Method Inc.[2]
Biography
[edit]Mike Abbink was born in 1967. He has worked at multiple companies, such as Museum of Modern Art (as a creative director) and Apple Inc. (as a design director).[2]
In 1996, Mike started his career at MetaDesign.[1] He co-founded his company, Method, Inc. in 1999.[2]
In 2000, Mike created FF Kievit, a humanist sans-serif typeface with six weights (later extended to nine weights). This font won an award at ISTD 2001.[2][3]
In 2000, Mike began work on FF Milo, also a humanist sans-serif typeface. It was published by FontFont in 2006. A serif variant, FF Milo Serif, was created himself in 2009.[2]
Mike collaborated with Paul van der Laan to create FF Kievit Slab and FF Milo Slab. These slab serif variants are published in 2013 and 2014 respectively.[2]
In 2013-14, Mike designed GE Inspira in partnership with Wolff Olins for General Electric, which the typeface has won a certificate at Type Directors Club in 2014.[4]
In 2014, Mike created Brando, a humanist serif typeface. It won a Judge’s Choice Type Directors Club Certificate of Typographic Excellence a year later.[5] He also designed a sans-serif variant, Brando Sans, in 2016.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Info". Mike Abbink. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Michael Abbink". luc.devroye.org. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "type invaders fonts | FF Kievit Cyrillic and Greek". www.type-invaders.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "GE Inspira Sans and Serif". boldmonday.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "Brando". boldmonday.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.