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Erik Spiekermann is a legendary German type designer and information architect. Besides he has published numerous books and articles on the subject of typography and other cultural issues for magazines.

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He received his formal art education from Free University of Berlin. He paid his tuitions by running a letterpress printing press in the basement of his residence. During s he moved to London and spent an entire decade freelancing as a graphic designer and teaching. He freelanced for several consultancies including Filmcomposition and Wolff Olins and taught at the London College of Printing.

In , Spiekermann returned to Berlin and in partnership with two designers founded MetaDesign. The firm has its offices now in London and San Francisco as well. The studio aspired to combine teutonic-looking information design and complex corporate design systems.

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Some of the notable projects undertaken by the design studio for clients include Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, Berlin Transit and Heidelberg Printing and served a number of other leading clients. It was the first mail-order producer and distributer of electronic fonts. The extension of the company by the name FontShop International was established that deals with publication of the FontFont range of typefaces.

In addition to that Spiekermann received an honorary professorship at the Academy of Arts in Bremen. The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena awarded him an honorary doctorate for his valuable input into graphic design. He also holds membership on the board of the German Design Council. In , he redesigned the British magazine The Economist.

The book was later published in several other languages including Portuguese, German and Russian.