The next day after visiting St Bride Wayzgoose and being overwhelmed by what I saw I had one more day, or to be more precise a half-day, left in London. And as my train was leaving only at 18 o'clock I headed to the London College of Communication (LCC) to visit the printmaking department I heard so much about and where Christian Granados, a letterpress technician, was kind enough to make some time free to guide me around.
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Christmas Cards Exchange 2016
Participating in the Christmas Cards Exchange project has already become a good tradition by now. The project is organized by the group of enthusiastic letterpress printers from the UK, but the participants are coming from the whole of the Europe & US and it is an absolute joy to receive the letterpress printed Christmas cards from fellow designers/ printers. Thank you! Check out all cards here.
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Trip to Barcelona. Part I. Lauren Press
A few weeks ago, I decided to travel to Barcelona from cold and gray Ghent to enjoy some sunshine and explore the beautiful architecture of the city. And although it was raining the whole week I managed to have a great time and meet befriended letterpress printers/designers Arcangela Regis (Lauren Press) and Jesús Morentin (Bunkertype) who were kind enough to make some time free in their busy schedules and let me into their studios in Barcelona.
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True Print by Dafi Kühne
Dafi Kühne, who fuses modern means with the century-old tradition of the letterpress, is about to publish his first book, a selection of his work from the last 8 years. Never retro, his work is a clever response to the search for new ways of graphic expression: True Print. The book will be published by Lars Müller Publishers, Zürich and will be available in English and German.
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1. From stone to chip. Alois Senefelder and the invention of lithography in an international context. Conference organised by AEPM in Dutch museum of lithography in Valkenswaard (NL) from 3-5 November 2016.
2. “New Impressions” is an international, juried exhibition to showcase exploration and creativity with letterpress printing techniques. Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum 11.05-30.06.16, Design College Australia 09–21.08.16.
3. DADA ist 100 exhibition opening on 04.06.2016 Eremitage Gransee (DE)
4. Interrobang by Random Spectacular, published as part of The Village of Type at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft.
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Last Sunday the city of Gent, as well as other cities in Flanders and Brussels, was celebrating the Heritage day (Erfgoeddag) which is held annually on the first Sunday after the Easter Holidays. Each year a theme is chosen and this time it was all about rituals. The museums, archives, documentation centres, collecting libraries, local heritage centres and organisations dedicated to folk culture opened their doors to public (free entrance). Every year this results in a diverse selection of activities. And this year was not an exception.
Read MoreIan Gabb. MIAT. Monotype.
Almost every printing & typecasting equipment at the printing department of the MIAT museum is frequently used: Heidelberg, Ludlow, Linotype, FAG and other proof presses, but the Monotype is one of a few we seldom see in action. But when a few weeks ago Patrick brought Ian Gabb, a British designer/printer to the MIAT to inspect the Monotype Super Caster we were sure they will make it work again.
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