Speaker Yevgeniy Anfalov

Born in Kyiv (Ukraine) in 1986, Yevgeniy Anfalov moved to Germany in 2003. He studied Visual Communication at Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and launched his own design practice in 2010, two years before graduation. From 2015 to 2017, Yevgeniy completed an MA in Art Direction at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, majoring in Type Design. He obtained an excellence award for his graduation book project on the history of electronic music, ROTARY. Geschichte des Studios für elektronische Musik WDR Köln 1951–81.

Yevgeniy works in type, editorial design, visual identities, and education. In July 2021, he launched Kyiv Type Foundry, which offers a contemporary perspective on the heritage of Cyrillic type. Since completing the LL Heymland (2020), his first typeface for Lineto, Yevgeniy has collaborated with type foundries worldwide. KTF was commissioned to redesign a text typeface for Leica. Yevgeniy teaches at HfK Bremen and gives workshops on type design and Cyrillic making.