Speaker Kai Bernau

My name is Kai and I write my bio in the first person. In 2005, my wife Susana and I founded Atelier Carvalho Bernau in The Hague. We design reading experiences, from typeface to interface. We are, incredibly, still in business. In 2014, we also co-founded the collective Open Work, where we explored the subversion of design patterns, and participatory design. After 18 years in The Hague, we moved to Porto in 2021. I graduated from KABK‘s Type & Media before it was cool, and have designed a few typefaces since: for our own use, for clients, and for you! Since 2011, I have taught type design at ÉCAL’s MA Type Design.

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