Varia is a typographic exploration of shape synthetization. The typeface unfolds along an axis inspired by the 3D geometry optimisation system ”Level Of Detail“, a system that decimates objects according to the distance at which they appear.
On this parallel axis, Varia’s letterforms are synthesised and de-synthesised. Unlike Adrian Frutiger’s approach to typographic families, Varia was designed in a non-linear way.

NUCLEUS is a typeface created in a 3D environment. Transitioning from 2D to 3D allowed for the development of various font styles from a single base design. The typeface’s design stems from the intersection of multiple circles within a square. The goal was to create a minimalist typeface with as few shapes as possible to represent the letters, resulting in an interpretative perception of the letter forms

Poster addressing the increasing shift toward right-wing and extremist political parties, especially among younger generations. By depicting a transition from “brown” to “colorful,” it illustrates the desired political shift.

This is Sascha Simm’s response to the digitally rendered fancy reflections of recent years. For him, it’s all about the process, studies, experiments, and the journey to the final result.

Welcome to his “analog reflections” series. For more info about his thoughts, the whole process, and some behind-the-scenes, follow @simmbild. Greetings from Heilbronn/Germany. The funny thing is. The best 3D designers worldwide think he is one of them, though he creates everything purely analog.

Absence Display has been created in an effort to showcase the idea of “something been scratched out of the picture”. As if a piece of information existed previously and now it simply isn’t. Whether it be an emotion or circumstance.
It is a sentiment that was waiting patiently to come out for all the trouble everyone went through during covid times that actualised itself and solidified in order to move on with acceptance and solace.

Amphitrite, in Greek mythology, is the Goddess of the Sea

Sauna Talks: »Alternative cleansing Practices« betitelt eine lockere Vortragsreihe an der Hfg Offenbach des Lehrgebiets Illustration und Grafikdesign, die Positionen zwischen Grafikdesign und freier Kunst zum Diskurs mit den Studierenden einläd. Die zwei Vortragenden des Abends präsentieren ihre Arbeit und sprechen über Learnings, Hürden und Spannendes aus ihrer Praxis.

A fluid essence of movement in a symphony of perpetual transformation. This experimental piece explores the delicate interplay between motion and perception, inviting the viewer to witness the ethereal choreography of kinetic artistry.

The graduation show is the Gerrit Rietveld Academie’s largest annual event, and it seems to fall like a meteor out of the sky – a palpable silence as it approaches, ending in a bang. The typeface is, ultimately, a graphic translation of the mysterious and uncertain vibe of a graduation year. It captures the concept of an unforseeable future partly veiled or simultaneously unveiled by the approaching fog. Drawn by Tomáš Hlava, campaign designed in collaboration with Jungeun Yang and Yoohee C

With this work, Sascha Simm aka S!MMB!LD™ wanted to break out of the digital everyday life. For 36 days in a row, he used the same source material to create a new letter every day and then all the numbers in a playful way. This work is one of his favorites and was the beginning of his analog journey. It also earned him the nickname “The Alalog Guy from Germany” but that’s another story.

Font ideas created for instagrams @36daysoftype

What is type, but a vehicle for language? Same way as the eye and brain is trained to recognize and make sense of familiar shapes denoting sounds, shapes and meaning could be seen everywhere around us, even in the tree branches. But can you read them?

‘9:09 PM’ is a rhythmic, brutal, and retro-futuristic exploration of motion, with a nod to the iconic drum machine.

Inspired by a graffitty font in a bar, I drew the rest of the alphabet and made a tiny kneipenfont for tiny troublemakers.

Drool is a sinister display typeface inspired by H.R. Giger’s Xenomorph alien from Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, Alien. The font began with a single serif and evolved into a more complex, double serif version. We used 3D renderings to then depict this transformation in three phases. We imagined an early single weight stage, then an incubation phase where the second weight could be seen growing inside the first. We finally developed a fully grown stage that would ultimately burst out of the first.

“Inhumanity,” an experimental Arabic typography artwork incorporating barbed wire elements, stands as a powerful statement by using ancient Arabic letterforms in a stylistic manner. This piece conveys strong emotional messages and provokes thought about human suffering and the harsh realities of conflict.

‘Chaos / Order’ is an animation experiment created within the node-based motion design environment Cavalry. This lyrical piece explores the duality of organized and disorganized states through the assembly and disassembly of letter forms.

In the “Bounding Box Experiment,” control elements like bounding boxes and Bézier curves, which are typically meant to be invisible, are used as visual elements. This poster features these normally hidden components prominently, highlighting their geometric precision and artistic potential. Bounding boxes frame various objects, creating a structured yet abstract composition, while Bézier curves add a sense of fluidity and motion.

Experimental typography for Green for good project

exhibition announcement for falk kastell at the maquis mami wata gallery in mannheim. the poster was shown in the streets and on selected locations in mannheim, printed with vr integration. during the exhibition it was projected at the venue itself, a huge bunker in the harbor district.

The author is convinced that the piece of wire found on the road is also a font.

This poster and the SVG font were inspired by the experience of attending the protest, after witnessing the power of the mass in protests against Rio Tinto mine project in Serbia.

In my latest series, I delve into the world of modern experimental calligraphy, viewing it through the lens of Romanian folklore and ancient motives. I worked on creating the relation between the fluid, dynamic nature of contemporary letterforms with the ornamental elements that are characteristic of Romanian artistic craft.

S!MMB!LD™ presents “Frozen Letters & Numbers”. More fitting than ever, as our poles are melting. In 2021 Sascha Simm aka S!MMB!LD created this project for the 7th edition of 36DaysOfType. He froze letters&numbers out of water. Every 10 sec., a photo of the melting process was taken under constant conditions. About 100 photos were used to create a time-lapse for each letter/number. The process was more important than the result: beginning&end, cold&warm, creation&destruction, analog & digital.