Letterpress Workers 2025

Programme

Thursday 10 July

Letterpress People (6 pm)
Surprise designers will present their workshops, their work and their designs. A way to get your hands dirty without danger.

Friday 11 July

Il Buon Tempo (6 pm)
James Clough and Claudio Madella will speak about the work and the legacy of Lucio Passerini.
Davide Ferrari will show a video about Il Buon Tempo, in Milano and in Casteggio.

Saturday 12 July

Print projects (5 am)
Different projects related to typography and printing. We don’t precisely know what they will be yet, but you certainly won’t fall asleep in your chair.

Location

Scuola Superiore d’Arte Applicata del Castello Sforzesco
via Alex Visconti 18, 20151 Milan

Visitors are welcome Thursday to Friday 4 pm to 7:30 pm, Saturday 11 am to 7:30 pm
There will be a small bookstore. Letterpress prints from around the world for sale directly from the people who made them!

Letterpress Workers is organized by Pagina Mastro in collaboration with Scuola Superiore d’Arte Applicata del Castello SforzescoMuseo della stampa e stampa d’arte in Lodi, and under the patronage of Aiap.


 

Theme

Il Buon Tempo | Good Times

Participants

  • Belgium: Niels Goovaerts, David Maurissen
  • Brazil: Marcos Mello
  • Chile: Leonidas Loyola, Andrea Torres
  • Finland: Edward Johansson
  • France: Guillaume Bétemps, Charlie Duez, Megan O’Connell, Martial Roulot
  • Germany: Marc Berger, Julienne Jattiot, Manfred Makowski, Thomas Siemon
  • Italy: Paolo Cabrini, Dario Carta, Cartiera Clandestina, Fabrizio Falcone, Marina Lombardi, Luigi Lanfossi, Claudio Madella, Silvia Potenza
  • Japan: Mitsunobu Hosoyama
  • Lebanon: Samer Bousaleh
  • Mexico: Zazilha Cruz
  • Netherlands: Tiny Risselada, Niek Smaal, Sander Pinkse
  • Norway: Marit Brandsnes
  • Russia/Slovenia: Sergey Besov
  • Spain: Matthias Beck
  • UK: Mark Pavey, Sophie Thomas, Luise Valentiner