Signals from the Periphery
Signals from the Periphery was an international graphic design event that took place in 2017 at the Tallinn Art Hall in Estonia. The project brought together urgent developments in graphic design with a focus on practices that extend the field. These practices often expand into other cultural fields, while creating new hybrid forms, as well as seeking out new economic models to sustain themselves.
Signals from the Periphery encompassed an exhibition at the Tallinn Art Hall, a satellite exhibition at the EKA Gallery, an extensive public programme and a book that was published by EKA Press. The book is accompanied by the eighth issue of Dark and Stormy, a fanzine about writer’s block, black holes and surprising comebacks by Rustan Söderling and Bart de Baets, specially produced on the occasion of the exhibition Signals from the Periphery.
Publication
Editing: Elisabeth Klement & Laura Pappa
Translation: Martin Rünk
Copy editing (Estonian): Martin Rünk
Copy editing (English): Annie Goodner
Graphic design: Asterisk
Printing: Tallinn Book Printers
Publisher: EKA Press
Authors: Åbäke, Phil Baber, Evening Class, Paul Gangloff, François Girard-Meunier, Rudy Guedj, Bardhi Haliti, Marguerite Humeau, Tim Hunkin, Elisabeth Klement, Mathew Kneebone, Knock! Knock! Books, Laura Pappa, Partia e Fortë, Mirjam Reili.
Typefaces include: My Maps Sans, Arial, ITC Serif Gothic, LL Bradford and Neue Helvetica
Exhibition
Curators: Elisabeth Klement & Laura Pappa
Exhibition team: Ott Metusala, Karolin Nummert, Siim Preiman, Mirjam Reili
Design: fanfare (Lotte van de Hoef & Freja Kir), Ott Kagovere & Maria Muuk, Ott Metusala, Kaisa Sööt & Koit Randmäe, Elisabeth Klement & Laura Pappa
Graphic Design: Asterisk (Elisabeth Klement & Laura Pappa), Indrek Sirkel & Jan Tomson
Production: CNC Stuudio, Ott Metusala, OÜ Polli, Mihkel Lember, Kaisa Sööt & Koit Randmäe, Print24, Tekstiiliprint
Installation: Valge Kuup
Typefaces include: Computed Type, an early version of ABC Maxi Round, Brazil, Capitalis Brutalis and Clip
Satellite exhibition EKA Gallery
Supervisors: Else Lagerspetz & Loore Sundja
Website
Development: Ranno Ait
Typefaces: Lincoln/MITRE (David Bennewith with Bram van den Berg), Helvetica Neue and Arial
