Stephen Stewf Coles

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Oakland, CA

Stephen is a writer and typographer living in Oakland and Berlin. After six years at FontShop San Francisco as a creative director, he now publishes the websites Typographica, Fonts In Use, and The Mid-Century Modernist. Stephen is also a regular contributor to Print and Codex magazines, a Type Camp instructor, and a member of the FontFont TypeBoard.

on April 27
Hidden Radio & BlueTooth Speaker
- Product Design
- San Francisco, CA
Stephen Stewf Coles
commented on a project

Got the survey and shipping detail request but the estimated ship date says Mar 2012. Do you mean May? This is important because I may not be at my current address after May.
on December 8
Stephen Stewf Coles
backed a project
Hidden Radio & BlueTooth Speaker by John VDN + Vitor Santa Maria

The simplest, most powerful radio and wireless speaker for iPhone + iPad ever in a compact form. Lift the cap, the louder it gets!
- Product Design
- San Francisco, CA
- 751% funded $938,771 pledged
- 5,358 backers
- Funded Jan 18, 2012
on October 6, 2011
The Ludlow Project - Saving Hot Metal Typecasting History
- Design
- Los Angeles, CA
Stephen Stewf Coles
commented on a project

Anyone who has visited the International Printing Museum knows these guys are the real deal. They will protect and share this stuff for generations. Some video I shot from the TypeCon visit last year: http://vimeo.com/15233699
on October 6, 2011
Stephen Stewf Coles
backed a project
The Ludlow Project - Saving Hot Metal Typecasting History by International Printing Museum

We're rescuing a collection of 100 antique Ludlow Typecasting Fonts to catalog & organize into our working collection for you to use!
- Design
- Los Angeles, CA
- 103% funded $11,377 pledged
- 181 backers
- Funded Nov 19, 2011
on June 22, 2011
The Iraqi Seed Project
- Documentary
- Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Stephen Stewf Coles
commented on a project update

Amen!
on May 24, 2011
Stephen Stewf Coles
backed a project
The Iraqi Seed Project by emma

A film & cross-media project about sustainable agriculture in Iraq.
- Documentary
- Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
- 116% funded $9,327 pledged
- 121 backers
- Funded Jun 06, 2011
on April 11, 2011
Stephen Stewf Coles
backed a project
Urbio Vertical Garden by Urbio

Urbio, the magically magnetic urban vertical garden.
- Product Design
- San Francisco, CA
- 516% funded $77,434 pledged
- 818 backers
- Funded May 10, 2011
on January 31, 2011
Stephen Stewf Coles
backed a project
The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero

The Shape of Design is a short, accessible book about the creative process & the intersection of storytelling, craft & improvisation.
- Design
- Portland, OR
- 415% funded $112,159 pledged
- 2,109 backers
- Funded Mar 02, 2011
on March 18, 2010
Stephen Stewf Coles
backed a project
Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century (A documentary) by Richard Kegler

This documentary on the late Jim Rimmer and his work process is nearing completion. Shot in glorious HDV, there is still much to do to finish.
- Documentary
- Buffalo, NY
- 404% funded $12,136 pledged
- 139 backers
- Funded Jun 16, 2010
on March 18, 2010
Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century (A documentary)
- Documentary
- Buffalo, NY
Stephen Stewf Coles
commented on a project

More on the FontFeed: http://j.mp/cb5sPm

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