The Workers

Sometimes working, sometimes in bed

I’m more a sans serif kind of person

Guess I’m quite OCD when it comes to print

My platen press is the extension of my hands and my head!

At the age of 12 I learned to run a Heidelberg platen

Where are the women?

When the last print run of the job is done…

The messy drawer, the one that contains all the unidentified and incomplete type

Creativity is not useful, it’s fundamental

The most influential teacher in lazyness I’ve ever met

Sorting out the future whilst I’m asleep

Something halbschmalfett

Trying to solve problems in an original but efficient way

We try not to stick to the ‘historical correct’

Learning while printing

When I saw the typecases I fell in love…

Ink flowing through my veins!

Printing small editions may not change the world or improve mankind, but still…

Handsetting texts I find on the internet always makes me laugh out loud.

Fine words, ugliness, wisdom and pure stupidity

Order yet chaos, rationality yet creativity

Stains on the page, dirty fingers, etc.

Communicate ideas, start conversations and stimulate debate

Really would like a bigger proof press…

Say Yes to Letterpress!

I like to use and explore unconventional techniques on a press bed

I have broken type, caught my fingers between rollers, torn paper, waited weeks for ink to dry…

Letterpress is just as dangerous as drugs

Letterpress technology made me understand the core and logics of typography

A little switch inside me that goes “click”, very difficult to hear…

All of a sudden, dogmatic rules for graphic design started to make sense

Keeping alive something that is old but can still be useful

I find typesetting very therapeutic

Think fast, print slow 🙂

Leipzig is not cool!

I grew up between chivaletes and lead type

Printing is not just a button that you click

Opening every case, wanting to know about everything

The feeling I’m doing something good

Almost fully self-taught

Totally useless. But that’s ok.

Showing people what good letterpress is all about

Begging, borrowing or stealing

Letterpress is a good way to reduce distance and keep words alive.

Printing is very therapeutic

Still learning!

towards the beautiful and the useful