Letters are everywhere, from newspaper headlines to road signs. From cheerful posters that shout for your attention to formal letters in your mailbox. Bold strokes, curvy lines or sharp edges: the type of letter reinforces the message. Typography often goes unnoticed, yet it is a unique artform combining skill and creativity. That’s already an excellent…
Du 28 juin 2025 au 4 janvier 2026, le Musée de l’image entre en piste pour sa nouvelle exposition temporaire Quel cirque ! Il invite tous les publics à venir découvrir l’histoire fascinante de l’un des arts les plus populaires, où magie, grandeur et folie se rencontrent : le cirque ! De sa naissance sous sa…
October 14–17, 2025 | Ghent, Belgium + Hybrid Access Worldwide bigstuff2025.info Registration for Big Stuff 2025 is now open Registrations for the International Big Stuff Conference are now officially open! The conference will take place from October 14th to 17th, 2025, at the Museum of Industry in the historic and vibrant city of Ghent, Belgium.…
We are writing to you regarding a printing press that carries the traces of a profound history. Our local newspaper, a family legacy, has been operating since 1969 under the name Özyalvaç Gazetesi, contributing to the social and cultural memory of our region. The 1897 Heidelberg model platen press, acquired through the great effort and…
Preserving hot-metal typecasting and composition A message from Franz Hennies of the Hot Type Network I would like to introduce The Hot Type Network to you. You might have already seen some of our activities, e.g. on Instagram. It is a European community initiated by three museums — the Grafiska Museet in Helsingborg, Sweden; the…
Identification of prints Berlin, 6.-7. October 2025 Content The artistic and industrial printing techniques undergo a constant development. Modern technology allows a great variety of relief, intaglio, lithography, screen and digital print. Therefore, the artistic prints can no longer be limited only to the classical techniques. Artists are using the new technical possibilities with interest.…
The museum’s future The Musée de l’imprimerie et de la communication graphique closed its doors to the public on 1 June 2025, for 18 months of building work to improve its accessibility. Although essential, this break is not the end: on the contrary, it marks the beginning of a major transformation. The collections are alive…
Der Comic – Ein grenzenloser Raum voller Erzählmöglichkeiten Exhibition / Ausstellung im Klingspor Museum Laufzeit: 5. April 2025 – 27. Juli 2025 Comics sind weit mehr als lediglich gezeichnete Geschichten auf Papier. Sie erschaffen faszinierende Erzählwelten und bieten einen Raum voller kreativer Möglichkeiten. Schon früh sind Figuren und Landschaften aus den Buchseiten hervorgetreten und als…
Full details of the programme and booking for the 2025 annual conference of the AEPM are now online here. The conference is being hosted this year by the Centre for printing history and culture (CPHC) and Winterbourne House & Garden at the University of Birmingham (UK). The theme of the conference is the relationship between…
The first International Senefelder Prize was awarded 50 years ago. To mark this anniversary, some of the most important lithographs from that time to the present will be exhibited this summer at the Haus der Stadtgeschichte in Offenbach (the City’s history museum). The selection pays particular attention to the first prize winner, Christian Kruck, who,…
The San Francisco based Letterform Archive’s latest all-in-one guide to content and collections gathers everything they’ve published about printed ephemera: blog posts, videos, interviews, highlights from the collections. Letterform Archive’s ephemera aims to outlast its impermanent nature and provide endless inspiration for graphic designers as well as invaluable historical resources for teachers and historians. Ephemera…
El pasado 24 de mayo celebramos nuestro capítulo anual, culminado con el nombramiento de 19 nuevos senadores, con lo que ya llegamos a 100 miembros activos. En el acto pudimos conocer la agilización del proceso de acondicionamiento de las instalaciones del museo, impulsadas por la directora general de patrimonio de la Comunitat Valenciana. Después de…
Last Wednesday we opened our annual linocut contest exhibition, and now we invite you to vote for your favourite! In the exhibition, there are 99 exhibited works, and winners will be announced in 4 different categories: Grand Prix — selected by the artists’ committee. Youth Prize — selected by the artists’ committee. Public Prize —…
Dans le cadre de l’évènement national Manifestampe, le MAI & les Amis du MAI vous proposent une exposition d’estampes : 40 artistes des Pays de la Loire du 22 mai au 22 juin 2025, du lundi au samedi de 10 h à 12 h et de 14 h à 17 h et exceptionnellement le dimanche…
Depuis le 2 mai et jusqu’au 17 août 2025, le National Museum of World Writing Systems en Corée du sud, présente l’exposition « Imagine ! Le monde de Gustave Doré ». Ce musée national se trouve à Incheon en banlieue de Séoul. Il attire en moyenne 1 million de visiteurs par an. Il abrite notamment…
NKF: Piet Zwart’s avant-garde catalogue for Standard Cables (1927-1928) The fabulous Letterform Archive in San Francisco recently published the first-ever facsimile of this modernist masterpiece. Dutch designer Piet Zwart’s bold layouts, photomontage and playful typography transformed a humble cable catalogue into a landmark of the New Typography movement. Widely regarded as one of the twentieth…
Au Palais des liens renoués : une exposition vivante, une mémoire en lutte En mai 2025, le Musée de l’imprimerie et de la communication graphique sort de ses murs et s’associe à Mémoires minoritaires – Le Brrrazero pour donner vie à une archive queer en mouvement. Tout au long du mois de mai, des ateliers…
Exposition Centre de la gravure et de l’image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgique du 14.06.2025 → 23.11.2025 Né en 1986 à Hasselt, Brecht Evens est une figure majeure de la bande dessinée contemporaine. Diplômé de la LUCA School of Arts de Gand, il se fait connaître avec Les Noceurs, primé à Angoulême en 2011. Installé à…
The Italian Association of Printing and Paper Museums (AIMSC) will be present with its own stand (Hall 11 A31) at the upcoming edition of Print4All, the trade show dedicated to technologies for printing and visual communication, scheduled from May 27th to 30th at Fiera Milano. During the event, visitors will have the unique opportunity to…
Exposition Rue de la Liberté à Frameries, dans le Hainaut, siège discrètement un insolite ‘laboratoire d’images’ en activité depuis 1950. Aujourd’hui, entre les presses et les pierres lithographiques, on y retrouve Bruno Robbe, qui a fait de cet atelier, légué par son grand-père, un espace de création et d’expression pour artistes aux vastes horizons. D’Ann…
