Novo Typo

A DIY Manual for Creating a Self-Sufficient Graphic Design Studio –

Mark van Wageningen / Novo Typo present its return to the three fundamental elements of analogue graphic design: letters, ink and paper. The presentation is a reflection on how to destandardize and autonomize graphic design in order to be truly self-sufficient.

Novo Typo Offgrid will shows how we can design and produce our own locally Amsterdam sourced paper and plant-based inks, in order to create our own tools and methods.

 

Novo Typo Offgrid shows how we can produce and design our own locally sourced paper and plant-based inks, in order to create our own tools and methods.
On the background of this exercise lies the need to face a global overly complex system of production, supply chains and restrictive industrial standards, that have shown their dangerous disruptive effects during the pandemic.
By independently selecting the raw materials for the production of paper and ink, a new and bespoke standard is defined. In the process, the designer and the artisan should be one and the same person, free to choose how to produce and visualize their designs, thereby regaining control over their end product.
The Novo Typo Offgrid project is designed and produced during the lockdown and is executed within close proximity to Novo Typo’s Amsterdam studio. The designed products; Offgrid Color Code System, Amsterdam Pulp Paper and Amsterdam Pulp Soap are available for purchase. The entire project is documented in the book Novo Typo Offgrid.

Location
Contact Amsterdam - HUB
Contactweg 47
1014 AN Amsterdam

Opening times
Thursday: 10:00–18:00
Friday: 10:00–18:00
Saturday: 10:00–18:00

0629320303

info@novotypo.nl
www.novotypo.nl/

RSVP: info@novotypo.nl

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