Spiekermann set up this studio primarily to work on personal projects and exploring how letterpress type can be redefined and used in the 21st century. The studio is equipped with a number of Korrex letterpress machines and Heidelberg Windmill press as well as a modern Riso printer.
The studio also designs and cuts its own wooden letterpress type.
Director Ferdinand Ulrich explained how the studio operates, demonstrated setting up the machines, and showed the class samples from Erik Spikermann's collections - including font specimen books from the early 1900s, and more than 500 cases of poster type, mostly made from wood.
Ferdinand's colleague Lunia D'Ambrosino also explained how she had applied for an internship at P98a having graduated with a Bachelors degree in Visual Communication.
Typesetting a poster on the Korrex.
Editorial piece printed via Letterpress
Erik Spiekermann's signature quote, letterpress A1 posterzine.
Ferdinald Ulrich talking to the class.
Find out more about P98a on their website, and visit if you happen to be in Berlin.
