No. 07 · A conference on design and type

Lisbon · 13 & 14 May 2027

Overprint

Audience in a dark hall under a ceiling of glowing dots, listening to a talk

Overprint 06, Main hall

Two-day pass

Admit one

Two days on type, signs, books and screens.

Dates

13 & 14 May 2027

Venue

Armazém 16, Lisbon

Programme

16 sessions, 2 stages

Early bird until 31 January

From €190

16

Sessions

16

Sessions

8

Speakers

2

Stages

600

Seats, then we stop

Programme

Two days, two stages, one long lunch.

All times in Lisbon time (WEST)

Thursday 13 May

Day 1

08:30

08:30

Doors, badges and coffee

Pick up your lanyard at the river entrance. Pastéis de nata on the house until they run out.

Everyone

09:30

09:30

Welcome to Overprint 2027

The hosts open the seventh edition, with a few rules and one good story.

Main hall

Ana Ribeiro and Tom Fischer

10:00

10:00

Drawing one typeface for a whole city

Four years, two hundred bus drivers and every street sign in Oslo.

Main hall

Margit Halvorsen

11:00

11:00

Signs nobody notices, on purpose

How a team of eleven tests signs with people who are late and lost.

Main hall

Daniel Mensah

12:30

12:30

Lunch on the riverside terrace

Long tables outside, or inside if Lisbon decides to rain.

Everyone

14:00

14:00

Colour on screens that never sleep

A colour system for a night shift ward, tested at three in the morning.

Main hall

Léa Moreau

14:00

14:00

Workshop: lettering with a broad nib

Ninety minutes, forty seats, all materials included. Sign up at the desk.

Studio

Ana Ribeiro

15:30

15:30

Rebranding a 140-year-old bakery

Two years, three family meetings and one very old wooden stamp.

Main hall

Jonas Ek

18:00

18:00

Print fair and drinks

Thirty independent printers and publishers. Bring cash and an empty bag.

Everyone

Friday 14 May

Day 2

09:00

09:00

Coffee and portfolio corner

Bring your work. Senior designers give fifteen-minute reviews until ten.

Everyone

10:00

10:00

Forty years of posters on one wall

One long wall, hung in order, and what never changed.

Main hall

Inês Carvalho

11:00

11:00

The grid is a promise

A hands-on session with printed proofs from three art books.

Studio

Kenji Arai

12:30

12:30

Lunch on the riverside terrace

Same tables, new menu.

Everyone

14:00

14:00

Design for the slowest reader in the room

Five years of reading tests, a handful of simple rules.

Main hall

Ruth Adler

15:30

15:30

Letters that move, and when they should stay still

Film titles, live events and a lift that talked too much.

Main hall

Theo Lam

16:30

16:30

Closing panel: what will we still draw in 2037?

Questions from the room, then a long goodbye on the terrace.

Main hall

All speakers

Venue

Armazém 16, a cork warehouse on the river.

Two halls under one steel roof in Marvila, on the east side of Lisbon. The Main hall seats six hundred, the Studio forty, and the terrace takes everyone at lunch.

Address

Address

Rua da Cortiça 16, Marvila, Lisbon

Rua da Cortiça 16, Marvila, Lisbon

Getting there

Getting there

Six minutes on foot from the nearest train station. Bikes go in the courtyard.

Six minutes on foot from the nearest train station. Bikes go in the courtyard.

Stay

Stay

Three partner hotels with 15% off. Codes come with your pass.

Three partner hotels with 15% off. Codes come with your pass.

Access

Access

Step-free entrance, hearing loop in both halls, quiet room upstairs.

Step-free entrance, hearing loop in both halls, quiet room upstairs.

Empty industrial hall with steel roof trusses and a polished floor
Lisbon street running down to the river, with tiled houses
Three people laughing around a table with laptops during a workshop

Passes

Both days, lunch and the print fair. One price.

Student

€190

+ Both days, both stages

+ Lunch and coffee

+ A valid student card at the door

No.

0412

Standard

€390

+ Both days, both stages

+ Lunch, coffee and the print fair

+ Early bird price until 31 January

No.

0001

Team of five

€1,650

+ Five named passes

+ A reserved table at lunch

+ One invoice for the studio

No.

0250

Prices include VAT. Passes can be moved to a colleague until 1 May. Refunds until 1 April.

Call for talks · open until 15 February

Ten minutes on stage. Your idea.

Friday afternoon has six lightning talks, chosen from proposals by the speakers. Students and first-time speakers are very welcome. We reply to everyone by 1 March.

Length

Ten minutes, no questions, one screen.

Fee

A free pass, travel within Europe and two nights in Lisbon.

Help

A rehearsal call with one of the hosts two weeks before.

We read every proposal. Replies come from talks@overprint.events by 1 March.

With thanks to

Halftone Press

Gráfica Lumen

PAPER MILL CO.

studio norte

Type Assembly

RIVERSIDE

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