Set of one newspaper, one postcard and one envelope. Published on the occasion of a workshop run by Maureen Mooren and James Goggin from August 31 until September 8, 2009.

At a hand-able size of 13.5 x 18.5 cm, Reader's Digest is the most widely read consumer magazine in the world.

Set of 3 posters, the magazine "Almost playful", 3 comprehensive brochures "A sense of scale" , "moving Forward with RA" and "Affine transformations".

This publication is a reflection of the so-called “New Europe” in which the prefix, “new” acts as a fashionable accessory and a red-herring of the post-colonial relations between the still-divided, yet suspiciously merging “Eastern” and “Western” Europe.
(English)

Named after a classic magic trick with cards, and based on the similarities that all traditional photo albums present in their content, ‘Everybody’s Card’ is a form study that comments on the generic within album photography.

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Publication for Werkplaats Typografie.
Image caption: A photograph taken in 1998 shows walls of the Werkplaats Typografie painted white and entirely clean except for the odd graphic interjection such as an isolated poster or a series of black elastic bands hung on hooks.

Glue the Werkplaats Typografie building together and discover the forgotten joy of rebuilding the world in miniature size. Perfect for use with your favorite WT action figures!
(English)

This artist publication attempts to give shape to a long-lived rumour that has been in circulation for the last hundred years, concerning a copy of the Rijksmuseum building in Amsterdam called the Helix which is located in Maasmechelen, Belgium.
(English)

Nothing about Dutch graphic design duo Mevis & van Deursen conforms to type.
(english)

In this text I examine, through case studies, how art projects can be said to be at the root of the broadcasting evolution which is taking place in museums and biennales. The title ‘Museum TV Station’ seems to me an excellent title to describe the new function of many contemporary art museums.

As a narrative that takes the format of a video projection and a fotonovela, Once upon a time... concentrates
on the story of Nieding and Hendrikje Wolters, ex-travellers who became notorious in the North of the Netherlands
after publishing a book about their own lives, ranging from criminal convictions to evangelic belief .
(English)

The book shows a selection of the work in thematic pages of images, such as posters, CD's, books and postcards. Six highly distinctive authors describe the studio's philosophies on typography and graphic design as well as the Werkplaats Typografie's intentions and methods.
(English)

Eleven students from the Werkplaats Typografie asked an equal number of Dutch graphic designers to join forces with them during their work period in the Chaumont Graphic Arts Festival (2006, F).
language: english, french

"Michel Foucault Letters" documents artist Kevin Immanuel's ongoing project archiving the supposed correspondence between the famous philosopher and a number of galleries and art institutions throughout Europe, North America, and China.
(English)

I found a cafe named Downey’s in Amersfoort which is run by a family and their son Arjan with Down syndrome. There are several Down syndrome people working in the cafe as well as volunteers who support them. However the Down syndrome people have to pay for their labour to the cafe, which in return supplies them with a form of traineeship.

In this thesis I focus on the question - how to maintain or regain a sustainable and autonomous position as an artist? The research stems from the realm of media art, dealing with interactivity, and is the written result of a research that I have been doing the last two years. It represents my current view on the topic.
( English)

This is a book about bookmaking, about writing and telling stories, and about how these come to be.

Werkplaats Typografie invites you to the Mary Shelley Facsimile Library. Inaugurated in September 2009, the library is a collection of copied books relevant to every participant's research and practice.

A self-published, thematic magazine that uses graphic design as a starting point to talk about other things. Issue #2, "Not What If, What If Not," looks at Mundane Science Fiction. Co-edited and published with Emmet Byrne & Jon Sueda.
(English)

Alma Mathijsen is a writer and visual artist from the Netherlands.

This publication is a small pocket guide into the fringes of the urban landscape. Sections like Food, Shelter, Equipment and Dangers give you a wide variety of tips and tricks based on the daily survival techniques of homeless people.
(english/dutch)

"Being at once a school and at the same time not a school, a workspace, the Werplaats Typografie tends to want to comment on its own distinctive form of academic pursuit ( by way of, amongst other outlets, these School Journals)." (Maxine Kopsa)

Biscotti di Vento is a research project by artist Vittoria Soddu in collaboration with authors Manlio Brigalia, Bianca Pitzorno and Celestino Tabasso. Their contributions to Biscotti di Vento have been inspired by conversations filmed by Soddu in 2010 with Antonella Baralla and Salvatorica Manca around the origins and secrets of a contended biscuit.
(english/italien)

This magazine shows the best books 2009.

This collection was supervised by Paul Elliman and shows the special interests of each participant.

Sonic Playground was designed and published on location during a 3-hour SPEELPLAATS workshop at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, Netherlands. This thick volume was conceived as a "visual mix-tape" inspired by the band Sonic Youth and features photocopies of interviews with the band members, writings, performance stills, and album covers.

Der "gap" reader dokumentiert Programm und Veranstaltungen des deutsch-niederlänischen Projekts "gap" vom 01.07.2005 bis 01.07.2008.

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