Letterpress Workers 7th edition
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.
True/False
This years theme
This year we want to be clear, to exercise the ancient and noble form of parresia, which Michel Foucault interpreted as “the courage to tell the truth”.
Ours is that letterpress is still alive! As a demonstration of this, more than forty designers, from all over the world, meet for the seventh consecutive year (although for some it is only the first) to work together and show, as if it were still necessary, that wood and lead types are fitter than ever.
But will this be true? Come and discover it!
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.
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
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.
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
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)
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
Workers
You'll love us!
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
personsPrice
€ 40
each
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
personsPrice
€ 40
each
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
Places
max 6
personsPrice
€ 70
eachPrinting 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!