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Peter Biľak
Peter Biľak in 2013
Born (1973-03-29) March 29, 1973 (age 52)
Occupations
  • Typeface designer
  • graphic designer
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Peter Biľak (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈbiʎak]; born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch-Slovak designer based in The Hague, Netherlands.[1] He works in the editorial, graphic, and type design fields.[2]

He has been teaching typography since 2001 at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague.[3] He founded Typotheque in 1999, a company that develops fonts for global languages and also operates as a publishing house.[4]

Biography

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Biľak was born in Czechoslovakia on 29 March 1973.[2] He initially studied at the Art Academy in Bratislava, then studied briefly in the United Kingdom and the United States. [1]Later, he went to Atelier National de Création Typographique in Paris for his master's degree and Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands, for his postgraduate laureate.[5]

Peter Biľak at Typo Berlin 2017

Biľak started his career with Studio Dumbar, an international design agency in The Hague.[6]

In 2003, he designed a series of standard post stamps for the Dutch Royal Mail (TNT Post). [3]Since 2004, Biľak has collaborated with the choreographer Lukáš Timulak on the concepts of dance performances.[7] Together, they were the subject of an exhibition 'InLoop/EnTry' in Stroom, Centre for Art and Architecture.[8]

In 2015, Biľak, together with Andrej Krátky, co-founded Fontstand, a desktop app that allows users to try fonts for free or rent them per month.[9][10]

He also co-created Dot Dot Dot with Stuart Bailey in 2000.[11] He is a member of AGI[12] and lectures on his work internationally.[13] He is a writer for numerous design magazines and contributes writing in Print, Emigre, Eye (magazine), Items, tipoGrafica, Idea (magazine), Abitare, and Page.[2]

In 2013, after raising €30,000 in a crowdfunding campaign,[14] Biľak founded Works That Work, a creativity-focused magazine, which was published twice a year by Typotheque.[15]

Awards

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In 2012, he was named as one of Metropolis' 12 Game Changers, due to his contribution to non-Latin typography.[16] In 2014, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic awarded Biľak the Goodwill Envoy award for spreading the reputation of Slovakia.[17] In 2019 he was awarded the Gold Prize in the European Design Awards for his font "Ping," a typeface that supported hundreds of Latin-based languages, and 10 non-Latin languages.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b Long, Kieran (26 January 2009). "Typographer Focus: Peter Biľak". Dwell. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c designboom, andy butler I. (27 June 2014). "interview with designer peter bilak". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b TypeRoom. "Third time is a charm: Peter Biľak on the return of Fontstand International Typography Conference - TypeRoom". www.typeroom.eu. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  4. ^ Fonder, Sarah (9 August 2023). "Typotheque's Peter Bil'ak on How Font Foundries Can Keep Centuries-Old Languages Alive". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Eye Magazine | Feature | Reputations: Peter Biľak". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ^ Peter Bil'ak: Designing for dance, typefaces and marginalised alphabets | Design Indaba. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via www.designindaba.com.
  7. ^ Pownall, Augusta (7 January 2019). "Set and type designer Peter Bilak creates a 32-arm lighting design for Royal Swedish Ballet". Dezeen. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Stroom Den Haag - InLoop/EnTry: Peter Bilak & Lukáš Timulak". www.stroom.nl. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ^ Hohenadel, Kristin (22 May 2015). "This New Service Wants to Be the iTunes for Fonts". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  10. ^ [8] Archived 2015-12-04 at the Wayback Machine The New Europe 100, Fontstand founders
  11. ^ OReilly, Adam (8 June 2011). "Dexter Sinister's New Character". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  12. ^ [2] Archived 2012-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Peter Bilak at AGI
  13. ^ "MFA Design and Graphic Design present: Lecture by Peter Biľak - CCA Portal". portal.cca.edu. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  14. ^ "And it's here! (Works That Work magazine)". worksthatwork.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  15. ^ Leslie, Jeremy (11 March 2013). "At work with: Peter Bilak, Works That Work". magCulture. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  16. ^ [4] Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Metropolis Magazine: Peter Bilak, Game Changer
  17. ^ [5] Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine Minister Lajčák presented Goodwill Envoy awards
  18. ^ "26 Nederlandse European Design Awards 2019". MarketingTribune (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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