Each year when I’m in Yerevan I make sure I visit Matenadaran (The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts).The Matenadaran is a major center with a unique and exceptionally rich manuscript collection, one that has become a symbol of Armenia. It is named after Mesrop Mashtots, who is credited with the creation of the Armenian alphabet in 405. In fact The Matenadaran is both, it is a museum of ancient manuscripts and a scientific research institute.
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Typography Museum by Henri Thomaes (82!)
Yesterday I had a chance to visit a tiny museum in Brussels run by Henri Thomaes (82!). 20 years ago, the printer from Evere retired officially but he kept on going in his museum where time seems to have come to a standstill.
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MIAT workshops. Bookmark.
ΠAdventures
Have you ever wondered what to do with Œ, Æ ligatures, covered in dust in your type cabinet drawers? Rachel Marsh from Semple Press came up with a wonderful idea of “Œ Adventures” book.
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Werkman 2015
The work of designer and printmaker H.N.Werkman (1882-1945) is best known for his innovative printing techniques and experimental typography. Therefore seventy years after his death the city of Groningen organizes various exhibitions (10.04-01.11.2015) and presents a new publication about the artist - “Het boek H.N. Werkman. Leven en Werk” (in Dutch).
Read the full program here & Werkmanproject Vrijheid van Geest door Grafiekplatform VOG.
(thanks to Falstaff & Fakir Private Press for the info)
Just received! Alphabets of Wood
Pastabodoni (or Manuale Pastagrafico)
To mark the 200th anniversary of Bodoni's death November 1813 Lino's Type (Verona, IT) and Flowers and Fleurons (Brighton, UK) initiate a collaborative letterpress book.
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