Typographic Printing Program in Switzerland

This summer I had the incredible opportunity to attend a 120 hour (13 day) intensive for poster design and letterpress printing, the Typographic Printing Program in Näfels, Switzerland. Hosted by Dafi Kühne, we explored the gamut of what goes into text based posters. 

We cast type on a Ludlow, learned about kerning, fussed over type-setting, studied type theory, did hundreds of iterative drawings, made printing forms, operated presses and had a series of lectures from Swiss designers that work in related fields. There was even more to learn in there - I am still wrapping my head around everything we covered. 

It was amazing and I am profoundly grateful that this program exists - there is nothing comparable to it anywhere near where I live. The skills we learned are slowly dying out and this class gave me the chance to try things that will move me forward in my art creation.