About
About Peter
Born in Czechoslovakia, lives in the Netherlands; worked at Studio Dumbar, before started a design studio in The Hague, Netherlands, where he works in the field of editorial, graphic and type design, combined with part time teaching at the Royal Academy of Arts in the Hague; in 1999 started Typotheque type foundry, in 2000 founded, edited and designed art & design journal DOT DOT DOT; in 2009 co-founded Indian Type Foundry, now writing for various design related magazines; and collaborating on creation of modern dance performances.
Press
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Leidenschaft und Tiefgang
Deutscher Drucker, , 2017 -
Ethics for Design
An interactive documentary film, 2017 -
Časopis uznávaného slovenského grafika vydá číslo o Bhutáne
Veľvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v Dillí, 2016 -
Kroz izdavaštvo želim približiti dizajn široj javnosti
Dizajn.hr, 2016 -
Des trucs qui fonctionnent
Azimuts n°44, 2016 -
Diskusia o dizajne nemá byť elitárska
Stratégie, 2016 -
Conversation with Peter Bilak
LetterSeed 13: Technology and Typography, Seoul, Korea, 2016 -
Dizajnér Biľak: Aj vyjadriť zložité myšlienky jednoducho je práca
SME, 2016 -
Peter Biľak: Tvorba písma si vyžaduje samoštúdium
Pravda, 2016 -
Culture visuel: Works That Work
étapes, 2015 -
Creativiteit behoort niet exclusief tot het domain van de designer
DUDE, dutch designers magazine, 2015 -
Wiosna, lato, jesień, zima
2+3D, 2014 -
SLOVÁK, KTORÝ TVORÍ PÍSMO PRE CELÝ SVET
Rádio Expres, 2014 -
Continuity is Key
desktop, the culture of design, 2014 -
Peter Bilak (An extensive 14 page article on various aspect of Peter's work)
Computer Arts, Typography Collection, 2013 -
Revista ‘Works that work’ celebra a popularização do design
O Globo (Rio de Janeiro), 2013 -
Entrevista com o designer de tipos Peter Biľak
Época (São Paulo), 2013 -
Variety is the spice of type. Peter Bilak & Typotheque
Communication Arts, 2013 -
Game Changers | Peter Bilak
Metropolis Magazine, 2012 -
What is the meaning of life. An interview with Peter Biľak / Qual è il significato della vita. Intervista a Peter Biľak
AiapZine, 2012 -
Gutenberg digitálnej éry
Profit, 2012 -
A World of possibilities in a typographic super tool
Novum, 2012 -
Písmo funguje ako ľudský hlas
Trend, 2012 -
Ako sa robí dizajn pre tanec
E-Trend, 2011 -
Slovakian saviour for regional languages
The Times of India, 2011 -
Designing for India
Bangalore Mirror, 2011 -
Making friends with fonts
The New Indian Express, 2011 -
Writing the Script
Print, 2011 -
Typografia eksperymentalna, cokolwiek to znaczy
Widzieć: Wybór najważniejszych tekstów o dizajnie, 2011 -
I am not interested in making fonts and putting them in a drawer, I want them to be used.
Slanted , 2011 -
Slovák, čo vymyslel písmo pre Ala Gora
Hospodárske noviny / The Economist Daily, 2010 -
Reputations: Peter Bilak
Eye, The International review of Graphic Design, 2010 -
Singulier, Plurier
Etapes, 2009 -
Wir kreativ dürfen Typografen sein?
