Letterpress Workers 7th edition

28 – 30 june 2018

Leoncavallo SPA

Letterpress Workers International Summit

Letterpress Workers International Summit (LPW) is an annual meeting of letterpress designers from Europe and the Americas.

LPW is a short-term artistic residence, where letterpress printers work together on a common theme, sharing their knowledge and experience.
In short: a physical social network.
The general public is welcome to watch and meet the workers; access is free.

Lpw started in Milan in 2012, curated by Officina Tipografica Novepunti.
Since 2014, it has been held at Leoncavallo S.p.a.

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This years theme

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Come and see! entrance is free!

The event

Letterpress Workers 2018

See them in action

Do you love letterpress? Or are you just curious?
Now you have the chance to see the best printers the letterpress world has to offer working live. See their tricks, be inspired by their creativity.

LPW2018_workshop

Workshop

Learn from a pro. Every day a 4 hour workshop will take place, with one of our awesome workers sharing their tips and tricks.

Networking!

Meet international letterpress workers, build strong connections and lay foundations for future collaborations.

Have fun!

At 21.00 work will stop. But the magic continues. Party hard with the workers!

Schedule

Cosa succede, giorno per giorno

Thursday 28

16:30–18.30 Workshop

Mind the Gap, The real optical kerning
Letterpress workshop
with Stéphane de Schrevel

Learn how to kern like a pro!

6 persons max
costs 40 euro
All materials will be provided

Learn more

18:00 open to the public
18:30–20:00 Lecture/who?

Who are these guys?
6 letterpress workers present themselves. The fastest way to get your hands dirty.

with Hannah Harkes (Labora EE), Rozemarijn Oudejans (Studio Zeedauw, NL), Arcangela Regis (Lauren Press, ES), Mike Ainsworth (North or Nowt, UK), Thomas Siemon (Carpe Plumbum, DE)

Friday 29

16:30–18.30 Workshop

Memory (post)card
Letterpress workshop
with Thomas Gravemaker

Print a double set of game postcard

6 persons max
costs 40 euro
All materials will be provided.

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18:00 open to the public
18:30–20:00 Lecture/what?

SuperCircus, a modern fat face going from digital to letterpress
with Guillaume Beautemps

La Société Savante
with Julienne Jattiot, portavoce

Saturday 30

10:00–17.00 Workshop

Upside Town
Letterpress workshop with inductive ink
with Paper City & Jens Horgen Hansen

Print an art booklet with letterpress and inductive ink. Then light it with the circuit you will create.

6 person s max
costs 70 euro
All materials will be provided

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15:00 open to the public
15.30 Guided Typo tour

with Lucio Passerini
An amusing raid between inks, rollers and types; to get an idea of the used techniques, a better understanding of the printing process.
Free event. (max 15 persons)

Booking required

18-00–18:30 Lecture/why?

Digilog Prints: A Grounded Theory of Post-digital Letterpress Practice
with Chris Wilson (PhD Northumbria University School of Design)

19:00–20.00 The Great Typographic Auction

Relax and spend your money well on posters, prints and more or less useful materials

The schedule could have slight variations
Any questions?Any questions?

Tell it by the fireside or in a marketplace or in a movie, almost any story is almost certainly some kind of lie

Orson WellesDirector

I’m for truth, no matter who tells it.

Malcom XPolitician and activist

It is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

René DescartesPhilosopher

I believe that love of truth is the basis of all real virtue, and that virtues based upon lies can only do harm.

Bertrand RussellPhilosopher

Workers

You'll love us!

Armina Ghazaryan

Type & Press

Belgium

Stéphane de Schrevel

Belgium

Dimitri Rukkari

Dimitri Runkkari

Belgium

Olof

Olof Gardasdottir

Reykjavík Letterpress

Island

Edward Johannson

ahvaland

Finland

Jens Jørgen Hansen

bogtrykker

Denmark

Hannah Harker

Labora

Estonia

Eva Mengual

La seiscuatro

Spain

Yago Bolivar

Familia Plomez

Spain

Christian Granados

Coagulo

Spain

Arcangela Regis

Lauren Press

Spain

Guillame Bétemps

l’Atelier à l’Envers

France

Julienne Jattiot

Jott P. M.

