Type design in The Hague: an intensive, one year master at the Royal Academy of Art, with drawing, writing, research, code, font technology, culture, revivals, theory, language, books, history, typography, materials, carving, writing systems, more drawing and spacing in an inspiring studio environment.
New website!
For reasons too boring to go into, this site had to graduate from its previous host and move to something new. Not everything is here, but hopefully that will improve during the year.
TM26 Gallery website
With extreme expediency the class of 2026 published their projects in an animated and visual feast. Read about their results and process here:
Lettercarving at TypeMedia
One of the first semester courses has its own website. This is the TypeMedia patio, also called TypeMedia graveyard, at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. All stones on display are made by TypeMedia master students during their letter carving class led by Françoise Berserik.
TypeMedia Desks
A ridiculously complete history of the desks and selected meaningful objects in the TypeMedia studio, presented in an over-engineered, yet unexpectedly playful page. A document of 24 years of studio life. → TypeMedia Desks
Revival project books
A growing collection of the revival research books by TypeMedia students → research
A presentation board with all sorts of projects from the first semester. A lot of drawing.
The class of 26 in the studio, during the workshop with Frank Grießhammer
Resources for TypeMedia
- Towards a TypeMedia Syllabus →Recommended Reading
- Sketching with a purpose (will update soon) →TypeCooker
- Python for everyone →DrawBot download & docs
- Interactive map of desks in the TM studio, through the centuries. →TypeMedia Desks
- Letter carving at TypeMedia →Letter Carving
Resources for Gerrit Noordzij
- Collection of material →Noordzij Index
- Written by, written on →Noordzij Bibliography
Resources for the KABK
- →KABK Admission Requirements
- →Studying at the KABK
- →KABK Admission and application
- →KABK Calendar: Holidays
TypeMedia research partners
- →Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp
- →Rijksmuseum Meermanno, Museum of the Book, The Hague
- →Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam
- →Noord Hollands Archief, Haarlem
Socials
TypeMedia Faculty
- Erik van Blokland, department head, → KABK, LettError
- Marja van der Burgh, coördinator, → KABK,
- Paul van der Laan → KABK, Bold Monday
- Peter Verheul → KABK, Farhill Types
- Françoise Berserik → KABK,
- Peter Biľak → KABK, Typotheque
- Petr van Blokland → KABK, TYPETR
- Céline Hurka → KABK, Studio
- Just van Rossum → KABK, Github
- Fred Smeijers → KABK, TypeBy
- Aleksandra Samuļenkova → KABK, Studio
- Kristyan Sarkis, Arabic workshop, → KABK, Typotheque Arabic
- Ilya Ruderman, Cyrillic workshop, → KABK, Type Today
- Minjoo Ham, Hangul workshop, Minjoo Ham
- Frank Grießhammer, Adobe Font Development Kit for Open Type (AFDKO) Workshop, → KABK, Adobe
- List of all TypeMedia staff → KABK,