The Palace of Typographic Masonry

The Palace of Typographic Masonry provides a multi-layered insight into the creative discipline of graphic design: From the fundamentals of the trade and their interplay in compositions and designs to tools, techniques, and conceptual approaches to the professional practice in the shifting sphere of space, time, clients and audiences.

This travelling exhibition by the Dutch graphic designer Richard Niessen showcases graphic design as a poetic and visual force with the ability to shape culture and channel political messages to convey social values and ideals. Richard Niessen reflects on his professional practice by collecting and describing visual artefacts from a wide range of cultures and times. The resulting thematic constellations produce surprisingly new layers of meaning. He also regurlarly invites designers to expand his collection with visual comments.