Visiting Familia Plómez in Madrid

July 9, 2018

While visiting the annual AEPM conference in Madrid I had made some time free to visit Familia Plómez which I knew a lot about but never got a chance to visit.
So I gladly accepted the invitation of Roberto Gamonal Arroyo to visit Familia Plómez , a cultural association whose objective is to preserve the printing presses and letterpress printing techniques. Familia Plómez is not a one-man show, it is a collective of more than 10 designers/printmakers who’s goal is to teach and foster the knowledge of typesetting, typography and whatever is related with the letter, printed, written or drawn. The collective of Familia Plómez primarily produces posters because it’s the most expressive form to show the visual power of typography.

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May 23, 2018

1. Fear/Hope - Una mostra di Letterpress Workers! Exhibition at BASE Milan.
2. Last spots for Dafi Kühne s wonderful summer program - link.
3. Lithography Schnellpresse anno 1904. Let's move a 114 year old 7.5 ton heavy lithography Schnellpresse from Switzerland to its new home in Southern Sweden - link.
4. Calling all Printmakers! Submissions are open for our National Original Print Exhibition, all forms of printmaking are eligible and successful entries will be exhibited Bankside Gallery from 19-30 September. Deadline 28 June.

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May 17, 2018

1. BOEKLABO is een 2-daagse intensieve workshop voor wie zijn stapels gedichten, verhalen, tekeningen, foto’s, etc. graag in boekvorm zou willen gieten. 16 & 23 juni 2018, Deurne (BE).
2. 27th edition. The Price of Engraving and Printed Image at the Centre de la Gravure - link.
3. Papier Biënnale Rijswijk 2018. 12 juni tem 7 oktober 2018.
4. The International Exlibris Centre of the Town of Sint-Niklaas organises an international competition, every two years. Bookmarks as well as other small prints may be submitted. Send your participation before November 1, 2018 - link.

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May 10, 2018

1. 'Old But Bold. It's Letterpress' - 7th Letterpress Workers Summit, 28-30.06.2018, Milan (IT).
2. Bookbinding is a unique and essential reference guide for designers, explaining industrial bookbinding techniques with a focus on the design and conception of print products.
3. Where Printed Words Transcend Time and Communicate What Can't Be Said - link.
4. A day at The Type Archive. 12.05.18, London (UK) - tickets.

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May 3, 2018

1. A complete reprint of the revolutionary Gutenberg Bible “B42” - link.
2. A fabulous set of photos of the Caslon Type Foundry at the beginning of the twentieth century - link.
3. Françoise Pétrovitch at the Centre de la Gravure (BE). This exhibition is a mix of prints, sculptures, wall drawings and a video installation entitled ' The wolf and the wolf ' - link.
4. The voice of the people before Twitter? The protest poster worldwide from 1968 to 1973.
"Get Up, Stand Up!", changing the world with posters! 400 posters, 30 countries, 5 continents. 09.05.2018 - 30.09.2018, MIMA museum (BE).

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April 19, 2018

1. The theme of ATypI: Association Typographique Internationale 2018 conference is 'Type Legacies: honouring the heritage, designing type today'. By honouring our heritage, we reflect on the rich tradition of type to gain insights into the contemporary practice and inspire the future. September 11–15, 2018, Antwerp, Belgium.

The call for presentations for ATypI 2018 is now open.
Deadline for submissions is Monday, April 30, 2018.

2. The 5th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing exhibition - link.
3. A look inside Dafi Kühne Swiss Alps-based, mindblowingly vast letterpress studio, by AIGA, (image by Daniel Infanger)
4. Drukken, bladwijzers maken of een velletje papier marmeren in Plantin-Moretus museum tijdens de Erfgoeddag, 22.04.

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April 6, 2018

1. The Manchester Print Fair. Saturday 14th April 2018.
2. Stand Out Prints 2018. Call for submissions.
3. Final Conference: Letterpress Printing, Leeds, 19-20 July 2018. Call for papers, 13.04.2018.
4. Shipley Wayzgoose. The Kirkgate Centre, June 9th 2018.