Nov 5 — 6, 2025
Workshop
Ricard García, Statement Typefaces
Cryptic Type Systems
Only for MAIAD students
Cryptic Type Systems
A workshop to hack writing systems for dissident ideologies. In a world where freedom of expression is increasingly at risk, spreading subversive or system-critical ideas is becoming ever more difficult. Throughout history, writing has been one of the most powerful tools for sharing dissident thought — and at its core lies something as fundamental as the alphabet itself.
This workshop invites participants to explore how we might reformulate alphabetic systems into cryptic or coded forms that, beneath a seemingly random or pseudo-chaotic appearance, can still convey messages and meaning.
Participants will experiment with ways of encoding communication — creating new visual, symbolic, or structural systems that disguise yet preserve language, challenging the boundaries between legibility, secrecy, and artistic expression.
Ricard Garcia is a type designer based in Barcelona. In 2015 he received his BA in Graphic Design from the University of Barcelona. Before moving to The Hague to study at Type and Media, he worked at Typerepublic as a type designer. His work is now a balance of type design, lettering & code.
