Why do we take so much of our public world and assets for granted? Why do we often value them less than the assets on our private world? Our modern world has left us with many conundrums and this is one of them. Spiekermann reminds us to consider this situation, and the word "public" itself more carefully.
Berlin and San Francisco based Erik Spiekermann, managing partner of Edenspiekermann, is an information architect, type designer and author of books and articles on type and typography. Two of his typefaces, FF Meta and ITC Officina, are considered to be modern classics. He is behind the design of well-know brands such as Audi, Bosch, VW, German Railways and Heidelberg Printing, among others; information systems for Berlin Transit and Dsseldorf Airport and publications like The Economist.