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Type Amsterdam 2012 20 Sep 2012 | 11:47 am
In exactly two weeks, on Thursday, October 4, the University of Amsterdam - Special Collections hosts the third edition of Type Amsterdam. The free conference is an afternoon about current typography ...
Printing demonstrations and film screenings in MIAT Ghent 15 Jul 2012 | 05:36 am
It has become a yearly tradition during the Ghent city festival. From July 14 to 23 the printing department of the Museum for Industrial Archaeology and Textile organises guided visits, several demons...
Between Writing and Type - The Stencil Letter 19 Apr 2012 | 04:25 am
Typography is writing with prefabricated letters, so says legendary Dutch typographer Gerrit Noordzij. But what about stencil lettering? The shapes are pre-existent, yet each letter needs to be drawn ...
Shapeshifters 2012 focuses on Designing Information 8 Mar 2012 | 07:32 am
Morag Myerscough @ TYPO London. Photo © Gerhard Kassner The 2012 Shapeshifters lectures focus on how graphic designers visualise/transform information so that it becomes almost intuitively compre...
Jean Jacques Peters 1941-2012 23 Jan 2012 | 01:34 pm
After battling a very aggressive cancer for over a year, yesterday evening my father chose to not let his illness have the last word. I feel very fortunate that we live in a civilized, humane country,...
BNO Romeo Delta goes to the movies 17 Jan 2012 | 04:09 am
Let me start by wishing you all a terrific 2012. For me personally it looks like the first half of the year is about to get really busy. Exactly one week from now I am doing the first of six presentat...
Gent, Instagram'ed - October 2012 7 Jan 2012 | 09:55 pm
This is the second instalment of my typographic explorations of my home town Ghent. Although last time I promised I would never include pictures of my breakfast or my shoes, you will see Lucy, one of ...
Plantin Institute of Typography - Expert class Type design 26 Dec 2011 | 02:46 am
The Plantin Institute of Typography trains experts in typography and design. It offers a unique program which combines theoretical insights and historical background with contemporary technical knowle...
Gent, Instagram'ed - September 2012 1 Dec 2011 | 11:11 am
Partly inspired by Phil Baines’ and Catherine Dixon’s wonderful city lettering walks, and part by Herbert Marker’s efforts to preserve Vienna’s disappearing architectural lettering, I recently started...
Typeface design made in Belgium 8 Sep 2011 | 02:30 am
From 10 September until 2 October 2011, students of the Expert class Type design (EcTd) 2010–2011 at the Plantin Institute for Typography will show their work at the famous Museum Plantin-Moretus in A...