Germany

Thomas Siemon

Carpe Plumbum

Germany

Marc Berger

Edition Schwarzdruck

Germany

Matthias Beck

Tipos en su tinta

Germany

Marieke_De-Spot

Marieke van der Perk

Monotypes

Netherlands

Thomas Gravemaker

LetterpressAmsterdam

Netherlands

Sander Pinkse

Boekproductie

Netherlands

Anne Marie Koper

In Translation

Netherlands

Tiny Risselada

Letterpers

Netherlands

Rozemarijn Oudejans

Rozemarijn Oudejans

Studio Zeedauw

Netherlands

Chris Wilson

Blackdog Letterpress

England

Brittany Ryan

England

John Cristopher

Flowers & Fleurons

England

Carl Middleton

Neat Design

England

Mark Pavey

Mark Pavey

Dead Methods

England

John Spencer

England

Mike Ainsworth

Mike Ainsworth

North or Nowt

England

Rebecca Howson

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England

Richard Lawrence

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England

David Armes

Red Plate Press

England

Marcos Mello and Gabriel Miranda

Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo

Brasil

Marco Brunello

Cartiera Clandestina

Italy

Paolo Celotto

Italy

Paolo Cabrini

Pratiche dello Yajè

Italy

Betterpress

Betterpress

Italy

Lucio Passerini

Edizioni Il Buon Tempo

Italy

Letterpress Workers 2018 &type

Simone Giorgio

&type

Italy

Serileo

Your lovely host

Italy

Novepunti

Your lovely host

Italy

Workshop

Vieni a sporcarti le mani!

Thursday 28

16:30–18:30

Mind the Gap, The real optical kerning

with Stéphane de Schrevel

Stéphane de Schrevel from the picturesque city of Gent (Belgium) takes you on a 2-hour journey to explore the intricate details of spacing woodtype capitals.

The aim is to produce a printed poster as a collective effort, in which each participant will set her/his contribution.

No specific skills required.
All materials (press, ink, paper, type and of course spacing material) will be provided.

Places

max 6

persons

Price

40

each
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Friday 29

16:30–18:30

Memory (post)card

with Thomas Gravemaker

Guess the right pairing. Or send postcards to friends. This is what will be possible at the end of the workshop, always keeping in mind the following points: everything can be true or false, depends on how you print it.

A double set of game cards will be the final result of two hours with woodtypes, inks and one of the most skilled letterpress designer out there.

No specific skills required. All materials (press, ink, paper, type and of course spacing material) will be provided.

Places

max 6

persons

Price

40

each
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Sabato 30

10:00–17:00

Upside Town

con Paper City e Jens Horgen Hansen

During the workshop you will design and achieve an art booklet, where you will describe the two faces of your abstract city.

In one full day and using letterpress, bookbinding and technology…why technology? Because it’s part of our life and, if used with awareness and creativity, it will help you to explain your message.

Design your message, compose it with letters, print, decompose, recompose and reprint…Add a conductive graphic by creating your circuit that will allow you to light up your work (switch on and off a LED that you can place where you want).

Create your handmade booklet and the deed is done, we will drive you through the process. Every partecipants will keep his bright art booklet.

No specific skills required. All materials (press, ink, paper, type and of course spacing material) will be provided.

Workshop sponsored by
Bare Conductive

Places

max 6

persons

Price

70

each
Info & entriesInfo & entries

Printing is a dirty job. Don't wear your fancy dresses!

Leoncavallo S.P.A

Il nostro laboratorio temporaneo

Since 2014 LPW takes place in Leoncavallo, the most important squat in Milan.

Where we are

Leoncavallo – Via Watteau 7, 20125 – Milano

How to reach us

The easiest way to get to Leoncavallo  is to go to Milano Central Station by bus or train (there are fast and easy connections from any airport), then take a bus or a taxi.

From Central Station/Bus
n.81 – to “Via E. De Marchi / Via S. R. delle Ande”
n.87 – to “Piazza Greco”

Contacts

Do you have questions about the event?
Do you want participate in our awesome workshops?

Please write us. We will reply as soon as we can!