IdN magazine is an international publication for creative people on a mission to amplify and unify the design community in Asia-Pacific and other parts of the world. It is devoted to bringing designers from around the globe together to communicate with, learn from and inspire one another. It has truly become what the initials of its title proclaim it to be: an international designers' network.

IdN v16n3. Typography Issue. In Their Own Words

Addicted to Type
Stefan Brüggemann / Andrew Byrom / Keetra dean Dixon / Hey Ho / Axel Peemöller / Kay Rosen / Corriette Schoenaerts / Strange Attractors Design / Toko / Andrew Townsend / Post Typography
It is said that every designer is in love with typography – but some are more so than others. These 11 exponents of the art of the alphabet simply live for letters. See what the big attraction is, how it all started for them, what keeps them interested and where they aim to go from here. And take a sip of the tasty alphabet soup that is their work.

Israel, where living on the edge can be inspirational
There is a soft, creative side to this tiny country that dominates the news headlines for all the wrong reasons. The number of talented designers it produces is out of all proportion to its size, but many of them have to go abroad to gain recognition, Immigrants or emigrants, there is a big future ahead for this dynamic creative community.

Monument to a fashion maverick: Hussein Chalayan
Cyprus-born fashion designer Hussein Chalayan thinks that almost anything can be worn – and he has proved it with shows featuring ‘portable architecture’ (furniture that he turned into garments), a dress made of aircraft-manufacturing materials, which changed shape by remote control, one consisting of crystals and more than 15,000 LED lights, and another comprising 200 lasers. His idiosyncratic contribution to haute couture over the last 15 years is celebrated in an exhibition at the London Design Museum called ‘Chalayan: A Retrospective Of His Monumental Works – From Fashion and Back’.

Country of Origin: Hong Kong
English text
6 issues per year
30 x 23 cm
110 pages
6 varying paper stocks, 4C process, vanish, silver foiling
includes 104 minutes DVD Video [ All regions, Dolby Digital ]