Christmas Cards Exchange 2015

December 27, 2015

Don't you just love the smell of freshly printed ink in the morning? I certainly do!

For the second year in a row, I'm participating in the Christmas Cards Exchange project organized by the group of enthusiastic letterpress printers from the UK. The group of participants is growing every year (we were with more than 60 this year) and it is an absolute joy to receive the Christmas cards from Iceland, US, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands, Argentina and so on. It is so inspiring. Thank you & Merry Christmas to you all! It was the best Christmas ever! Check out all cards here.

Quick links

December 20, 2015

1. What are quintessentially Christmas smells, what fonts would you pair them with? - link
2. Nicer Tuesdays: Alan Kitching on Collecting (video)
3. Inside the Hamilton Type Museum, Where You’re the Printer - link
4. Banging Out - Fleet Street Remembered (video)

Amai, email! - Oh my, enamel!

December 6, 2015

Following the yearly tradition of the Museum Night, on Thursday 03.12 the 9 museums of Gent are opening their doors from 18 till 01 o'clock. The entrance is free and each museum is offering various activities, music performances, or new exhibitions. As for example the MIAT with a new Amai, email! - Oh my, enamel! exhibition.

Gedrukt voor de stad, Hans Moolenbel, Uitgeverij Bas Lubberhuizen, 2014 — *Gedrukt voor de stad, Hans Moolenbel,* Uitgeverij Bas Lubberhuizen, 2014

Visiting Sander Pinkse Boekproductie

December 2, 2015

Our next stop in Amsterdam is Sander Pinkse Boekproductie studio, located just a few minutes away from Letterpress Amsterdam. Sander Pinkse designs and produces books, of all shapes and sizes. He has been working as a book designer for more than twenty years. Sander's studio also houses a letterpress print shop.

Letterpress Amsterdam

December 1, 2015

It's been a while that I was thinking about spending a weekend in Amsterdam. And yes, finally, we jumped into our car and drove from Gent to Amsterdam. After checking in Airbnb apartment in the Jordaan district, we headed to visit Thomas Gravemaker from Letterpress Amsterdam.

Project with L’Atelier à l’Envers

November 23, 2015

A couple of months ago Guillaume Bétemps from L’Atelier à l’Envers (FR) was on a short holiday in Belgium and we decided to meet at the MIAT museum in Gent to have a chat.

Yerevan. Museum of Literature and Art.

October 17, 2015

This year I took another week off to visit my family in Yerevan. Yesterday when strolling around the city I've discovered the Museum of Literature and Art after Yeghishe Charents. This tiny museum, situated behind the National Gallery, includes archives of almost all classics of Armenian literature, theater, music and cinematographic art from the 18th century up till now. In fact it is the continuation of Mashtots Matenadaran (repository of ancient manuscripts).

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