Re Type opening evening

Opening evening of the Re Type exhibition. It was a big success, plenty of people and good feedback. A big thank you to everyone that took part in the workshop and all the support received.

by Samuel Donohoe

Letterpress - photoshop tutorial

Letterpress is a beautiful print technique, but not everybody has the opportunity to just go and press something with a letterpress.

Here is a good tutorial where it is shown how to achieve an authentic letterpress effect in photoshop.

Work of Allen Coté

by leslie buttel

Re Type Exhibition

A few students produced a typography poster each for a workshop Nom De Strip by William Hibberd. Students were tasked with exploring the purpose of type and the strong reactions different typefaces can provoke.

by Samuel Donohoe

Mark making

The first years looked at calligraphy and type. 

We experimented with various pen types to produce abstract marks or even an experimental type. As pens we used ruling pens, automatic pens, but also plastic forks, dough scrapers, a jar lid, sponges, a pipette...

Type Tart - Student Showcase

In the centre of the gallery Students have produced their own ‘type tarts’ in response to a brief set by Curator, Caroline Archer. The resulting work was displayed in the centre of the gallery during the exhibition > Mon 9 Jan – Fri 27 Jan

Here some impressions of the exhibition opening event. Curator, Caroline Archer, also held a free public talk in the Studio Theatre on that day with all HE Graphic Design students.

http://www.typographichub.org/