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Pressing Issues: Printing Futures, Publishing Resistance

This is a series of online lectures, tutorials, and roundtable conversations that discuss the politics of translating, archiving and publishing, offering a critical look behind the scenes.

Six online lectures, one tutorial, and one roundtable conversation take a deep dive into the topic. The series explores the materiality of underground print, discusses the politics of translation beyond words, poses access questions in publishing, and examines the intersection of language and activism from within communities.

The first (free) lecture is by Parasto Backman, who talks about Zaban-e Zanan, most likely the first periodical in Southwest Asia to use the word Zan (woman) in the title. Backman’s project Zaban, in collaboration with type designer Naïma Ben Ayed, examines the fonts and ornaments used in the periodical, as well as the handwriting of Sadique Dowlatabadi, who founded the journal in Isfahan, Iran, in 1919.

Future Futuress events take place on 30 Oct, 6 and 20 Nov, 4 and 18 Dec and 8 and 22 Jan

All events start at 6 pm CE(S)T.

Admission: Solidarity – CHF 290, Standard – CHF 150, Student – CHF 70, Reduced Student –CHF 35

Doing the Work: St Bride Foundation Design Conference

For marginalised designers, ‘doing the work’ is the ongoing labour of breaking barriers, of creating work that is excellent and authentic, of carving out space in an industry that often resists change.

Speakers include: Carolyne Hill, Harkiran Kalsi, Kingsley Nebechi, Ricardo Eversely, Jodi Hunt.

This year’s St Bride Foundation Conference will culminate in a collective act of creation: together with our facilitators and speakers, participants will workshop ideas into a shared manifesto, to be printed at the St Bride letterpress workshop at a later date and stand as a permanent record – a tool for designers and organisations to adopt, promote, and live by.

Tickets £65, £55, £45
9.45 - 6pm, St Bride Foundation, London

Event curated by Greg Bunbury (see Eye 103).

Young Graphic Design Switzerland!

Switzerland has a rich tradition in graphic design. The exhibition highlights the latest work by young-ish (up to their mid-30s) graphic designers and shows how the new generation is changing the design landscape.

Admission: Regular CHF15, Reduced CHF10

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–5pm, Thursday 10am–8pm, Closed on Monday

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Pfingstweidstrasse 968005 Zurich

Typography Theory Practice

Organised by Fraser Muggeridge, professor of design at Leeds Beckett University, this conference aims to bring typographic theory and practice closely together across a range of contexts and applications.

Presentations by: Julian Bittiner, Ruth Blacksell, David Cabianca, Filipe Campos, Roy Chan, Matthew Chrislip, Paul Finn, Joost Grootens (see Eye 78), Marta Guidotti, Holger Jacobs, Matthias Kreutzer, James Langdon, Hector Mangas, Chloé Motard, Louise Paradis, Amrit Randhawa, Rebecca Ross, Nahal Sheikh, Ane Thon Knutsen, Barrie Tullett, Elena Veguillas.
Tickets: £40; £20 concessions; free tickets for Leeds Beckett University students and staff. The conference will run from 9.30am – 5pm with a free lunch.

Sponsored by Eye Magazine Ltd. and Commercial Type.

Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University.

See Simon Esterson’s review of Typography Theory Practice 2024 in Eye 108.

Currently on

Until 22 February

Systém Rathouský Metro • Typo • Info Design

Jiří Rathouský (1924-2003) is one of the most important graphic designers and typographers of the Czech postwar generation. His designs shaped the public visual environment while his book and magazine designs entered the intimate space of Czech homes. The exhibition emphasises his design in the fields of poster design, book graphics and typography, type design, visual style, information design, orientation systems and graphic navigation.

Admission: 50-190 Kč

Pražákův palác, Moravská galerie v Brně, Husova 18, 662 26 Brno, Czech Republic

See ‘Czech design’s soft power’ in Eye 108.

Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s

An exhibition about the Covent Garden club night that transformed 1980s London style, and generated a creative scene that had enormous impact on popular culture in the decade that followed – from fashion and music, to film, art and design. Inspired by everything from European cinema and cabaret culture to the latest electronic instruments and computers, the ‘Blitz Kids’ revolutionised fashion, music and design. Developed in close collaboration ‘sonic architect’ Rusty Egan and others from the era, the exhibition features more than 250 items: clothing, accessories, design sketches, musical instruments (including the SDSV electronic drums designed by Richard James Burgess), flyers, magazines (including The Face and Blitz), furniture, artworks, photography, vinyl records and rare film footage.

Open daily from 10:00 to 17:00.

Admission: £7-£14

Design credits: Exhibition Design – Plaid / Graphic Design – spreeeng (Carlos Romo-Melgar and John Philip Sage)

The Design Museum, 224-238 Kensington High St, London W8 6AG

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