Design Friends

16/06/2026

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On the night of the event, you'll receive all 6 catalogues from this season (Season 17)* with every new or renewed membership. 📚✨
Your renewal will also entitle you to receive the catalogues from our next season. 💛 *Subject to availability of stock. 😍
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👉 Membership details available on www.designfriends.lu
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See you at Rotondes for the final conference of Season 17, on 17/06/2026, with Burrowlab and their talk "Developing a Parametric Type System". 🔤✨

Discover how browser-based tools, parameters and experimentation are reshaping the future of type design through an innovative approach that moves beyond traditional outlines.
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👉 Want to know more about the event? Head over to our website: https://www.designfriends.lu/events/burrowlab
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ℹ️ All our talks are free (whether you're a member or not), held in English, at ROTONDES in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie.
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15/06/2026

Curious about the future of typography? 🧪 Burrowlab blends geometry, computation and optical refinement to create typefaces that evolve through data and experimentation. Join us 📆 17 June 2026, 18:30 — Rotondes.
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👉 More details: https://www.designfriends.lu/events/burrowlab

13/06/2026

🎛️ Sliders instead of Bézier curves. Logic instead of outlines. Philipp Koller presents Burrowlab, a browser-based tool that reimagines type design through dynamic parameters and real-time generation. 📅 17 June 2026, 18:30 — Rotondes.
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👉 More details: https://www.designfriends.lu/events/burrowlab
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ℹ️ Burrowlab is a browser-based, parametric type design tool. In a world where everything wants to be clean and polished, it is interested in the half-finished, the glitchy, the too weird to use but too beautiful to ignore, at the same time.By leaning into the tool’s unintended quirks and extremes, you’re not just crafting fonts; you’re exploring asemic typography—where letterforms dissolve into ambiguous yet intentional glyphs that tease the boundaries of language.
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🫶 All our talks are for free (whether you are a member or not), held in English, at the ROTONDES in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie.
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💛 Become a member: https://www.designfriends.lu/membership
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09/06/2026

From mathematical precision to beautiful imperfections 💠, Burrowlab challenges the traditional process of type design. Discover how fonts can become living systems at Rotondes, 📆 17 June 2026, 18:30.
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👉 More details: https://www.designfriends.lu/events/burrowlab
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ℹ️ Burrowlab is a browser-based, parametric type design tool that transforms the way typefaces are made — replacing outlines with a dynamic system of sliders and logic. It merges mathematical structure with optical nuance, embracing glitches, variations, and living, asemic letterforms in a process rooted in play, not perfection.
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🫶 All our talks are for free (whether you are a member or not), held in English, at the ROTONDES in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie.
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💛 Become a member: https://www.designfriends.lu/membership
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09/06/2026

From minimalist compositions to richly layered narratives - that was Eiko Ojala's talk at Rotondes last week. 🔥 A fascinating look at the balance between simplicity and complexity. ⚖️
📸 Photos: Dan Thuy

04/06/2026

03/06/2026

Simplicity hides complexity ✨ Eiko Ojala uses layers to tell stories. Experience his world at Rotondes on 📅June 3 at 18:30.
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Eiko Ojala’s work has also been exhibited internationally in renowned galleries and venues, including Pocko Gallery (London), Spoke Art (San Francisco), Pelham Art Center (New York), Atelier Meraki (Paris), Art Kaoshung (Taiwan), and the ING Creative Festival (Dubai). His pieces have been part of both solo and group exhibitions, showcasing his distinctive, finely layered artistic language. His work is also featured in numerous international publications and anthologies, including multiple appearances in TASCHEN’s prestigious 100 Illustrators book. �
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👉 More details: https://www.designfriends.lu/events/eikoojala
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ℹ️ All our talks are for free (whether you are a member or not), held in English, at the ROTONDES in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie.
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💛 Become a member: https://www.designfriends.lu/membership
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30/05/2026

From The New York Times to the V&A, Eiko Ojala () invites you to dive deeper into illustration 😎 — minimalist yet layered, hand-drawn yet digital. 🚀 Discover what “Layers” really means on 📅June 3 at 18:30, Rotondes
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Eiko Ojala’s work has also been exhibited internationally in renowned galleries and venues, including Pocko Gallery (London), Spoke Art (San Francisco), Pelham Art Center (New York), Atelier Meraki (Paris), Art Kaoshung (Taiwan), and the ING Creative Festival (Dubai). His pieces have been part of both solo and group exhibitions, showcasing his distinctive, finely layered artistic language. His work is also featured in numerous international publications and anthologies, including multiple appearances in TASCHEN’s prestigious 100 Illustrators book. �
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👉 More details: https://www.designfriends.lu/events/eikoojala
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ℹ️ All our talks are for free (whether you are a member or not), held in English, at the ROTONDES in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie.
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💛 Become a member: https://www.designfriends.lu/membership
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