Train your mind for total typographic fitness! Full Typographic Body Workout in Switzerland with Dafi Kühne is an all-round intense 2-week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design enthusiasts.

«Typographic Printing Program» with Dafi Kühne is a series of intense workshop sessions in in Pasadena CA and  Näfels, Switzerland. See: www.typographic-printing-program.com

Train your mind for total typographic fitness! Full Typographic Body Workout in Switzerland with Dafi Kühne is an all-round intense 2-week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design enthusiasts.

«Typographic Printing Program» with Dafi Kühne is a series of intense workshop sessions in in Pasadena CA and  Näfels, Switzerland. See: www.typographic-printing-program.com

https://www.druckkunst-museum.de

https://typotage.de/

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Dafi Kühne is a poster designer and letterpress printer from Switzerland. His typographic posters are visually mesmerizing and fascinating in brilliance and printing quality. But do printed posters in times digital displays in urban spaces still make sense at all? And why should posters be produced at great expense using the antiquated letterpress printing process, when digital printing devices can deliver high-quality reproductions at a ridiculous price?

In the words of Dafi Kuhne, letterpress printing can only live on if the design is at the heart of the process and makes the connection to the present. In a conversation with Poster House Curator Angelina Lippert, Dafi Kühne is showing his work, sharing his approach to Swiss Typography, and giving insight into his fascinating production processes.

The event is co-presented by the Herb Lubalin Study Center, Poster House, and the Counsulate General of Switzerland in New York.

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This new series of hands-on workshops with Dafi will explore experimental printing techniques featured in his web series The Dafi Kühne Printing Show™.

In these first two installments at The Arm, Dafi will be demonstrating two techniques per evening which will then be explored by the participants through the production of prints. Students can sign up for one session or both as the techniques covered will be different in the two classes. All needed materials will be provided. Participants will take home any prints, cast type and materials made in the class. A discounted rate is available to those who would like to take both classes.

https://www.eventbrite.com/

This new series of hands-on workshops with Dafi will explore experimental printing techniques featured in his web series The Dafi Kühne Printing Show™.

In these first two installments at The Arm, Dafi will be demonstrating two techniques per evening which will then be explored by the participants through the production of prints. Students can sign up for one session or both as the techniques covered will be different in the two classes. All needed materials will be provided. Participants will take home any prints, cast type and materials made in the class. A discounted rate is available to those who would like to take both classes.

Online lecture with Partners in Print.

After two hours with Dafi Kühne, live from his studio in Switzerland, even experienced letterpress printers will gain a new understanding of the mechanics of their cylinder press. Stop guessing and learn how to approach makeready—the process of preparing your press to print well—with intention. Once you understand the rules, you too can work with unorthodox materials in utterly original ways!

https://www.druckkunst-museum.de

https://www.klingspor-museum.de/

https://www.klingspor-museum.de/

Full Typographic Printing Detox in Näfels, Switzerland

«Typographic Printing Program» with Dafi Kühne is a series of intense workshop sessions in in Pasadena CA and  Näfels, Switzerland. See: www.typographic-printing-program.com

Full Typographic Printing Detox in Näfels, Switzerland

«Typographic Printing Program» with Dafi Kühne is a series of intense workshop sessions in in Pasadena CA and  Näfels, Switzerland. See: www.typographic-printing-program.com

One-day workshop at Tipoteca, in Cornuda Italy. Check out the program online.

Online lecture with Partners in Print.

Free online lecture, (in German) at MK&G Hamburg

Typographic Intoxication

«Typographic Printing Program» with Dafi Kühne is a series of intense workshop sessions in in Pasadena CA and  Näfels, Switzerland. See: www.typographic-printing-program.com

Letterpress Research & Experimentation Lab

«Typographic Printing Program» with Dafi Kühne is a series of intense workshop sessions in in Pasadena CA and  Näfels, Switzerland. See: www.typographic-printing-program.com

Letterpress Research & Experimentation Lab in Pasadena, CA

«Typographic Printing Program» with Dafi Kühne is a series of intense workshop sessions in in Pasadena CA and  Näfels, Switzerland. See: www.typographic-printing-program.com

Solo exhibition with my posters at HMCT in Pasadena, CA!