Deutscher Drucker, 2008 -
Social Energy of Design
360° Design, 2008 -
Making History
Page, 2008 -
Noviny potrebuju specialne pismo
SME, 2007 -
Fish out of Water
Task, 2007 -
Letter Perfect
Dwell, 2007 -
L'innovazione della grafica in Olanda
Abitare, 2007 -
Peter Bilak, The Dutch Harvest
[KAK) Graphic design magazine, 2007 -
Eight views on Dutch design education
University of Applied Sciences Mainz, 2007 -
Een letterontwerper bedenkt dansvoorstellingen
addmagazine.be (Magazine about print & other media), 2006 -
Peter Bilak
+81 (Creators on the line), 2006 -
Triangular interview with Dot Dot Dot
Idea magazine, 2006 -
Nove Typo: Peter Bilak
dolce vita, 2005 -
Kunsti Lastekodu (interview with Peter Bilak & Stuart Bailey)
Eesti Ekspressi: Areen, 2005 -
Typografische Weltreise
Value (Das Maagzine für Medienproduktion unde Unternehmenskommunikation), 2005 -
Peter Bilak, Disain peab disaineri enesetundele hästi möjuma
Kunt.ee, estonian quarterly of art and visual culture, 2004 -
Interview with Peter Bilak
Emigre, 2004 -
Fedra
IDEA, International graphic art and typography, 2004 -
Disain peab disaineri enesetundele hästi mõjuma (interviw with PB)
kunst.ee (estonian quarterly of art and visual culture), 2004 -
Rising type stars
Step (inside design), 2004 -
New Visual Artist Review: Letters of Inquiry, work of Peter Bilak
Print, America's Graphic Design Magazine, 2003 -
Funs Font: Peter Bilak
XFUNSs, Creative & Design Magazine, Taiwan, 2003 -
Police municipale
érapes (graphisme, design, image, création), 2003 -
Peter Bilak: The Patron of Free-spirited Design from Eastern Europe
Design, 2002 -
Die Spannende Geschichte der Fedra
Novum, World of Graphic Design, 2002 -
Peter Bilak
grif graf, occasional journal for information design and culture, 2001 -
Lettera: Peter Bilak - il grafico come mediatore
Abitare, 2000 -
Peter Bilak, functionele lichtheid en geëngageerd ontwerp
Items, Design / Visuele communicatie, 2000 -
Forty Designer Under Thirty: Man of Letters
I.D., The International Design magazine, 2000 -
Ilegibilidad en el diseño tipográfico moderno
Matiz, gráfico de diseño internacional, 1998
Talks & Lectures
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The Best Thing About Design
Designers tend to choose a narrow specialisation as it increases their chance of professional recognition. Peter Biľak will argue that design is at its best when it is applied s broadly as possible, showing his work with film, dance, and product design.
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AGI Open 2017
A lecture about the role of designer at the AGI Open conference in Paris
Lecture, 2017 -
Language, Culture, Typography
ULTRAFETT Typography Festival 2017in Bielefeld organised by the Fachhochschule Bielefeld
Lecture, 2017 -
It is About Time
Peter Bilak speaks about time dimensions in various disciplines, presenting for the first time the type project for the Grand Paris.
Type Paris 16, 2016 -
Design is Not What You Think It Is
DocEng '16 Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering
keynote, 2016 -
TEDx talk
A short presentation at the TEDxTrencin
Fonts, Letters, Languages, 2014 -
A Design-guided Culture
A lecture by Peter Bilak at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, organised by AIGA.
lecture, 2014 -
Precisamos de novas fontes?
Tipogracia 10, São Paulo Discussing approaching to designing new typefaces.
Lecture, 2013 -
Lançamento da revista Works That Work, Rio de Janeiro
Launch and presentation of Works That Work magazine in Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro
Presentation, 2013 -
Indic Language Typography for Print and Screen media
Society for News Design, New Delhi
lecture, 2012 -
Type Systems
Lecture at the Tag der Schrift symposium in Zurich
Lecture, Zurich, Switzeland, 2012 -
Qual è il significato della vita
Lecture at the ISIA Urbino
Lecture and workshop, 2012 -
It's About Time
Sofia Design Week, 2012
lecture, 2012 -
Non-Latin type
Babel Symposium Hfg Offenbach
lecture, 2012 -
Designing Type Systems
Tag der Schrift conference, Zürich
lecture, 2012 -
Language / Script / Type
Workshop at the MIT Institute of Design, Pune (India)
workshop, 2011 -
Peter Bilak, typography
Raffles Millennium International, Bangalore, India
lecture, 2011 -
Quasar 5
Annual design festival of MIT Institute of Design
Lecture, 2011 -
Possibilities of Typography
National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad, India
lecture, 2011 -
Shifts & Expanding possibilities of typography
Typo Berlin 2011
lecture, 2011 -
What constitutes a type family
ECAL, Lausanne
lecture, 2011 -
Expandiendo las posibilidades de la tipografía
letter2, Buenos Aires
lecture, 2011 -
Web typography
Grafill, Oslo
lecture, 2011 -
Gebruikte Letters
Bern, Typo Club
lecture, 2011 -
Conceptual typography?
A one-day conference, with six international speakers that illuminates the field of conceptual type.
lecture, 2010 -
Typography on the Web
next(con)text, Media Factory & Department of Media, Helsinki
lecture, 2010 -
Webfonts
Munich, 13 November 2010
Round table discussion, 2010 -
What is Typography?
