1. International Advertising & Design DataBase - link
2. Trading Stories with The Printers - video
3. The relevance of typographical collections for today’s designers - AEPM conference, 2-3 October 2015, Tipoteca Italiana (Cornuda, Italy)
4. Letterpress prints from Canada - link
A day in Venice
This year we — John Christopher (Flowers and Fleurons), Mark Pavey (Dead Methods), Graham Bignell and Beatrice Bless (New North Press), Christian Granados & me — decided to leave earlier for LpW 2015 and visit Tipoteca Italiana in Cornuda. We decided to meet in Venice and then travel to Cornuda by train the next day. Venice in the summer is very busy, but we’ve managed to escape the tourists spots, enjoy the city and have some local food.
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Found Type. Yerevan 2015
Komitas Museum
A museum dedicated to the 19th – 20th-century Armenian composer Komitas was opened in January 2015. A rich collection of personal belongings of Komitas and rare documents, thoughtfully organized by young & talented director in exhibition that runs through 7 halls, makes it an absolutely must visit when you are in Armenia.
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Matenadaran. Yerevan 2015
Each year when I’m in Yerevan I make sure I visit Matenadaran (The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts).The Matenadaran is a major center with a unique and exceptionally rich manuscript collection, one that has become a symbol of Armenia. It is named after Mesrop Mashtots, who is credited with the creation of the Armenian alphabet in 405. In fact The Matenadaran is both, it is a museum of ancient manuscripts and a scientific research institute.
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Typography Museum by Henri Thomaes (82!)
Yesterday I had a chance to visit a tiny museum in Brussels run by Henri Thomaes (82!). 20 years ago, the printer from Evere retired officially but he kept on going in his museum where time seems to have come to a standstill.
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MIAT workshops. Bookmark.
ΠAdventures
Have you ever wondered what to do with Œ, Æ ligatures, covered in dust in your type cabinet drawers? Rachel Marsh from Semple Press came up with a wonderful idea of “Œ Adventures” book.
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