

Country
Italy
Founding Year
early 2000s
Archivio Tipografico is a collaborative space based in Turin, Italy, dedicated to the preservation, study, and practice of typographic arts. Established in the early 2000s by Emanuele Mensa, it functions as both a working printshop and a repository of typographic history. The archive boasts one of Italy's largest private collections, with approximately 2,400 drawers of movable type in lead, wood, and resin, alongside nine fully functional printing presses. This extensive collection serves as a bridge between the past and future of typographic arts, fostering collaboration among printers, artists, and designers

Archivio Tipografico


Country
Italy
Founding Year
early 2000s
Archivio Tipografico is a collaborative space based in Turin, Italy, dedicated to the preservation, study, and practice of typographic arts. Established in the early 2000s by Emanuele Mensa, it functions as both a working printshop and a repository of typographic history. The archive boasts one of Italy's largest private collections, with approximately 2,400 drawers of movable type in lead, wood, and resin, alongside nine fully functional printing presses. This extensive collection serves as a bridge between the past and future of typographic arts, fostering collaboration among printers, artists, and designers