Jo De Baerdemaeker (typojo) is an Antwerp-based independent Belgian typeface designer and researcher. He holds an MA in Typeface Design and was awarded a PhD from the University of Reading. His interests are designing, researching and writing about world script typefaces (particularly on Tibetan, Lantsa, Mongolian and Javanese), the evolution of Belgian typefaces, and multilingual typography. He is elected Vice-President of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) and ATypI Country Delegate for Belgium, currently teaches at LUCA School of Arts (campus Sint-Lucas Gent), and is a guest lecturer at various international art programmes and universities. He was external examiner for ÉSAD (Amiens) post-diplôme students in 2011, and for the TypeMedia 2014 department at KABK (Den Haag). Currently, Jo is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Royal Asiatic Society (London).  Jo is a regular speaker at international conferences, and curates exhibitions on type (design) and typography. Apart from designing fonts, Jo also works as a font & typography consultant for companies, holds international workshops on type design, and organises unique Type Walks in Antwerp and other cities in Belgium.  In 2012 he founded Studio Type in Antwerp (Belgium), and collaborates with international design agencies and type foundries, such as: Tiro Typeworks, Type Together, Typotheque, Dalton Maag, Monotype, Microsoft, Google, The New York Times, WIELS, Nottingham Contemporary, Sara De Bondt, Literatuur Vlaanderen, Stad Antwerpen, This is Antwerp, Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Branding Today, Museum Plantin-Moretus, The University of Reading, and Vlaamse Overheid. Jo was awarded the first honorary title ‘New Flemish Master in Fine Arts’ by Sven Gatz, Minister of Culture from Flanders, during the Henry van de Velde Awards in Bozar (Brussels) on January 19, 2017.

Ileana Moro (b1992) Costa Rica. Currently, she lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Moro’s artworks are recognized mainly for her painting in dark tones wanting to expose the depths and layers of experiences as an instinctive relationship to the invisible things and the emotions buried within her daily life. Some represent abstract themes and isolated forms interacting within each other to archieve an intimate emotional issues, mental statements and spiritual transfiguration to awaken the soul, the unseen. Seeking to achieve a balance through the transformation from shadow to light believing that the shadow is a dark omen. A powerful teacher. Having spent her life in Costa Rica and outside. Ileana started in architecture and swiftly found Fine Art as the better way to explore her creativity and curiosity. Her artworks are held in private collections throughout the United States, Australia, the UK, Asia and Europe.

Make up Artist // Concept creator // Books

Antwerp based 1-man design studio

To avoid any confusion: MAFF is not the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, even though we’re huge fans of dogs and food. MAFF is a committed Antwerp-based design studio founded by Claudio Pascariello and Elke Treunen. We are great and easy to work with. No fussing, we do what we say and say what we do. Small projects, big projects, events, you name it. We love to surprise our clients with smart and creative solutions. Have a look!