Prof. Lars Harmsen, juggling roles like head of design at Munich-based agency Melville Brand Design and steering the ship at Slanted Publishers.

He's been dishing out typographic wisdom since 2011 at Dortmund University and even took his show to the American University of Sharjah.

Ever the multitasker, he runs the 100for10 book series and pilots Poster Rex's silkscreen extravaganzas. He's practically an artistic library with a mountain of design, typography, and photography books under his belt. And as the clock keeps ticking, he's left wondering: What's the grand purpose of this circus, anyway?