1.Thursday Late. Discover the Ghent Museums in the evening! Every first Thursday of the month, various Ghent museums open their doors to the general public. Enjoy the newest exhibitions and various museum collections until 10 pm. And don't forget to check out the printing department of the Museum of Industry as there will be demonstrations and you can print something yourself 😉 - link
2. Critical Approaches to Typography. Research into the interaction between typographic conventions and the digital age. Summer School | 22 - 26.08.22. This summer school will take place on location at the University of Antwerp - link
3. Artist Residency 2023 at Frans Masereel Centrum - link
4. Boekbindbeurs, Sint-Niklaas, 10.04.22 - link
Quick links
1.Check out the program of Leipziger Typotage, 13-15.03.22 - link
2. Will Rueter talks with Chester Gryski for the Alcuin Society - link
3. St Bride Foundation Wayzgoose, 20.05.22 - link
4. Starting from the values of typography's cultural heritage, collected and documented in the collections over more than 25 years, Tipoteca Italiana aims to bring the public closer to a more direct and conscious knowledge of typography and its practice. The “Think &”Type” series of events involves graphic designers and design professionals in a passionate and stimulating narration, open to anyone fascinated by graphic design, of the genres and contemporary languages of typography in visual communication, from publishing to posters, from packaging to letterpress - link
'Ka-ching!' Posters for the Museum of Industry
To celebrate the opening of the new temporary exhibition 'Ka-ching!' at the Museum of Industry, 2 letterpress printed posters has been added to the museum shop.
Read More'This exhibition introduces you to contemporary purchasing behaviour, mass consumption and consumerism. You are also welcomed to a typical corner shop from the 1960s with stacks of cans, jars of candy and an old-fashioned balance scale on the counter. '
HITS! – PRINTMAKERS' TOP TEN
When Annegret Frauenlob (Atelier für Grafik und Buchkunst, DE) invited me to participate in the 'Hits! Printmakers' Top Ten' project I wasn't quite familiar with it yet, but as it involved music and printmaking I thought 'Hey, you can't go wrong with that, can you;)'.
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Quick links
1.Type Tuesday: Activists in Ink at St Bride Foundation, 08.03.22 - link
2. Why do we make printing museums? The AEPM’s annual conference is being hosted this year by the Atelier-Musée de l’imprimerie in Malesherbes (FR). 05-07-.05.22 - link
3. Typo Belgiëque workshop: an introductory course to type design. A workshop by Jo De Baerdemaeker. This 4-day hands-on workshop, comprising of 4 Fridays in May 2022, is aimed at professional designers and creatives, who want to start learning the basics of how to design your own original typeface and generate the font you always dreamed of - link
4. Pandemic portrait project by Tillman Press. How to get involved - link
Quick links
1.50 years of Frans Masereel Centrum (BE). A year round celebration - link
2. Deberny et Peignot specimens (circa 1930-1937) from the collection of Ampersanden Press Lab (FR) - link
3. Bringing back the laundry press for new press wines - link
4. The Fifth International Biennial of Printmaking / call for arstist 2022 - link
Quick links
1.83 year old Japanese printer still passionate about her craft - video
2. Bauhaus Typography at 100: A View from Letterform Archive and Cooper Hewitt with Ellen Lupton. 31.03.22 - link
3. ‘Off the Grid: Histories of Belgian graphic design’. This book offers a collaborative panorama of Belgian graphic design history from a multiplicity of perspectives, with essays on type design, colonisation and labour relations among other subjects - link
4. ‘Works on Paper. Galila’s Collection.’ Exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, until 17.04.22 - link