Quick links
1. Call for entry: Laissez les bons temps rouler! Receiving dates: November 28 – December 4, 2021. Exhibition dates: December 12, 2021 — February 20, 2022 - link
2. Marcel Broodthaers. Industrial Poems, Open Letters. 10.09.2021 - 09.01.2022 - link
3. Conference. Vernacular Books and Reading Experiences in the Early Age of Print. Leiden University Library, 25.08 - 27.08.2021 - link
4. Riso kids workshop at the Design Museum Brussels - link
Quick links
1. 2021 ATF Conference. 31.07 - 1.08 (via Zoom) - registration link
2. Graphic heritage institutions and the irresistible rise of graphic design - link
3. Save Our Bacon - Australian Letterpress Collection. Help preserve this historic letterpress collection and help build a mobile printmaking studio, housed in a custom 40" shipping container - link
4. Pressing Matters issue n°16 is out - link
HANDS-ON TYPE | typography event in Porto/Portugal | 14—17 September 2021
A series of workshops and conferences on the letterpress heritage, with three super-guests: Alan Kitching (UK) | The New Typography Workshop; Dafi Kühne (CH) | Babyinktwice; Rick Griffith (US) | Matter.
Alan Kitching (UK) | The New Typography Workshop — One of the world's leading typography and handprint designers (The New Typography Workshop), recognized for his expressive use of wood and metal types in the creation of his graphic works. He is an honorary member of The Royal College of Art, visiting professor at the University of the Arts London, and a member of the Alliance Graphique International.
Dafi Kühne (CH) | Babyinktwice — Designer, printer and professor, known for the wild mix of analogue and digital tools to produce posters for music, art and architecture, theatre, films and also products. He is the author of the publication True Pint (2016), the video series The Dafi Kühne Printing Show (2020) and the typographic project Wood Type Now! (2009).
Rick Griffith (US) | Matter — Designer, visual artist, printer, teacher, writer and activist. His creative practice results in a collage of form, color and grammar, with an autoethnographic focus. His works can be found all over the world, integrating museums and collections in the United States.
WORKSHOPS | 15—16 SEP [9:30 am–5:30 pm]
14 SEP | Alan Kitching (UK)
15 SEP | Dafi Kühne (CH)
16 SEP | Rick Griffith (US)
CONFERENCES | 17 SEP [10 am–06 pm]
11:00 am | Alan Kitching (UK)
02:30 pm | Dafi Kühne (CH)
04:00 pm | Rick Griffith (US)
REGISTRATIONS
handsontype.esad.pt
FEES
· workshops: 140€ (w/ lunch + goodie bag)
· conferences: 40€ (w/ lunch + goodie bag)
· pack 3 workshops + conferences: 400€ (w/ lunch + goodie bag)
· ESAD community: 30% discount
WHERE
ESAD/ Typography Workshop
ESAD/ Auditorium
Organisation: esadidea, Research in Design and Art + ESAD, College of Art and Design
Support: Direção-Geral das Artes
Partners: I2ADS, ID+, Imprensa Nacional–Casa da Moeda, uniMAD + Fedrigoni, Grafopel, Maiadouro, Tecnimprensa, Viarco
Quick links
1. A museum in Charmont-sous-Barbuise (FR), run by a few enthusiasts - link
2. The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum 13th Annual Wayzgoose is coming to you on Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6, 2021 — plus a week of workshops leading up to the event itself. Registration for Wayzgoose is now open! - link
3. PRESS + PLAY festival of print. A five-week celebration of the finest in contemporary and traditional printmaking, including screen printing, linocut, lithography, drypoint, monotype, risograph, letterpress and more - link
4. Nebiolo Type Foundry, 1878–1978: New critical assessments. International Symposium. Torino, Castello del Valentino, 16–17.09.2021 - link
Quick links
1. Earliest Hangeul metal movable type blocks excavated in Seoul - link
2. Grafiek Leeft! Expo ‘Kruisbestuiving 2.0’, Antwerpen, 25.07 - 29.09 - link
3. An Elaborate Paper Replica Recreates the Heidelberg Letterpress at Full Scale - link
4. The Papier Carbon Festival Summer Exhibition in BPS22, Charleroi (BE), 19.06-12.09.21. Created in 2016 in Charleroi, the Papier Carbone festival comprising a fair and different event, aims to showcase artists, publishers and collectives working with the printed image and desk-top publishing. Cancelled for the second year running, Papier Carbone has become a summer festival and is now Été Carbone - link
Quick links
1. Thomas Gravemaker - portrait of a letterpress guru, by Pauline Walzak. A lovely portrait of the master printer Thomas Gravemaker/Letterpress Amsterdam. Be sure to pay him a visit when you are in Amsterdam! - link
2. As part of her final project, Morgane Van Torre (FR) created a woodblock typeface in collaboration with Type High Design (UK). Megh contains 225 pieces including alternates, extension modules and ligatures.
3. 'About tyranny' is a book by historian Timothy Snyder. Inspired by Snyder's lessons, Brazilian designers created posters at Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo that represented the author's views and the views their own. The result was exposed at the National Conjunto in São Paulo - link
4. Hamilton Hang: Angelina Lippert from Poster House, 16.07.2021 - link