This past weekend I went to Andrew Byrom's presentation on how he became involved with his own style of type face and how it inspired his works 'til this day. One of his most accomplished work is this type face below: 
He first found his inspiration by seeing an "H" in the shape of a simple chair. From there on, he developed the rest of the alphabet by looking at them as common objects. Most of the letters he developed are common functional objects like chairs and tables. After working with steel to make these letters come alive and be tangible, he went unto working with different materials such as neon.
Mr. Byrom saw different type face all around him. He tried making letters and words with different shapes of common band aids, blinds, kites, and bathroom steel handles.
As of now, he is self-advertising and promoting his own work. His works have shown in some magazines but he is still trying to have his type face be more known and used by other people.
Some of Mr. Byrom's own personal goals as a designer:
-"finding constraints and allowing constraints to shape his work"
-"develop a system to develop work"
Some of Mr. Byrom's personal advice:
-"give time to fail-- like a scientist, if you fail, you keep it documented as to why it failed"
-"something at first might be great but try and experiment more because there might be something better"
-"the time spent on your work does not define the quality of your work--the best ideas count"
"a good designer will work until the minute to the deadline to come up with the best work as possible"
To see his works: http://www.andrewbyrom.com/interiors.php
Sources:
"Totally Awesome Typography: Andrew Byrom’s Fonts." We're All Mad Inhere. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. <http://wereallmadinhere.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/totally-awesome-typography-andrew-byroms-fonts/>.
Byrom, Andrew. "Interior Lights." Interior Lights. Andrew Byrom, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. <http://www.andrewbyrom.com/interiors_light.php>
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