Setfonts — Palma Graphic Design and Typography Week

#Setfonts

Who is / What is

Palma's first festival dedicated to graphic design and typography. Founded by Damià Rotger (type designer, Ferreries 1981; Glíglifo teaching project, Ductile foundry) and Toni Bauzà; In 2016, Miquel Ferrer also organized it. Declared objective: to bring design closer to citizens and value typography as a communication tool.

Featured work

• 2016 (1st ed.): Teatre Mar i Terra; talks by Senyor Estudi, Lo Otro, Iván Castro, Manuel Sesma and Design by Atlas and Dúctil from Palma; spoken word recital, exhibition and a “typographic safari” through the streets of Palma.
• 2nd edition: reviewed by Última Hora (year to be verified, 2017 or 2018).
• 2019 (3rd ed., Oct. 23-27): typographic safari through Palma, calligraphy workshop by Gina Serret, Mucho studio workshop; conferences at the UIB with you, Jordi Embodas, David Torrents, Marc Català and Juan José López.
• There is no activity after 2019 (to verify).

Relationship with the office

• The printing and lettering of the city: estampers-i-impremta-popular , xilografies-impremta-guasp .

History

• 2016: first edition, with support from the Palma City Council (Culture).
• 2019: third edition, at the UIB.

Why is indigenous design

The “typographic safari” treats the signs and letters of Palma as heritage that “usually goes unnoticed”: looking at the city as its own typographic archive.

For the project

Recover the typographic safari format as an Indigenous Design route (signs, rajoles, printing presses) with Rotger or Bauzà as guides. Contact Ductil for a magazine source.

Photos

 — Gina Serret at the Setfonts 2019 calligraphy workshop. VilaWeb (photographer not listed).

Sources

• ultimahora.es/noticias/local/2016/10/27/227924/arranca-palma-setfonts-primer-fes
• vilaweb.cat/noticies/setfonts-disseny-tipografia-palma/
• ultimahora.es/etiqueta/Setfonts.html

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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