AGI Day, Den Haag
lecture, 2010 -
Peter Bilak, selected projects
25 May, 2010, Split Art Academy, Croatia
lecture, 2010 -
Newspaper typography
Society of Newspaper Designers, Lisbon, 12 Nov 2009
lecture, 2009 -
Peter Bilak, selected projects
Brumen fundation, 26. Oct 2009, Ljubjana, Slovenia
lecture, 2009 -
Peter Bilak, selected projects
Vienna Design Week, 8 oct 2009
lecture, 2009 -
Dutch Graphic design
Hong Kong Design Centre, 6 Aug, 2009
lecture, 2009 -
History of History
CPH Typo 09, Mediehøjskolen, Copehagen, 16 Apr 2009
lecture, 2009 -
Language / Script / Type
VSVU, Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava
workshop, 2009 -
23. Forum Typografie
Typografie zwischen Ulm und Amsterdam, 2008 -
Typografie zwischen Ulm und Amsterdam
23. Forum Typografie, Hochschule für Künste Bremen
lecture, 2008 -
Peter Bilak, selected projects
A-Z 33, Typography Process Space Hasselt, Belgium, 20 May 2008
lecture, 2008 -
Quatro Grafici Olandesi
ISIA Urbino, Italy 7 Apr 2008
lecture & workshop, 2008 -
Typografiska Fredag
Royal Library of Sweden, Stockholm, 7 Mar 2008
lecture, 2008 -
Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design, Amiens
lecture, 2007 -
Peter Bilak, selected projects
Zürcher Hochschule der Kunsten, 1 Dec 2007
lecture, 2007 -
Peter Bilak, selected projects
Dutch Design, Vilnius 12 Oct 2007
lecture, 2007 -
Peter Bilak, selected projects
AGI congress Amsterdam, 27 Sep 2007
lecture, 2007 -
Arabic type
Khatt symposium Amsterdam, 24 Aug 2007
lecture, 2007 -
Kyoorious Design Conference, Goa, India
lecture, 2006 -
Rencontres de Lure, Lurs
lecture, 2006 -
Tag der Typografie
Zurich, 25 Nov 2006
lecture, 2006 -
Peter Bilak, selected projects
DesigYatra conference Goa, India, Sept 2006
lecture, 2006 -
Helden Avond
Off%Corso 7 Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam
DIscussion, 2005 -
Biographies Workshop
Eesti kunstacademi, Tallinn, Estonia (March 2005)
Week long editorial workshop, 2005 -
Designing History & Criticism
AIGA, National Design Conference 2001, Washington DC
Discussion, 2001
Exhibitions
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Typo en Mouvement
Le lieu du design, Paris,2015 -
Memory Palace
Victoria & Albert Museum, London,2013 -
Call for Type. Neue Schriften.
Gutenberg Museum, Mainz,2013 -
All Possible Futures
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco,2013 -
Bewegte Schrift / Type in Motion
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich,2011 -
Connecting Concepts
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India,2011 -
van Grote waarde – iconen van de post
De Affiche Galerij (Poster Gallery), The Hague,2011 -
Cartografias do Processo
Lisbon, Palácio Quintela,2011 -
Deep Surface: Contemporary Ornament and Pattern
CAM Raleigh,2011 -
Graphic Design: Now in Production
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,2011 -
Open Projects
21e Festival international de l'affiche et du graphisme de Chaumont,2010 -
InLoop/EnTry: Peter Bilak & Lukáš Timulak
Stroom Den Haag,2010 -
Quick Quick Slow
Experimenta Lisbon,2009 -
Freedom and Order, Quattro Grafici Olandesi
ISEA Urbino, Italy,2008 -
Doubles Pages
Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève,2008 -
Multiverso
Torino,2008 -
Schrift in Form
Klingspor-Museums Offenbach,2008 -
Experiment and Typography
Brno, Prague, The Hague, Bratislava, Warsaw, Ljubljana, Budapest,2006 -
Communicate: British Independent Graphic Design since the Sixties
Barbican Art Gallery, London,2006 -
Work from Mars
in 2006 -
The Future's bright
VIVID Design Rotterdam, NL,2005 -
Czech and Slovak Poster Art 1993-2003
Poster Museum Aarhus, Denmark,2003 -
postscript, Zur Form van Schrift heute
Vienna, Austria,2002 -
Reading in Motion
34th Zagreb Salon, Croatia,1999