1. Check out the line-up of the Web Typography Conference, Brighton, 13.11.15 - Ampersand
2. Brock'n'roll is a new workshop & gallery exhibiting printed matter in La Louviere. Opening on 01.10.15 - link
3. Makers of East London, published today by Hoxton Mini Press, is a beautiful new book that explores the area’s rich creative heritage and celebrates the latest generation of makers and their work. Great to see Graham Bignell, Beatrice Bless & Richard Ardagh from the New North Press being featured in this book.
4. Grafixx zine fest, 20-22.11.15. Lezingen van o.a. Ever Meulen, exposities, workshops met Gocco en veel meer - link
This was DRUKOPSTRAAT 4. MIAT, Gent
For a fourth year on a row Topo Copy teamed up with Helix and Het Miat (Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textiles Ghent) to make giant prints, not on a press but on concrete with a steamroller, a type of heavy construction machinery used for flattening/compacting surfaces, such as roads or airfields. During a two-day-event the artists carved lino's and printed them on ‘flags’, paper and even clothing.
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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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