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.
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Project with L’Atelier à l’Envers
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.
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Yerevan. Museum of Literature and Art.
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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1. Check out the line-up of the Web Typography Conference, Brighton, 13.11.15 - Ampersand
2. Brock'n'roll is a new workshop & gallery exhibiting printed matter in La Louviere. Opening on 01.10.15 - link
3. Makers of East London, published today by Hoxton Mini Press, is a beautiful new book that explores the area’s rich creative heritage and celebrates the latest generation of makers and their work. Great to see Graham Bignell, Beatrice Bless & Richard Ardagh from the New North Press being featured in this book.
4. Grafixx zine fest, 20-22.11.15. Lezingen van o.a. Ever Meulen, exposities, workshops met Gocco en veel meer - link
This was DRUKOPSTRAAT 4. MIAT, Gent
For a fourth year on a row Topo Copy teamed up with Helix and Het Miat (Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textiles Ghent) to make giant prints, not on a press but on concrete with a steamroller, a type of heavy construction machinery used for flattening/compacting surfaces, such as roads or airfields. During a two-day-event the artists carved lino's and printed them on ‘flags’, paper and even clothing.
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1. International Advertising & Design DataBase - link
2. Trading Stories with The Printers - video
3. The relevance of typographical collections for today’s designers - AEPM conference, 2-3 October 2015, Tipoteca Italiana (Cornuda, Italy)
4. Letterpress prints from Canada - link
Brian Bagdonas from Stumptown Printers
Stumptown Printers (USA) visiting MIAT
Yesterday I've met wonderful people - Brian Bagdonas & Rebecca Gilbert from Stumptown Printers (Portland, OR). After taking part in St Brides Wayzgoose they came to Belgium for a few days so we headed to MIAT this afternoon.
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