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AEPM 2015: full conference programme
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…
Computer-controlled casting on the Monotype composition caster
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…
St Bride printing library – further restrictions
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…
AEPM 2015 conference announcement
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…
Invitation for 2015 IADM conference
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…
Poster contest about typography
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…
Vincent van Gogh the graphic artist
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…
Estimating the value of paper-makers’ hand moulds
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 …
New traveling exhibition on Frans Masereel available for hire
Frans Masereel and his work for the press The German Newspaper Museum and the Frans Masereel Foundation are offering for hire a new traveling exhibition entitled Frans Masereel and his work for the press. The exhibition will be shown in the German Newspaper Museum (Wadgassen, Germany) from January to March 2016. After that it is…
Bodoni Museum reopens
Reopening of the Bodoni Museum Saturday, April 18 at 17.00 the Bodoni Museum reopens after two and a half years of enforced closure following a fire in the Biblioteca Palatino in October 2012. The Museum will again be open to visitors with a new permanent exhibition. Exhibition The occasion will be marked by a new…
Electric Küco casters: suppliers of heating elements in Europe
In reply to the question about the availability of heating elements for Cüko-casters, a quick search on google revealed the following website: https://www.watlow.com/contactus/salesloc_intl.cfm?region=4. The firm has three outlets in France: Watlow France Tour D'Asnieres 4, Avenue Laurent Cely 92600 Asnieres sur Seine FRANCE Phone: +33 (0) 1 41 32 79 70 Fax: +33 (0) 1…
Request for information about electric Küco casters
Küco typecasting machines, Darmstadt, Germany At Darmstadt M. Rainer Gerstenberg is the last commercial typefounder working with Küco typecasting machines. I recently organised a meeting between him and the Imprimerie nationale so that Rainer could explain the technique of the Küco to one of their younger employees. The Imprimerie nationale has several Küco casters in…
Monotype history at The Type Archive
Second launch event for the History of the Monotype Corporation A second event to mark the recent publication of the History of the Monotype Corporation (Vanburgh Press) is being organised jointly by the Type Archive and The Printing Historical Society. Though principally intended for PHS members who missed the original launch event, some places are…
Research : Vincent Van Gogh
For the Nederlands Steendrukmuseum's upcoming exhibition Vincent van Gogh as a Graphic Artist 9 May - 4 October 2015 At Nederlands Steendrukmuseum at Valkenswaard the phase of research has now fully started. Meanwhile our museum has invited an enthusiastic and well-established guest curator. This curator worked until recently at the Van Gogh Museum and is…
Discover the Book art museum, Łódź, Poland
Check out the Book art museum’s new video describing their origins and activities in Łódź, Poland. The Book art museum was recently awarded the American printing history association's Institutional Award for 2015 for its outstanding contribution to the study, recording, preservation and dissemination of printing history in Poland over the last 35 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X3jg67-6bI
World War I in lithography at the Nederlands Steendrukmuseum
Exhibition: World War I in lithographs The Nederlands Steendrukmuseum (Dutch Museum of Lithography) is presenting an exhibition about World War I in lithographs until 26 April 2015. Never before was the poster so extensively used for war purposes as during World War I from 1914-1918. It developed in all the countries involved, to become the…
Bodoni Museum – petition
Petition in defense of the Palatine Library and National Gallery The recent reform that led to the 'downgrading' of the Palatine Library and the National Gallery, with consequent loss of their respective heads, has provoked a strong response. A petition has been launched in defense of the Palatine Library and National Gallery, which in a…
L’atelier La casse s’expose au Musée de l’imprimerie de Nantes
LCT Sbire : un caractère pour animer les textes de labeur Exposition du 19 au 28 janvier 2015 de 10 h à 12 h et de 14 h à 17 h 30 D’où naissent les lettres que nous utilisons tous les jours sur nos papiers ? À l’occasion de la sortie de son nouveau caractère,…
Exhibition: The Wapping Dispute
The Wapping Dispute St Bride Foundation Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EQ 9 January – 13 February 2015 Friday - Monday 10am - 5.30pm; Tuesday - Thursday by appointment. Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers stand accused of debasing the British media. Revelations of industrial-scale phone hacking at the News of the World and corruption of the…
The Wapping Dispute: a talk with Greg Neale and Nicholas Jones
A look back on the Wapping Dispute with Greg Neale and Nicholas Jones St Bride Foundation Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EQ 20 January 2015 The great dispute at News International newspapers in 1986-87 was one of the most dramatic industrial affairs of the last century and a turning point in the history of the British press.…