- Prince Charles tries his hand at some printing at St Bride Foundation
- Lost typeface printing blocks found in river Thames
- Inktfeest! → Amsterdam (NL) 12.04.15
- Boekbindbeurs Sint Niklaas (BE) → 19.04.15
It's all about the free trade of ideas
Preserving the lost art of letterpress or how the young women taking up letterpress.
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Historische Drukkerij Turnhout
Last weekend we visited a private printing museum - Historische Drukkerij Turnhout. The collection provides visitors an insight in printing during the 19th & 20th century. During our guided tour an enthusiast volunteer demonstrated the type casting process, a few machines in action including Alauzet & Tiquet and the largest press in the collection - Marinoni Presse Universelle.
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Ben Joosten. 04.02-27.05.12
From February 4 until 27 May 2012 the Museum Het Valkhof will hold an exhibition of Dutch artist Ben Joosten - ‘Naar de letter – prenten in boekdruk’ (To the letter - letterpress prints).
The museum will display a selection of typographic prints as well as the documentary film ‘Naar de letter’ (To the letter) by Hanne van der Woude. I couldn't find info about of this documentary (or trailer) but found some 'making of' pictures and I'm curious about this documentary.
Letterproeftuin workshop
Graphic Design Festival Breda (NL) is a biannual festival taking place from 19 to 23 of September. The program of the festival is quite broad, it is a mix of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, urban interventions and parties. And if you want to get your hands dirty you can take part in a traveling letterpress workshop organized by Letterproeftuin.
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Bloomsday
To celebrate Bloomsday (June 16th) the National Print Museum in Dublin exhibits Ulysses Strands, a series of letterpress posters based on tweet-length excerpts from James Joyce’s Ulysses.
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Typique Ambachtelijke Drukkerij. Amsterdam
After seeing this window, I realized I have a good excuse to visit Amsterdam.
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