Gerard Unger gets the S[o]TA award
Yesterday evening Gerard Unger was deservedly awarded the S[o]TA Award, and joins an illustrious group of previous recipients (here's one pic; surely there will be more soon). I had the pleasure of following John Downer and Juliet Shen with a few words. He later asked me if I'd written it down, and I responded that I only had headings noted:
Not possible to read, so here's an exact transcription, in anticipation of a fleshed-out text:
– Why?
– Excellence in design practice
- Longevity (40)
- Identity
- Integrity – work founded on deep engagement
- Establishment of a genre [even in Dutch environment
- Contribution to our innate sense of “rightness”
– Teaching
- Rietveld, Rdg, Leiden
- immersion in st[u]d[ent] processes
- openness
- sharing
- absence of ego
– Writing
- engaging with discourse
- strong inv[olvement] w[ith] how we read
- defining the field [of typeface design]
- leaving texts for reflect[ion]
I realize these notes don't make much sense, but they give the outline of my thoughts yesterday. I'll replace them with something more concrete soon.
