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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
The steam-driven cylinder printing press: an invention which changed the media world This year mechanical newspaper printing celebrates its 200th birthday. Possessed by the idea of using steam power to replace the back-breaking labour involved in printing with the hand press, trained printer and ingenious inventor Friedrich Koenig implemented a rotating cylinder into the printing…
Handmade paper After a year of reflexion, Papier artisanel is happy to announce the forthcoming opening of their handmade paper workshop, in May 2015, in the village of Pérouges, county of Ain. They look forward to welcoming you in their new place, about 35 kilometers from Lyon, where you will discover the paper making process with…
A new architectural project for a major heritage library-museum Marcel Bauer, Mayor of the town of Sélestat (Alsace, France) and Pierre Goetz, regional delegate of the Fondation du Patrimoine (Heritage Foundation) will unveil the architectural project for the Nouvelle Bibliothèque humaniste, in the presence of the architect Rudy Ricciotti. 24 novembre 2014 at 18h30 Tanzmatten…
Bravo! AEPM members meeting in the Gutenberg Museum on the weekend of the 24th October were delighted to learn of the American Printing History Association’s announcement that its Institutional Award for 2015 has been given to the Book Art Museum of Łódź, Poland. Janusz Tryzno, his son Pawel and Arkadiusz Rogozinski, a colleague from the…
Printing Historical Society : 50th anniversary conference The Printing Historical Society is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary with a conference entitled Landmarks in Printing: from origins to the digital age.It will be held at the Society’s long-standing home in London, the St Bride Institute on the 13-14 November 2014. Various other activities are planned to coincide…
Les Didot et la typographie moderne (1782-1819) Exposition du 14 octobre au 15 novembre 2014 Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, 51 rue de la République, 80000 Amiens La famille Didot, dont les membres les plus illustres sont imprimeurs, éditeurs, libraires, graveurs et fondeurs de caractères, papetiers mais aussi technologues et érudits, impose sa marque pendant trois siècles…
If your museum is organising an event in 2015 related to Aldus Manutius, this may be of interest to you… Few printers have contributed as much to the advancement of the humanist book as Aldus Manutius (c. 1451 – 1515). His family press was active in Venice, Bologna and Rome for over a century, from…
The printing industry in transition: technology, work and the trade in the second half of the 20th century The next meeting of the International working group on printing and media history (Internationaler Arbeitskreis Druck- und Mediengeschichte) will be hosted by the Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum, Wadgassen (Germany), 26 – 28 November 2014. Full information and registration here. Programme,…
