Wendingen. M-Museum Leuven

1921, cover design by El Lissitsky

Wendingen was an art magazine that appeared from 1918 to 1932. It was a monthly publication aimed at architects and interior designers. The chief editor was the architect H. Th. Wijdeveld. In spite of the link of Wendingen with an architect's association, the contents of the booklet were not limited to architecture but attention was also given to art and design. The magazine gained recognition not only through its content but also by its square format and the striking typography of architect H.Th. Wijdeveld, El Lissitzky, Vilmos Huszar and others.

23.02.2012 - 13.05.2012
M - Museum Leuven
Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28
3000 Leuven, Belgium

For Print Only

One of my favorite blogs "For Print Only" has been redesigned with a new logo and layout. I particularly like the new "Ask the experts" category: you can ask any question about print production and a group of experts will answer your question. That's very helpful.

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Ambacht (Craft)

"Ambacht" (Craft) is a mini-documentary about craftsmanship created by Nano Media (NL). The third episode is a charming portrait of Evert van Ravensberg, a printer from a fifth generation family owned printing bussines. Founded in 1842 in Amsterdam 'Van Ravensberg' was initially an advertising agency, but became a printing house a couple of years later. The huge amount of posters produced in the beginning of the 20th century is what they are famous for.

found via drukwerkindemarge

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Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese

Russell Maret, designer and a letterpress printer from New York, has recently launched the kickstarter campaign to raise money to have Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese typefaces cut and cast as a new proprietary metal type family. If successful (and I hope it will), Micah Currier from The Dale Guild will convert these beautiful typefaces into a type family with over 185 different characters and ligatures.

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World's largest lithography stone

Well, and now from world's smallest letterpress to world's largest lithography stone;) This picture has been taken in 1982 while printers where working on Rufino Tamayo's "Dos Personajes Atacados por Perros" (“Two People Attacked by Dogs”) measuring 61x98 inches stone. I wonder how they managed to place this stone on the press.

found via lithoshop