Borrowing its title from Dafi’s studio in Näfels, Switzerland, «Baby Ink Twice» showcases a selection of commissioned and self-initiated posters from the HMCT Archive.

To visit the HMCT South Campus Gallery in person, please contact Director Susan Malmstrom to make an appointment.

One-day workshop at ESAD, Superior School of Arts and Design, Porto, Portugal

«Typographic«Typographic Summer Program» with Dafi Kühne is an intense international 2-week summer intense workshop in Switzerland for design students and professionals. See: www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

Sign up now!

https://ffzh.ch/

«Typographic«Typographic Summer Program» with Dafi Kühne is an intense international 2-week summer intense workshop in Switzerland for design students and professionals. See: www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

Sign up for Type Tuesday on 9 March here – all proceeds go to St. Bride.

https://www.museumplantinmoretus.be

https://www.museumplantinmoretus.be

Talk at the Creative Paper Conference in Munich.

This two day workshop will get you inspired to design and print typographic posters under the guidance of one of the freshest designers of Europe. Up for some rock and roll? Welcome.

Join the Cult of Type: «Typographic Summer Program» with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students and professionals. See: www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

Session 1 of TSP 2020 had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. See you next year: www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

Conference in Moscow cancelled due to COVID-19. Watch the online presentation instead…

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 situation this workshop with Sporadic Schooling in Cairo had to be cancelled. Sorry.

One-day printing workshop at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz.

On Friday, December 13, 7pm at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz.

Come by for a book, a poster and a Cooper and Kings Brandy.

One full-day workshop at Brad Vetter‘s letterpress workshop. We’ll be working on chipboard experiments for one day!

Contact Brad Vetter through his website to sign up for this workshop!

Poster exhibition with more than 40 of my posters! University of Akron Myers School of Art Projects Gallery room 116, Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St. Akron, OH 44325. 9 am to 5 pm weekdays.

Public Lecture Thursday, October 31, room 161 Folk Hall 6  to 7:30 pm.

Come by!

Von 0 auf 100 conference for the opening of the 100 beste Plakate exhibition in Karlsruhe. My talk is on Friday!

Teaching an evening workshop at Weltformat Festival in Lucerne.

«Typographic«Typographic Summer Program» with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students and professionals. See: www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

«Typographic Summer Program» with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students and professionals. See: www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

http://designinternational.uqam.ca

Residency at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography at the Art Center in Pasadena, LA, USA.

2 week workshop ‹Alternative Processess› at F+F Zürich

www.ffzh.ch

Conference presentation at the Transformationen des Buchdrucks Conference at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany.

https://www.interdisciplinary-laboratory.hu-berlin.de/de/content/transformationen-des-buchdrucks-2-haptiken/

Live presentation of The Dafi Kühne Printing Show™: Dafi Kühne is sharing his most secret printing recipes while Jim Moran is picking his brain: Casting plastic resin type, making magnetic wood type and indirect letterpress printing are some of Dafi’s secret weapons he uses for his typographic posters. Jim and Dafi will prepare some ‘nouvel cuisine’ dishes! Delicious and crazy!

www.woodtype.org

Teaching two sessions on Friday with the topic ‹Adhesive Stickers› a the 10th Wayzgoose at The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum.

www.woodtype.org

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-printing-show-workshops-with-dafi-kuhne-tickets-51519777040

https://www.mica.edu/events-exhibitions/events-calendar/details/lecture-dafi-kuhne/2018-10-29/

Letterpress workshop with the Graduate Students at ÉCAL Lausanne.

www.ecal.ch

«Typographic Summer Program» with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students and professionals. See: www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

Featuring key note lectures by Johanna Drucker, Will Hill, and Dafi Kühne, this this two-day conference explores the survival, legacy and relevance of letterpress printing in the digital era.

Leeds Letterpress Conference

«Typographic Summer Program» with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students and professionals. See: www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

Weekend workshop at the Grafisch Werkcentrum Amsterdam.

One day workshop at my studio.

