Kris Sowersby: There to There, Live
Kris Sowersby: There to There, Live
Kris Sowersby left Whanganui School of Design to find no jobs, so he started a design business with a friend: no money, no clients, no experience. In 2005 he reversed “milk” in his sketchbook and founded Klim Type Foundry, now known worldwide for typefaces like National and Financier. In this live recording of There to There, Stephen McCarthy asks how a largely self-taught designer from Hastings built a global type foundry from Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, and what the path actually looked like.
Speakers
Stephen McCarthy
Stephen founded McCarthy (now March) in Ōtautahi creating brand, campaign and behaviour change work through the earthquakes and beyond. He created www.theretothere.co.nz to uncover the untold stories of Aotearoa designers and their journey (luck, wins, fails, craft, and the hustle). He is currently creative director at Kathmandu.
Stephen founded McCarthy (now March) in Ōtautahi creating brand, campaign and behaviour change work through the earthquakes and beyond. He created www.theretothere.co.nz to uncover the untold stories of Aotearoa designers and their journey (luck, wins, fails, craft, and the hustle). He is currently creative director at Kathmandu.
Kris Sowersby
Founder of Klim Type Foundry in 2005 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His typefaces include National, Financier, Domaine and Untitled Sans, alongside custom fonts for the Financial Times, PayPal and National Geographic. A member of Alliance Graphique Internationale, he received the John Britten Black Pin in 2015 and was named an Arts Foundation Laureate in 2019.
Founder of Klim Type Foundry in 2005 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His typefaces include National, Financier, Domaine and Untitled Sans, alongside custom fonts for the Financial Times, PayPal and National Geographic. A member of Alliance Graphique Internationale, he received the John Britten Black Pin in 2015 and was named an Arts Foundation Laureate in 2019.
Monday 8 March 2027
8:40pm – 9:00pm
Shed 10, Queen’s Wharf, 89 Quay Street, Auckland
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Local Design Conference ticket holders.
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