About this Event
Together with Jan Egbers, we explore two influential collectives shaping Amsterdam’s design and cultural landscape.
is a type foundry that emerged out of graphic design studio . Though originally founded in Amsterdam, the foundry now includes members in Montréal, Hamburg and Stockholm, with Jan as their newest member holding down the Amsterdam roots.
Jan is also deeply engaged in Amsterdam’s squatting scene and is a member of , a publishing initiative connected to squatting collective Mokum Kraakt. With recent publications and the launch of the new OPS Type foundry website, this lecture comes at an especially opportune moment.
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Jan Egbers is an independent designer based in Amsterdam, specialised in typography and type design. They have previously worked for documenta, the Sandberg Instituut, the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam, among others. They develop and release retail fonts with OPS TYPE and are involved as a designer and editor with Spookstad, a radical publishing collective that emerged out of Amsterdam’s squatting movement.
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This talk will delve into two different sides of Jan’s practice: designing custom type for institutions and retail fonts with OPS TYPE on the one hand, making books about radical action with Spookstad on the other. By looking at how both have developed over the years, it addresses drawing letters as a form of tool-making, the relationship between type and identity, working collectively, and how involvement in direct action influenced their practice, to end up at the question: what are the possibilities for designing “in the service of solidarity”?
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Hosted at:De Lange AdemRuyschstraat 295,1091 DX Amsterdam
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Supported by:
Bold Monday & PICTORIGHT Fonds
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
De Lange Adem, Ruyschstraat 295, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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