Deadline: April 1, 2014
Werkplaats Typografie
Agnietenplaats 2
6822 JD Arnhem
The Netherlands
T +31 26 3535 774
The Werkplaats Typografie (WT) is a two-year Master’s programme centered on practical assignments, workshops, seminars and self-initiated projects. It serves as a meeting place for graphic designers interested in research and dialogue. Participants work in a professionally equipped studio accessible 24 hours a day, supervised by leading graphic designers. The aim of the program is for talented students to develop an independent design practice.
Artistic, discursive and practical qualities are developed through self-conducted group projects, commissions by external clients, individual projects and diverse workshops, guided by external experts, including artists, designers, programmers, cooks and philosophers. This programme of group activities and discussion alternates with studio days and individual talks.
The WT programme stimulates critical reflection on the individuals’ own work considered in relation to the broader professional field of graphic design as well as within a wider cultural context. At the Werkplaats Typografie, graphic design is understood as an approach rather than an outcome—such an idea of graphic design challenges various forms of publishing and incorporates an expanded notion of the typographical.
Main tutors: Karel Martens, Armand Mevis, Paul Elliman (thesis supervisor) and Maxine Kopsa (theory)
Associate tutors: Maureen Mooren and Danny van den Dungen
Previous project tutors and guests include: Cory Arcangel, Jodi, Angie Keefer, Armin Linke, David Bennewith, Eleanor Vonne Brown (X Marks the Bökship), Tim Hunkin, James Langdon, John Morgan, Sophie Nys, Aaron Schuster, Matthew Stadler, Cornel Windlin, Fiona Banner, Mike Sperlinger, Kobe Matthys (Agency), Dimitri Bruni & Manuel Krebs (NORM), Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Owen Hatherley, Elizabeth Price
Course director: Lisette Smits
Coordinator: Anniek Brattinga
Office manager: Liesbeth Doornbosch
For more information about our admission procedure please contact: [email protected] or send your portfolio via file-sharing or email.