Speaker Mint Tantisuwanna
Mint Tantisuwanna is a type designer and lettering artist from Bangkok, Thailand. Her bachelor’s project on contemporary Thai blackletter typefaces was honoured by Granshan, winning a Special mention in the Thai category in 2019. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Typeface Design from The Cooper Union. After working in retail and custom typeface design for a few years, Mint started her own practice and was awarded the Malee Scholarship from Sharp Type, a prize which provides financial support and an optional mentorship to aid in empowering women of color as they pursue a career in type design.
In 2023, Mint moved to The Hague to study at the Royal Academy of Arts’ Type and Media MA program. She is now working as a type designer at Typotheque.