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Pittsburgh’s chapter of the American Institute for Graphic Artists (AIGA) will screen the documentary TYPEFACE on Wednesday, October 20, at 7:00 pm. (View event location details.) Prior to the movie screening, several posters will be on display that were hand-crafted by Carnegie Mellon School of Design students in the course 51-337, “Letterpress in the Digital World.” The event is co-sponsored by Bearded Studio, which was co-founded by Design adjunct professor Matthew Griffin.
 One of the student posters Said Justine Nagan, TYPEFACE’s producer and director, “We’re thrilled to bring the film to Pittsburgh. We had a number of requests from designers in the area and it’s very rewarding to collaborate with such a creative and enthusiastic community around a screening.” Students who collaborated to design and produce the posters to be exhibited include Victoria Adams, Samia Ahmed, Steph Huang, Alex Laskaris, Grace LaRosa, Erika Lepke, Hanae Kobayashi, Christopher Mangan, Cristina Mele, Joy Nelson, Victor Ng, Vivian Wang, David Yen, and Alexa Zin.  One of the student posters TYPEFACE is a documentary about the former Hamilton wood-type factory in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, which has now become a “working” museum, holding monthly printing press activities that draw creatives from around the midwest.. View the movie trailers (and here), which show people interacting with the old wooden type. A 4,500 square-foot space, the Hamilton Manufacturing Company of Two Rivers, Wisconsin was originally founded in the 1880’s and became the largest and best known U.S. manufacturer of wood type. The factory finally closed in the 1960’s after the use of wood type declined during the mid-twentieth century. In 1999 the space was reopened when a local entrepreneur turned the old factory into a museum. Much of Hamilton’s wood type and devices had been preserved thanks to another local couple, Irving and Nancy Silverman, who were responsible for saving so much of the type on display at the museum.  One of the student posters The museum today has over one and a half million individual wood type letters, in over one thousand styles and sizes: from 1/4” to 4’ tall. Individuals still living in Two Rivers and who worked in the factory are still a part of the museum today and help share their craft.  One of the student posters Posted on Oct 4, 2010 |  |
