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March 19, 2025

1.Open Day at the Atelier de typographie / La Cambre, Brussels, 22.03.2025 - link
2. Call for papers. Exploring printing heritage in theory and in practice. The Association of European Printing Museums and the Centre for Printing History and Culture invite proposals for the forthcoming annual conference of the AEPM which will investigate the relationship between printing history and the heritage sites that are custodians of the material evidence of print - link
4. Talk. Piet Zwart: NKF and the New Typography with Paul Stirton, 01.10.2025, St-Bride Foundation, London (UK) or online - link
5. Deze tentoonstelling belicht het werk van Editions Tandem, opgericht in 1974 door kunstenaar Gabriel Belgeonne en zijn vrouw Thérèse Dujeu. Vanaf het begin stelde de vereniging zich ten doel beeldende kunstenaars te ondersteunen, met name op het gebied van de prentkunst. 28.03 - 21.09.2025, Wittockiana (Brussel, BE) - link

Workshop // Collage maken. 06.03, 19u - 21u

February 28, 2025

Je gaat creatief aan de slag met typografische knipsels, snippers en drukwerk uit de drukkerij van het Industriemuseum. Aan het eind van de workshop ga je naar huis met je eigen A3-poster.

Wanneer: donderdag 6 maart 2025
Uur: 19 tot 21 uur
Waar: Industriemuseum
Voor wie: 18+, volwassenen
Prijs: standaardtarief: 20 euro/pp
vriendentarief: 18 euro/pp
kansentarief: 4 euro/pp
Reserveren: noodzakelijk, reserveer je ticket(s) via online ticketshop

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February 27, 2025

1.Open dag voor de Expert course Type Design, 15.03.2025, Plantin Instituut voor Typografie, Antwerpen (BE) - link
2. Creative research project “Artistic rediscovery of the hot metal typesetting” first presentation, 11.03.2025, TYPA (EST) - link
3. BuchDruckKunst 4-6.04.2025, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg (DE) - link
4. Playgrounds group show, 1 - 23.03.2025, Studio Artoo, Antwerpen (BE) - link

Long live the Black Arts / Visiting Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp

February 22, 2025

During our one-year course, along with three-day workshops, and extra assignments, we also have a list of places we would like to visit—museums and archives that have relevant collections that might be interesting for our group. For our first visit, we chose 2 spots in Antwerp: Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library which has collected and preserved Flemish cultural heritage for over five centuries and Museum Plantin-Moretus, the only museum in the world to be inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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February 20, 2025

1.Exlibris Linocut contest by TYPA (EST), deadline 8.04.2025 - link
2. ‘De liefde voor de letter is nooit ver weg’. Erik Desombere brengt zijn verhaal over 50 jaar werken met letters. CC De Steiger, Menen (BE), 13.03.2025 - link
3. Ghent Art Book Fair. Open call. Deadline 10.03.2025 - link
4. Inloopworkshop tijdens de Krukuskriebels in het Industriemuseum, doorlopend van 14 tot 17 uur - overzicht van alle inloopworkshops

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February 13, 2025

1.Lecture by Studio Schreefloos. Craft (wo)manship & Co-printing. 26.02.2025, De Lange Adem (NL) - link
2. As part of the 2025 theme "Book City Leipzig. More than a Story", the Museum of Printing in Leipzig is organizing a year-long series of workshops. 9.03 - 07.12.2025 - link
3. This year Amsterdam is turning 750! AGA LAB has been part of the city’s history for 67 years and is celebrating with a unique anniversary stamp. Join this project - link
4. Workshop // Legodruk, 21.03.2025 & 11.04.2025, Industriemuseum - link
5. Lezing // Een Lithografische Passie. 03.04.2025, Industriemuseum - link
6. Workshop. Letterpress // Poster Drukken (duo kind - volw), 10.04.2025, Industriemuseum - link
7. Workshop. Letterpress // Typocity, 13.04.2025, Industriemuseum - link
8. Workshop. Letterpress // Poster Drukken (duo kind - volw), 11.05.2025, Industriemuseum - link

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February 1, 2025

1.RHIZOMA International biennial for contemporary art, 24.05-13.07.2025, Frans Masereel Centrum - link
2. The Derby Print Open is an exhibition open to all showcasing contemporary printmaking from artists based in the United Kingdom. Deadline 31.03.2025 - link
3. Wollig Winter feest, 01.02.2025, Pastory, Gent (BE) - link
4. Expositie & beurs, 02.02.2025, Grafische Atelier Hilversum - link

October 31, 2026

Time for a Birthday Calendar

This year, the Industriemuseum celebrated its 50th anniversary. With the museum shop recently redesigned, it felt like the perfect moment to create something special: a birthday calendar, typeset entirely by hand using wood type and ornaments from the museum’s rich collection, and printed on a Heidelberg KSBA cylinder press.

October 2, 2026

Type walk in Ghent. Before & after. Oudburg.

When walking through Oudburg in Ghent, which I do quite often, I have noticed a number of small changes over the years. Signs disappear. Façades are repainted. Businesses move on. New lettering takes their place.

None of these changes is particularly dramatic. But together they tell us something about how the visual identity of a street evolves.

July 5, 2026

Type Walk in Ghent. Before & After. Looking up: the fading letters of Cockney's Distillery.

A couple of weeks ago, during the annual flea market on Lange Violettestraat, I found myself doing what I probably do too often: looking up.

While most people were browsing records, ceramics and old books, my attention drifted towards the façades. That's when I noticed it. Barely visible beneath layers of age and weather, a painted sign slowly emerged from the brickwork.

May 24, 2026

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

Dossche Sport is one of the symbols of Ghent’s rich cycling heritage — a business rooted in professional racing history, family tradition, and nearly a century of dedication to the bicycle culture of the city.

March 28, 2026

Type walk in Ghent. Before & after. Marchandises & stories.

Tucked away near Sint-Jacobsplein in Ghent once stood a place that many locals still remember with a certain nostalgia: Marchand’10. The name Marchand’10 (Marchandise) — French for “merchant” — suited the place perfectly. This was never just a shop, but a world of its own. It felt more like wandering into a densely packed cabinet of curiosities.

January 18, 2026

Type walk in Ghent. Before & after. Only “Beerhouse” remains.

Het Waterhuis aan de Bierkant is one of Ghent’s most recognizable cafés. With its large beer selection and sunny terrace along the water, it attracts locals and visitors from all over the world. But this is more than just a place to have a drink—it’s a building with a long and surprising history.

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