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Press Bio: "Erik Brandt has been active in university teaching for the past ten years. He recently
joined the faculty at MCAD, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, in the fall of 2007.

Educated internationally, his research interests focus on issues of globalization that affect and drive
the complexities of inter-cultural visual communication systems. His career began as a cartoonist
in Japan, and has since found focus largely in print media. He maintains a small graphic design
studio, tÿpøgrafika, and has also received recognition for his short films."

Review by Rob Wittig in sappi's > 24-7designheaven, Geotÿpøgrafika; Traveling with Erik Brandt.
"He started out as a cartoonist and magazine editor in Japan, he taught type in Qatar, he's made films ---
Erik Brandt has filtered his experience through the lenses of multiple cultures. Perhaps that's why he's
particularly skilled at work that is a "slow read" . . . work that invites participation in the form of translation . . .
work that is comfortable placing its viewer out of context, away from home... Brandt's work crowds you like
a Tokyo subway, and it often rewards your patience with sensitivity that goes beyond the styles-in-a-blender
surface. He loves the voyage of the slow read . . . and so do I." (August, 2008)

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