iBookBinding is returning to the Museum of Industry (Ghent)

October 6, 2022

Huge thanks to Stepan Chizhov from Ibookbinding & to Pavel Voronin for inviting me for a cosy chat about the printing department of the Museum of Industry (Ghent).

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September 29, 2022

1.Lezing Typo Belgieque door Jo De Baerdemaeker. 03.11.2022, Industriemuseum (BE) - link
2. MATS - Muzeu Atelier Tipografie Sibiu (RO) - link
3. De Garamont aux Garamond(s): une aventure typographique. 30.09-30.12.2022, Bibliothèque Mazarine (FR) - link
4. Drukkunstbeurs, 22-23.10.2022, Amersfoort (NL) - link

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September 15, 2022

1.Shipley Winter Wayzgoose, 19.11.2022, The Kirkgate Centre - link
2. “David King: The World Must Change”, 16.09-22.10.2022, Standpoint Gallery - link
3. Hands-on-Type - video
4. “Let’s talk about books, baby”, 6.10.2022, Café Cliché - register

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September 8, 2022

1.Box your Book exhibition in Knokke-Heist, 03.09 - 08.10.2022 - link
2. Paul Kieve’s Liverpool Empire Discovery. Ah, great to see New North Press at work! - link
3. Als boeken konden spreken - boekbindersatelier stelt tentoon, 01.09-01.10.2022, Bibliotheek Genk - link
4. Café Curieus Feest! Straatfeest, live-muziek en workshop door An Eisendrath, 10.09.2022, Antwerpen - link

Gentse Feesten 2022! Or poster, card and Late Donderdag.

August 24, 2022

hA! After a break of 2 years because of 'you-know-what' the Ghent Festivities (Gentse Feesten) were back in the city. Since their origin in 1843, the Ghent Festivities have developed into one of the largest cultural festivals in Europe. This ten days festival is both an urban festival, a cultural event and a large-scale popular feast.

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August 13, 2022

1.Antwerp Poster Festival Lecture Night. 10.09.22, M HKA - link
2. Please note it in your diaries, that after many years at the Pieterskerk in Leiden the annual printers fair of Drukwerk in de Marge will this year take place in Amersfoort, in the Prodentfabriek. In this fantastic industrial building you'll not only find letterpress printers, but also bookbinders, paper makers, suppliers and of course demonstrations. 22-23.10.22, from 11:00–17:00. Every visitor will receive a copy of a specially commissioned publication. Entrance is free! - link
3. Het thema van deze 4e landelijke grafiektriënnale, die drie maanden duurt, is ‘Ontmoeten’. Musea, galeries, kunstenaars, grafische werkplaatsen en verzamelaars organiseren een diversiteit aan exposities, workshops, lezingen, demonstraties en projecten - link
4. LITHO XXL. Experimenting with XXL lithography, 13.08-25.09.22, Dutch Museum of Lithography - link

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July 23, 2022

1.Protest in Rusland vrijwel onmogelijk, straatartiest Sergej Besov (Partisan Press) bedacht iets anders. Nadat Rusland in februari de militaire censuur invoerde en begon met arrestaties, boetes en rechtszaken, zijn publiekelijke protesten vrijwel uitgedoofd. Straatartiest Sergej heeft een creatieve manier gevonden om zich uit te spreken - link
2. APHA invites you to join us at our 47th annual conference in Los Angeles on October 13–15, 2022. “Making Artistic Noise” will explore the printing and printmaking revolution unleashed in the United States by the political and social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Registration is now open and limited to 120 participants - link
3. 'The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection. A History and Catalog' by David Shields - link
4. In het kader van de manifestatie Bitterzoet Erfgoed organiseert GRID Grafisch Museum Groningen de tentoonstelling ONDER_DRUK - link

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Type walk in Ghent. Before & after. 90 years of Dossche Sport.

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