1. On the Lower East Side of Manhattan, single volumes are trimmed and glued by hand as they have been in this tiny workshop for the last 50 years - link
2. DADA ist 100 exhibition is currently on display at the Museum der Arbeit in Hamburg
3. Librarium is an archive of hundreds illustrated publications Russian emigration did between World Wars I and II curated by Fiodor Soumkine
4. Vernissage druk druk druk grafiek expo in Wide screen gallery in Gent, 31.03-31.05.17
Quick links
1. Print enthusiasts from across the UK are traveling to Clyro on Saturday 1st April for the inaugural Baskerville Wayzgoose. FB event page - link
2. Green Door Printmaking Studio heartily invite national and international printmakers to participate in their 9th annual exchange (IPE 2017)! Deadline: 31 August 2017
3. we ♥ paper is a new platform that allows printers to promote their workshops and users to find and book them - link
4. 'Typographic Summer Program' with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students. Check it out!
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1. The new edition of the LpW summit is coming! One More Type, 28.06 - 02.07.17, Milan (IT)
2. The first ink made from air pollution - link
3. Amos Kennedy, from corporate analyst to modern day artisan - interview
4. Make It Now, a new book by Anthony Burrill
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1. The four-person Grass Valley letterpress printers from Full Circle Press are preserving tactile printed work in the digital age - link. And have some major clients, including Apple, Twitter, the French Laundry and Sacramento's The Kitchen.
2. Help Les Jardins Typographiques (FR) to expand & preserve various printing material - link
3. Support Offizin Darmstadt (DE) in creating a unique space for Lichtdruck/ collotype - link
4. Print Culture in 16th century Europe, 03-07.07.2017 - link
This summer school offers a thorough introduction into the world of the book in the 16th century, by expert speakers explaining how books were printed, published, distributed and read in those fascinating times.
Quick links
1. 'Echo of our fathers' is a project by photographer Chris Boulton (UK) to visually document local artisans who are still attempting to make a commercial living from the skills handed down through time or 'the old ways'. Nomad Letterpress (UK) - link
2. St-Bride Foundation Wayzgoose, 21.05.17
3. Another Russia: Post-Soviet Printmaking in Victoria & Albert museum, until 15.08.2017
4. Letterpress workshop by La Vecchia Stamperia (IT) on 8th of June during Kerning Conference in Faenza (IT)
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1. Thomas Gravemaker/ Letterpress Amsterdam will be giving a workshop at the MIAT (Gent). 13-14.05.2017 - link
2. Leipzig Book Fair will open its doors on 23th of March.
3. On Paper presents its annual printmaking contest to promote the art of printmaking and the connection between printmakers around the world. Deadline April 1st 2017.
4. The story of Nicolas Rigamey from l'Atelier Typo de la Cité (CH) - video (French spoken)
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1. Lovely film about talented Justin Knopp/ Typoretum
2. This year the Leipzig Typotage one-day conference will be devoted to the subject of ‘Writing and knowledge’. 12-14.05.2017
3. Kaba workshop at the Letterpress Amsterdam, under the expert guidance of Marina Chaccur and Thomas Gravemaker. 18–19.03.2017, from 10:00–17:00
4. Silkscreen workshop at the Affordable Art Fair Brussels by Unspill/ Obed Vleugels(BE).
17-20.02.2017