Adrien Vasquez is a typographer and type designer based in London. With John Morgan, he co-founded Abyme, a digital type foundry and independent publisher of artist’s editions and multiples. He teaches type design at ESAD Valence.
blackhole (at) adrienvasquez.co.uk
Typefaces
Publications
- ‘Architectural Typefaces’, Drawing Matter (May 2020)
- ‘A Note on the AA Files Display Initials’, Footnotes, issue B (Geneva, 2017)
- Dressed in Black: Spektrum and Lothar Reher, co-edited with Wayne Daly (London: Precinct, June 2017)
- John Morgan, ‘Cinq conversations’ (translation), Azimuts 42: Tuning (Saint-Étienne: Esadse, March 2015)
- William Addison Dwiggins, ‘M–Formula, ou Théorie de la marionnette’ (introduction and translation, with Samuel Vermeil), Azimuts 40–41: Revues de recherche en design. Un panorama (Saint-Étienne: Esadse, October 2014)
- Paul Renner, ‘De la typographie moderne’ (translation), From—To: 2012–2014, (Valence: ESAD, June 2014)
- ‘Type Design’, .txt, issue 1 (Paris: B42, April 2013)
Exhibitions
- A shelf for Lothar. Co-curated with Wayne Daly, 27th Brno Biennial (16 June–30 October 2016)
- Berthe (with John Morgan and Charles Mazé), A-T-T-E-N-T-I-O-N (curated by David-Olivier Lartigaud and Samuel Vermeil), Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne 2015: Les sens du beau (12 March–12 April 2015)
Talks
- Book Club, Architecture Foundation: 100 Day Studio (August 2020)
- Épelle-moi le «e», at ESAD Valence (December 2019)
- Rudy, at Type Thursday (London, November 2019)
- Série noire: Lothar Reher et Spektrum, at Exemplaires, formes et pratiques de l’édition (Strasbourg, April 2017)
- Naming Victory, Q&A with John Morgan, James Mosley and Phil Surey, at St Bride Library (London, June 2016)
- A shelf for Lothar (with Wayne Daly), at Biennial Talks, 27th Brno Biennial (June 2016)
- Nizioleti, at Letterform Live: Archi Types (London, October 2015)
Features
- ‘Dressed in Black’ (interview, with Wayne Daly), The Gradient (September 2017)
- ‘A Shelf for Lothar’ (interview, with Wayne Daly), Biennial News, 27th Brno Biennial (June 2016)
- ‘Ship Shaped’ (interview, with John Morgan), Grafik (January 2016)
Teaching
- X Cicéro, research project at ESAD Valence (since 2020)
- Teaching type design at ESAD Valence (since 2018)
- Jury, BA graphic design, ECAL, Lausanne (August 2020)
- Jury, MA graphic design, ENSBA Lyon (July 2019)
