A few years ago, when the Museum of Industry still had the old name MIAT, I designed and letterpress printed several posters for the museum shop.
It was one of my first attempts to design and typeset an illustration build from typographic material available in the museum. As the museum is housed in a former textile factory I had an idea of representing the building using only brass rules, wood and metal type
Quick links
1.50 birds. Artist Roy Scholten makes one thousand bird prints using LEGO bricks - exhibition in GWA, 04.04 - 26.05 - link
2. Een interessante lezing (in het Engels) door Pierre Pané-Farré over de productie en datering van houten letter - video
3. Magritte · Folon. The Dream Factory at Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, 21.02 - 21.07.2024 - link
4. Le dit de la renarde. Gravure en poëzie: ontdek de dialoog tussen kunstenares Chris Delville en schrijver François Emmanuel. Wittockiana, 06.04 - 16.06.2024 - link
Print & Play or the Art of letterpress printing with Lego
Since 2013 Martijn van der Blom and Roy Scholten have been using LEGO bricks to create their printmaking art. October 2023 sees the release of a special bi-lingual publication representing the results of ten years of printing and playing. Martijn van der Blom started using LEGO bricks to build printable compositions. A collaboration with Roy Scholten produced the first series of works: the Dino cards.
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