Annual Report 2026

Graduates

The graduates in 2026: Lisa Bauer: Lilja, Gabriel Dukić: Alvess Serif, Adriana Garcidueñas: Artemis, Maryam Golpayegani: Triolet, Franziska Hauber: Bloeming, Ayaka Ito: Eda, Lucija Kapetanić: /u/kwn, Gintarė Razmaitė: Ladder, Alaa Tameem: Zayton, Tereza Umlaufová: Alunex, Nu Zając: Trice.

This year the external examiner was Kai Bernau

Studio talks and guests

Visitors from UMPRUM Prague: Radek Sidun and Filip Blažek. Paul Barnes, Commercial Type, London. Flavia Zimbardi, Rio. Rob Saunders, Letterform Archive, San Francisco.

Berlin

FontStand Conference in Berlin, Typecrit at Schick+Toikka,. Studio visits to Dinamo, Typotheque, Bold Monday, P104.

TypeMedia student presenting

Gabriel Dukić presents

Peter Bilak, Kai Bernau and Peter Verheul during the TM exams in a very hot gallery. July 2026,

Final presentations in sweltering conditions

A lot of people came to the TypeMedia typecrit in Berlin, 2026

Typecrit in Berlin

Amazing books shown by Lommen

Adriana Garcidueñas and Mathieu Lommen during the visit to the Special Collections at the Allard Pierson Museum / UvA.

Martina Flor from TM11 came for a visit!

Martina Flor, Aleksandra Samuļenkova, Paul van der Laan

Material research

This year we found time for some serious chocolate founding research.

Awards

TM22 graduate Lea Bruneau wins a Gold at the European Designs for typeface Ciel, based on her TM graduation project. Available from Production Type.

Also: TM25 graduate Mălin Neamțu won a Bronze at the European Design Awards for his TM25 graduation project

Group photo with almost all of the TypeMedia graduates at the FontStand conference in Berlin, 2026

Not just the students from 2026, but most of the Typemedia alumni present at the FontStand conference in Berlin, April 2026. Photo Norman Posselt