Public workshop with the topic ‹Designing posters with letterpress technique› for the summerprogram at F+F, Zürich. You can sign up for this workshop until June 6th, 2016.

Public workshop with the topic ‹Designing posters with letterpress technique› for the summer program at F+F, Zürich. You can sign up for this workshop until June 12th, 2017.

https://ffzh.ch

«Typographic Summer Program» with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students. The workshop’s goal is to bridge the gap analog design and production tools and professional contemporary typographic posters.

www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

http://www.officina-helvetica.ch

www.library.rit.edu/cary

www.tdc.org

7.30pm at Hauptpost St. Gallen
http://www.hauptpost.ch

Talk and exhibition opening reception in Gütersloh, Germany.

https://www.holzpixel.de

www.holzpixel.de

7pm at Druckwerk Basel
http://www.druckwerk.ch/de

www.kunsthausglarus.ch

2 week workshop ‹Typographic Posters› at F+F Zürich

www.ffzh.ch

www.weltform.at

www.typoclub.ch

Public workshop with the topic ‹Designing posters with letterpress technique› for the summerprogram at F+F, Zürich. You can sign up for this workshop until June 6th, 2016.

www.ffzh.ch

«Typographic Letterpress Poster Workshop» with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students. The workshop’s goal is to bridge the gap analog design and production tools and professional contemporary typographic posters. More information:  www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

https://www.weissraum.at

http://www.tgm-online.de

For the Papierkompizen conference organized by Buchbinderei Burkhardt AG, Fischer Papier AG and Sonderegger AG at Sihlcity in Zürich. We’re going move two of my FAG proof presses for a live demonstration. Yeah, that’s gonna be fun.

www.papierkomplizen.ch

10 days workshop for Professur Vogt, ETH Zürich

Steamroller printing performance at the AGI-Open congress in Biel/Bienne. Together with 9 students I cut 4 huge linoleum cuts for layouts done for Igor Gurovich, Richard van der Laken, Katsumi Asaba and myself.

www.agi-open.com

Talk about my working practice at Typo St. Gallen with the topic ‹Downtempo! Letterpress printing in the 21st century›

www.typo-stgallen.ch

For Syndicom «Tag der Typographie» in Lucerne, I’ll be moving one of my FAG proof presses to Lucerne to give a two hour portfolio presentation and hands-on workshop.

www.eintagdertypographie.org

2 week workshop ‹Typographic Posters› at F+F Zürich

www.ffzh.ch

Guest professorship at HBKSaar for a full semester. In this class, we will be organizing a steamroller print workshop. Students not only have to concept and organize the event, but also design and print a poster at the event each.

www.hbksaar.de

Typographic letterpress workshop at ÉCAL in Lausanne.

www.ecal.ch

Steamroller printing action for the opening of the brand new ‹Schaudepot› at Toniareal in Zürich.

www.museum-gestaltung.ch

One evening exhibition and short talk at the Arm letterpress studio in Brooklyn, NY. Exhibition in collaboration with the Type Directors Club NY.

www.thearmnyc.com  /   www.tdc.org

Talk about my working practice as a poster designer and letterpress printer at one of the most important letterpress conferences: The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum’s Wayzgoose

www.woodtype.org

Teaching two classes on a day with the topic ‹Why use wood if chipboard is just as good?› at one of the most important letterpress conferences: The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum’s Wayzgoose

www.woodtype.org

One year full time teaching position in the graphic design department at VCU in Richmond, VA

www.mediendesign-ravensburg.de

2 week workshop ‹Typographic Posters› at F+F Zürich

www.ffzh.ch

One day typography conference organized by University of Weimar, Germany

Guest professorship at HBKSaar for a full semester under the topic typographic posters with letterpress technique.

For the ‹Wood Type Evolved› exhibition curated by April Sheridan and Nick Sherman at the Center For Book And Paper Arts at Columbia College in Chicago, I held two 3 evening workshops and gave a talk. I also had several posters and alot of printing blocks in the exhibition.

www.colum.edu

One day conference at St. Bride Library in London, UK

http://www.sbf.org.uk

www.helveticcentre.ch

Lecture about my work as a poster designer and letterpress printmaker

www.aiap.it