12 November 2025, 6 pm
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, nám. Jana Palacha 80, room 215, 2nd floor
The Studio of Type Design and Typography at UMPRUM is hosting a lecture by the typographer, educator, and founder of Slanted Publishers.
Prof. Lars Harmsen (64), juggling roles like head of design at Munich-based agency Melville Brand Design, dishing out typographic wisdom since 2011 at FH Dortmund, and steering the ship at Slanted Publishers. Experimental Type was the theme of Slanted #40, followed by the publications XT2 & XT3. Together with his colleague Andreas Ruhe, exploring unconventional digital and analog creative methods in type design and typography, leading to XT4.. Ever the multitasker, he also runs the 100for10 book series and pilots with Markus Lange the Poster Rex's silkscreen extravaganzas. He's practically an artistic library with a mountain of design, typography, and photography books under his belt. And as the clock keeps ticking, he's left wondering: What's the grand purpose of this circus, anyway? In his lecture, Lars will present Poster Rex's typographic Manifesto.
https://posterrex.com
https://www.slanted.de
https://melvilledesign.de