Set Rules, Unexpected Outcomes

2025

Set Rules, Unexpected Outcomes: On WorkshopBased Design Practices by the third generation of 530 Type Club. This book is the result of an investigation on how workshop-based design practices engage with community, thinking through making,
and archiving; our core principles.

530 Type Club is a student-led fontcollective that hosts workshops and studies on experimental typography. Our workshops deviate from the conventions of typography- twisting. turning. taping. scanning. gluing, inverting. rubbing. rescanning the idea of what type can be.

With play as our methodology and tools as prompts. amateurism reveals the freedom of curiosity in our workshops. The role of the amateur is independent of experience; amateurs prioritize joy and approach decision-making intuitively. By reflecting on our practice as 530. and in conversation with other artists and collectives, we look at how this role is present in varying developmental stages.

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Concept, Design, Production in collaboration with: Clara Chirila-Rus, Jonas Riemersma, Joshua van Blijderveen, Soyoon Cha

Head of Department: Maaike van Neck 
Coordinator: Patricia Bosveld 
Supervisor: Jeremy Jansen 

Publisher: Graphic Design Arnhem, ArtEZ University of the Arts 
 
Printing: NPN Drukkers 
 
Interviewees: Alessia Vadacca, Amandine Alessandra, Benjamin McMillan, Dasha Leo, Emma Verhoeven, Fraser Muggeridge, Gersande Schellinx, Gijs de Boer, Kasper Quaink, Kirsten Spruit, Kuan-Ting Chen, Nai-Syuan Ye, Polina Slavova, Thijs van Loenhout, Victor Utne Stiberg, Xiaoyuan Gao 
 
Special Thanks: Martijn Kicken, Reea Chirila-Rus 
 
Paper: EOS 2.0 90gsm, Forever Banana 270gsm 
 
Edition: 300 copies 

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