In November, following the annual tradition, Drukwerk in de Marge society is organizing a book fair dedicated to letterpress printers, printmakers, bookbinders and all sorts of creative folks. Housed in the beautiful Sint Pieterskerk in the picturesque city of Leiden, it gathers the printmaking enthusiasts from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, UK etc.
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1. Pre-order the Itinerant Printer book & get five mini prints.
2. Der Papiermacher. Gangolf Ulbricht manufactures the thinnest paper in the world and restores old books and works. UIbricht is one of the few people in Europe who can still make paper the old-fashioned way.
3. Futura_90 by Bunkertype. A tribute to the typography of Paul Renner in commemoration of his ninetieth anniversary.
4. TypeNotes magazine dedicated to typography and graphic design.
Museum 't Aloam
The Museum 't Aloam in Viane/Geraardsbergen is housed in the Mertensmolen, a working water mill. The origin of the mill dates back to 1293. Between 1848 and 1905, 2 new water turbines were added and it was completely restored in 2006. Finally, in 2011 the printing house was added to the museum.
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1. Artbook Berlin. Over 100 national and international book artists present their books and publications. 17-19.11.2017
2. Are you traveling through Central Station of Amsterdam? Then, pop in and say hello to Brittany Ryan of Makers Match at Lil' Amsterdam and see the cute Korrex press (from Letterpress Amsterdam) and maybe print something yourself or get something printed.
3. De drukfiets van Kastaar op de Festival van Gelijkheid in Vooruit (Gent). 14-16.12.2017, 13u.
4. 92nd Annual International Competition. Call for entries. Deadline 14.11.2017
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1. Screening of the 'Graphic Means' documentary. Fotomusuem in Antwerp, 30.11.2017 (free)
2. Bixa was originally designed as wood type for letterpress printing, and is now transformed into a multicolor font for web: Bixa Color.
3. Exhibition ‘Xtra small' Miniature books in Museum Meermanno, 03.10.2017 - 07.01.2018
4. International Mini Print Biennial 2018 May 9 - July 27, call for submissions - link
The Museum of Printing in Yerevan
In the beginning of October, I decided to take a short break to visit my family in Armenia as well as to visit the Granshan non-latin type conference which this year took place in Yerevan. Upon arrival in sunny Armenia, I've discovered that the Printing Museum in Yerevan just got open and rushed there as soon as I could.
The museum is located in the building of the National Library of Armenia (Teryan street, 72) and the Library had already expressed the idea of establishing this museum back in 2012, when Armenia was celebrating the 500th anniversary of Armenian printing & UNESCO named Yerevan as World Book Capital. But it was finally opened for public just recently, on 25th of September 2017.
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1. The Letter Exchange lecture series 2017-18. Check out the programme
2. William Caslon – A specimen of printing types (1785)
3. 'The birth of printing' docudrama directed by Marc Jampolsky
4. Behind Simoncini’s Glasses, an article about the exhibition on Francesco Simoncini