1. Grand Mots Grands Moyens, an exhibition at Le Musée de l’imprimerie in Nantes,
21.03-30.04.18
2. Printing Colour 1700-1830 conference, 10-12.04.18, London.
3. Cataloging the Enquirer collection at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum.
4. Printing Revolution and Society 1450-1500 - Fifty Years that Changed Europe Congres.
19-21.09.18, Venice.
Quick links
1. Artbook Berlin 2018 - 16-18.11.2018. Open for submissions until 30.04.2018.
2. Typosium XIIII. Save the date! 1 September 2018.
3. Haute Lecture by Colard Mansion. Innovating text and image in medieval Bruges - link.
4. The Type Collection – Preserving British Printing History.
Meet us at the Letterpress Corner!
In September last year, unexpected even for me, I decided to team up with Charlotte Van Lancker to set up a letterpress studio in Gent. Being a volunteer at the MIAT printing department for several years and taking part in Letterpress Workers event gave me a chance to learn the skill from fellow printmakers. Printmaking was always something I wished to keep myself busy with and opening up a studio with a fellow designer seemed like the perfect opportunity to me.
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Posters for the MIAT
Creating and printing posters, self-initiated or on a commission is something I enjoy making the most. So, therefore, I was quite enthusiastic when it came to collaboration with MIAT museum where 2 different posters had to be designed, typeset from wood and metal type and letterpress printed at the printing department of the museum.
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Trip to Amsterdam. Makers Match & GWA.
In December, between Christmas and New Year I decided to take a 3-day trip to Amsterdam to visit friends who came all the way from Toronto. Upon arrival to Amsterdam Central Station, I spotted a lovely and quiet place, situated in the Amstelpassage (inside the station) - called Lil' Amsterdam.
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Quick links
1. Talk. Decompiling History: Tobias Frere-Jones, St Bride Foundation, 20.01.2018, 7:00pm.
2. Art on Paper, call for artists, deadline 16.01.2018.
3. Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale, 21-29.09.2018. The 2018 exhibition will be open to printmakers who specialise in hand-pulled original prints, and work within a 35 mile radius of Cambridge, UK.
4. Japanese miniature press, with PDF of the assembly and operating instructions.
The screening of 'Graphic Means' documentary in Gent. 09.01.2018
For one more time GRAFOC and Typografics are joining the forces to organise the second screening of the 'Graphic Means' documentary in Belgium. This time it wil take place in Gent. This documentary dives into the graphic design archives and explores graphic design production of the 1950s through the 1990s—from linecaster to photocomposition, and from paste-up to PDF.
Graphic Means, director - Briar Levit
09.01.2018
20:00 – 23:00
Sphinx Cinema
Sint-Michielsplein 3,
9000 Gent
tickets (entrance is free, but registration is required)