The final speaker announced for Field Trip conference later this month is the amazing type wizard Dave Foster. Aus Infront asks him 10 questions as he preps for his Field Trip live performance.
1. State your name, location, medium, and the last meal you ate.
My name is David Foster, I live in Camperdown NSW, I draw letters and the last meal I had was a ham and cheese croissant from Black Star Pastry.
2. What are you working on at the moment?
I’m helping Commercial Type finish one of their upcoming typefaces. I’m digitising a typeface for the photo-lettering/House Industries and working on an editorial illustrations as well as logotypes and my own projects.
3. Describe the last person you saw do a live talk that really inspired you.
I went to responsive conference in Brisbane. I really enjoyed the talk of Rob Giampietro from Project Projects.
4. Name a tool of the trade which you use, digital or otherwise, that is absolutely essential to your workflow.
My laptop.
5. What are the top three tracks in your 25 most played iTunes playlist?
Kazi — Average, Jose Gonzalez — All you deliver, Ghostface Killah — Ghetto (feat Raekwon and Ugod).
6. If you could boil down the most important lesson you’ve learned as a professional creative to three words, what would they be?
Work harder.
7. What is your favourite website for comic relief?
http://www.27bslash6.com
8. Can you tell us a bit about your plans for your Field Trip performance?
I don’t yet have a clear plan set out. What a horrible answer.
9. What do you hope the Audience will take away from your presentation?
That you’ve got to back yourself.
10. Who is your daddy and what does he do?
He is Peter, and he is an accountant.
Tickets to Field Trip are now at full price, but since this is small text, you can use this special code on checkout to get 20% off: ONEMONTH. Get to it, as the code suggests, you only have a month!
