After being in lockdown for a few months I was looking forward to escaping the city of Ghent (even though I love my city). So when a friend of mine, active in the field of typewriter art, suggested accompanying her during a short trip for a little repair job for one of her typewriters to the city of Gouda, I immediately said 'yes!'. On Sunday morning, armed with map and cookies we left Antwerp and drove to Wie van Zoet Hout store in Gouda, the place to buy and repair typewriters. After arriving at the industry zone near the city of Gouda called GOUDasfalt and enjoying a cup of coffee with a cool name 'Man met bril koffie' and a delicious home-baked cake we headed to the blue warehouse.
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1. ‘Take a tour of my collection: vintage typewriters’, by Dr Vaibhav Singh, University of Reading (UK). Did you know that the idea of the keyboard itself is a legacy of a very different era of the communications. Before it took its current form, the keyboard was literally a musical instrument adapted to the letters of the alphabet. Have you ever wondered why we use a ‘keyboard’ for typing? What do typewriters without a keyboard look like? Vaibhav Singh takes us on a tour of his collection of vintage typewriters, exploring how we have thought about text and technology, how the keyboard we use today has been one of many alternatives and how the processes and tools for writing have been adapted, modified and challenged.
2. Opportunity for local artists to exhibit in TYPA gallery during the month of July 2020.
3. The Dafi Kühne Printing Show™ is a series of educational letterpress printing videos. Poster designer, educator and letterpress printer Dafi Kühne is sharing his most secret printing recipes. Hot off the press. Go ahead and start cooking right away! 5 brand new episodes are coming up in summer 2020!
4. Awayzgoose is coming! Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum will partner with the American Printing History Association (APHA) for this year's Wayzgoose. Plans are under way for a dynamic and diverse, online "AWAYzgoose" to be held the first week of November 2020. More details and registration opening soon!