December 17, 2021
Baby Ink Twice: Letterpress Posters by Dafi Kühne
Exhibition at HMCT South Campus Gallery, ArtCenter College of Design
The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography [HMCT] at ArtCenter College of Design presents Baby Ink Twice: Letterpress Posters by Dafi Kühne, January 4 through March 15, 2022 at the HMCT South Campus Gallery.
Dafi Kühne is a letterpress printer, graphic designer and typographer based in the Swiss Alps. Kühne studied at the Visual Communications Department of Zürich University of the Arts. Along with digital means, he works with letterpress printing presses, foundry metal and wood type, laser-cut, and other materials. His designs fuse modern means with the century-old tradition of letterpress printing to create a new vocabulary for communicating through type and form in a truly contemporary way. Never retro, his work is a clever response to the search for new possibilities of graphic expression. Borrowing its title from Kühne’s studio in Näfels, Switzerland, Baby Ink Twice showcases a comprehensive selection of commissioned and self-initiated posters from the HMCT Archive.
To visit the HMCT South Campus Gallery in person, please schedule an appointment via squarespace. Note that proof of COVID-19 vaccination in advance is required for campus access.
ArtCenter College of Design’s HMCT South Campus Gallery is located at 950 South Raymond Avenue in Pasadena, CA 91105. For more information, visit hmctartcenter.org, or contact hmct@artcenter.edu.
Baby Ink Twice is presented by the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography and made possible by the generous support of the Lowell Milken Family Foundation.
Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography
ArtCenter College of Design
950 S. Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
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The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography [HMCT] at ArtCenter College of Design was founded in 2015 in memory of Professor Leah Hoffmitz Milken, a renowned typographer, letterform designer, and esteemed faculty member at ArtCenter. HMCT is dedicated to every aspect of the typographic field. Created to serve as a home, and catalyst, for the enhanced study of typography and letterform design, the Center serves as an educational forum, design laboratory, research center, and archive. As a meeting place for learning, discussion, and the exchange of ideas and skills, the HMCT presents workshops, special classes, symposia, lectures, exhibitions, and residency programs.
About ArtCenter: Founded in 1930 and located in Pasadena, California, ArtCenter College of Design is a global leader in art and design education. ArtCenter offers 11 undergraduate and seven graduate degrees in a wide variety of industrial design disciplines as well as visual and applied arts. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the Greater Los Angeles region through a highly regarded series of year-round educational programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for both its ties to industry and its social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, ArtCenter alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society.
Contacts:
Teri Bond
Media Relations Director
ArtCenter College of Design
teri.bond@artcenter.edu
626 396-2385
Susan Malmstrom
Director
Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography
susan.malmstrom@artcenter.edu
626 376 2794
