Letterpress Workers 2026
You’ll never print alone
The biggest letterpress collective artist residency
Scuola Superiore d’Arte Applicata del Castello Sforzesco
via Alex Visconti 18, 20151 Milan
MM1 San Leonardo
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!
Curated by
In collaboration with
Under the patronage of
Technical sponsors
Theme
Peace
Programme
Thursday 2 July
About Type (6 pm)
Milan, the capital of European graffiti – An unconventional presentation of Milanese graffiti scene by an unexpected designer, with James Clough
Friday 3 July
About People (6 pm)
New printshops – Begga Martens, Megan O’Connell and Émile Venturelli present their workplaces, their work and their creative projects.
Saturday 4 July
About Communities (11.30 am)
Typotour – Get to know a real community of letterpress designers, in person rather than on social media. Open to all, meet at the school entrance.
About Projects (5.30 pm)
From Belgium with love – A project spanning over a year, between Belgium and the Netherlands, to preserve the art of typography, with Niels Goovaerts
followed by the Typography Auction
Unexpected or useful things. We are hoping for a bidding war!
Participants
- Belgium: Niels Goovaerts, Begga Martens, David Maurissen, Marie Vandevoorde
- Brazil: Marcos Mello
- Finland: Edward Johansson
- France: Megan O’Connell, Martial Roulot
- Germany: Marc Berger, Annegret Frauenlob, Julienne Jattiot, Katharina Jesdinsky, Manfred Makowski, Thomas Siemon
- Italy: Paolo Cabrini, Dario Carta, Cartiera Clandestina, Fabrizio Falcone, Luigi Lanfossi, Claudio Madella, Silvia Potenza, Emile Venturelli
- Japan: Mitsunobu Hosoyamada
- Lebanon: Samer Bousaleh
- Mexico: Zazilha Cruz
- Netherlands: Tiny Risselada, Niek Smaal, Sander Pinkse
- Norway: Marit Brandsnes
- Spain: Matthias Beck
- UK: David Armes, John Christopher, Richard Lawrence, Carl Middleton, Mark Pavey, Sophie Thomas
- US: Myrna Keliher
