Attention all print and design enthusiasts! The Marriott Library’s Book Arts Program is hosting a workshop with renowned type designer, Richard Kegler. Kegler, lead designer and founder of P22 Type Foundry, will be leading a two-day workshop on April 13 and 14 entitled “Modular Typography: Building Letters on the Press” in the Book Arts Studio at the J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah. Additionally, free screening of Kegler’s film “Making Faces” will be held on April 12 at 5:30 P.M.

Using eight basic shapes and a consistent grid, participants create experimental type on multiple letterpresses. Kegler guides participants in designing and producing collaborative posters from assembled typographic shapes to build letters and words. The resulting varied edition is a construct of patterns and layers of color—a typographic mind map of the creators. Participants learn the basics of letterpress and problem solving while exploring the generative constraints of P22 Blox, the innovative modular elements manufactured by Kegler for this purpose.

Richard Kegler is the lead designer and founder of P22 Type Foundry. His background in typography and book arts includes ventures in bookbinding and letterpress printing. The historical context and physicality of type continue to be his greatest interest and shape the evolution of P22 in digital and analog projects. Kegler is currently the director at Wells Book Arts Center in Aurora, NY, a trustee for the American Printing History Association (APHA), and is former chairman of the board for the Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA). He has a master’s degree in Media Study and produced the “Making Faces” documentary film as a culmination of his interests and experience.

Workshop Details:

Modular Typography: Building Letters on the Press
Richard Kegler

April 13 & 14
Friday & Saturday, 10:00 – 5:00
Book Arts Studio, J. Willard Marriott Library

Cost: $195 per person.

For more information, contact the Book Arts Program at bookartsprogram@utah.edu or 801.585.9191