Registration is now open for the 2016 Lyon book history workshop. Dates: Monday 4 July to Thursday 7 July 2016 Venue: Lyon, France The Lyon-based Institut d’histoire du livre organises an annual summer workshop in Lyon, whose purpose is to improve skills in the interpretation and understanding of specific fields relating to our written and…
The target has been reached but the campaign still has a week to run A word (in French) of heartfelt thanks from our colleagues Chantal and Yoann who run the Colophon printing museum in Grignan in the Drôme region of France. Their fundraising campaign has been a resounding success and they have reached their target…
Save a printing museum in 10 days? Easy peasy! The Colophon printing museum/workshop/bookshop recently launched an appeal for financial support to ensure their future. The response was massively positive and they have already raised 92% of the target sum (17,000 euros). That leaves them with ten days to raise the last 8%. Which will be…
11th Northern Germany hand press fair Over 50 exhibitors will be present at the 11th Northern Germany hand press fair 16-17 January 2016 Museum der Arbeit Hamburg (Germany). Programme (in German on the Museum de Arbeit web site) or download programme in printable PDF format.
Call for papers for a forthcoming conference at The Centre for printing history and culture Printers unite! Print and protest from the early modern to the present ‘Printers unite!’ is a phrase that evokes the historic solidarities and struggles of printers and their eventual consolidation into a single trade union, Unite. On the 90th and 30th…
New exhibition at the Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum (German newspaper museum) Frans Masereel und seine Arbeiten für die Presse (Frans Masereel’s graphic work for the press) 19 December 2015 – 21 February 2016 Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum Am Abteihof 1 66787 Wadgassen
The excellent Colophon printing museum in Grignan (France) has had a difficult year in 2015. Though things are looking brighter they have launched a crowdfunding appeal (via Ulule) for 17 000 euros to get themselves back on an even keel. You can make a contribution, large or small from their website at: https://fr.ulule.com/soutenez-colophon/ The appeal…
Imprinting the Centre The launch of the Centre for printing history and culture by Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham The Centre for printing history and culture, a joint initiative between Birmingham City University (BCU) and the University of Birmingham, was launched at an event entitled Imprinting the Centre’at Winterbourne House, Birmingham on…
Reminder The annual conference of the International working group on print and media history (IADM) will take place in Mossbach and Heidelberg (Germany) from the 12-14th November next. The twin themes of the conference are: From old boxes to full bottles: packaging printing, and Museum projects of today and IADM prospects for tomorrow Full details (in…
The AEPM at the Tipoteca italiana The 2015 edition of the AEPM’s annual meeting brought together 60 speakers and delegates from twelve countries and three continents to talk about the pertinence of typographical collections for today’s designers. Museum professionals, historians, designers, collectors and practising letterpress printers enjoyed two days of talks, visits and intensive discussions…
Can you help us identify this press? Through a donation from the Dutch National Topographic Services the Nederlands Steendrukmuseum came in 2008 alongside a large batch of litho stones with topographic maps also in the possession of a remarkable looking press. On the press we see the year of 1843 and the city name Delft.…
International symposium On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and France, a symposium is being organised in Gravelines (France), the 30 – 31 October 2015, on the theme Printing in the West and in the East The speakers will be: Paul Ripoche, director of Gravelines Museum (France)…
The relevance of typographical collections for today’s designers The next AEPM conference will take place on the 2-3 October 2015 and will be hosted by the Tipoteca italiana (Cornuda, Italy). It will look at the many ways in which typographical collections can be used by graphic designers and all those interested in the development of…
July 2015: a new version of the rpi2caster has been assembled at the Enkidu-Pers in Holland, in close cooperation with the young computer-genius Krzysztof Słychań of the BookArt Museum in Lodz, Poland. This interface uses four Italian-made matrix-valves, a RaspberryPi mini-computer with a specially designed board mounted on it. The whole is mounted in a…
Disturbing news from the St Bride Printing Library (London) The St Bride Foundation has just announced that it is no longer able to keep the printing workshop and library open in their current format because of funding constraints. The result of this is that the staff working in those departments have been made redundant. The…
The next AEPM conference will be on the theme of The relevance of typographical collections for today’s designers dates: 2-3 October 2015 place: the fabulous Tipoteca italiana (Cornuda, Italy). The theme of the conference Who cares about about outmoded letterpress techniques in the digital âge? Old machines and metal type are nice to look…
Dear Members of AEPM, I would like to invite you to this year’s IADM conference which will take place on November 12-14th in Mosbach and Heidelberg. We will discuss the following topics: “Special features of packaging print – Tales from old boxes and full bottles” and “Today’s museum projects and tomorrow’s IADM perspectives”. On November…
International poster contest 10 years of the Museum of Typography, Chania, Crete Unique in Greece, the “Museum of Typography”, in Chania/Crete, with great pleasure invites for a second year those who have artistic flair, talent, inspiration and imagination, to participate in the 2nd international poster contest, launched officially today, Friday, May 22, 2015.:This year’s theme…
Exhibition: Vincent van Gogh the graphic artist The art of ‘black and white’… 2015 marks the 125th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh’s death (1853-1890). This occasion is being commemorated in over 30 locations throughout Europe under the title: ‘Van Gogh 2015: 125 years of inspiration’. The Dutch Museum of Lithography is participating in this event…
Jürgen Bönig of the Museum der Arbeit (Hamburg, Germany) writes to ask if anyone can provide an estimation of the value of some British paper-makers’ hand moulds. The estimate is for tax purposes following the gift of the moulds to the Museum. Size in cm: 60 x 77 cm 2 pcs. 47 x 59 cm …
