Tim Ahrens     >lmail@tim-ahrens.com     justanotherfoundry.com | tim-ahrens.com
LIFE	1976    born in Heidelberg, Germany 1996    graduation from school in Freising, Germany 1996–97    alternate civilian service in Freising 1997–2003    Diplom-Ingenieur in architecture at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany 2003–04    work as type designer 2004–06    work at Lloyd Northover (formerly Marketplace Design) in Abingdon, UK 2005    Formation of Just Another Foundry 2005–07    MA in Typeface Design at the University of Reading, UK 2006–09    work at McCurdy Russell Architects (formerly RK Architects) in Oxford, UK
PUBLICATIONS    AND TALKS	·   ‘Une méthode basée sur les polices Multiple Master pour mettre à l'échelle des glyphes sans en changer les caractéristiques de trait’, Document Numérique, Volume 9, No 3–4, 2006, pages 133–165 ·   Advanced MM applications, ATypI conference 2006, Lisbon ·   Taming the curves and Computer-aided design: Multiple Masters, ATypI conference 2007, Brighton ·   ‘A Multiple Master based method for scaling glyphs without changing the stroke characteristics’, Digital Creativity, Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2008, pages 105–123 ·   Font Remix Tools and Optical Sizes, ATypI conference 2008, St Petersburg ·   Size-specific adjustments to type designs, Mark Batty Publisher Academic, New York City, to be released in February 2009. ·   Remix Tools, Robothon 2009 conference, The Hague ·   A matter of scale: optically sized fonts, CPH Typo 09 conference, Copenhagen ·   [title tbc], TYPO Berlin 2009
AWARDS	2002    Hong Kong Institute of Architects Award at the UIA Berlin student competition together with Anne Brecker 2006    Creative Review Type Design Awards Commendation
PRESS	·   ‘A highly charged nothingness.’ Resource Architecture, XII World Congress of Architecture Berlin, 2002 ·   ‘Mit Ecken und Kanten: die Schriftfamilie Lapture.’ PAGE, September 2005 ·   ‘Eastern blot.’ grafik, October 2005 ·   ‘Leipziger lives again.’ Design & Publishing, October 2005 ·   ‘Lapture: Tim Ahrens’ tribute to Albert Kapr.’ Typographica, December 2005 ·   ‘Type design awards.’ Creative Review, February 2006   [TIM-AHRENS.COM] [JUSTANOTHERFOUNDRY.COM]