(INTRODUCTION) Custom typefaces for August Journal Issue 05: Copenhagen as a celebration of the early 20th-century Danish type tradition.

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Typeface Design

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Client: August Journal via NR2154

Agency: NR2154
Creative Director: Jacob Wildschiødtz
Senior Art Director: Julie Lysbo
Art Director: Ayaka B. Ito

Cover Illustration by Søren Behncke.

 

August is a new kind of travel magazine: Each issue focuses on one location, immersing the reader in its rich art, architecture, and design scene, and sharing encounters with locals, their habits, and their pleasures—in other words, the sights and souls that form the fabric of each city’s unique culture. 

NR2154 created the custom typeface called August-KBH for August Journal as a celebration of the early 20th-century Danish type tradition.


Inspired by the iconic designs of Poul Henningsen, its small, romantic symbols pay homage to the tradition of Knud V. Engelhardt.

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(LETTERFORMS) Contrasted bold sans-serif typeface inspired by louis Poulsen's PH lamp logo.

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(LETTERFORMS) Clean, bold sans-serif with rounded corners and angular cuts inspired by Knud V Engelhardt's street signage designs.

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