Second stop of its North American tour, the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) presents the exhibition ECAL A Typographic Atlas.
Curated by Master Type Design and Bachelor Graphic Designprogrammes, the ECAL A Typographic Atlas project takes the form of a traveling exhibition and a book that present a wide selection of 300 typefaces created by ECAL students from around the world. Typography is treated as a visual, cultural and linguistic practice, from experimental forms to functional families and multiscript projects, encouraging us to reconsider how type mediates everyday communication.
The exhibition is structured around a single indexing approach, a system translated into a modular display designed by Adrien Rovero , which forms a navigational framework that invites visitors to move through a typographic territory.
The presentation of the exhibition in Montreal features a special collaboration with the UQAM Centre de design in the form of a site-specific installation. This 360-degree typographic projection, which unfolds across the walls of the exhibition hall, offers reflections on contemporary type design practices by giving a voice to members of the typographic community.
Produced by Giliane Cachin and Eurostandard, and published by Empire Books, the 536-page book unfolds like a vast map covering the full range of genres across the contemporary typographic spectrum. It is available to purchase on the ECAL shop.
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Wednesday September 9, 2026
Roundtable with
4:00pm: Doors opening for the roundtable
4:30–5:45pm: Roundtable discussion
6:00–9:00pm: Speech and exhibition opening
10.09–04.10.2026
Wednesday to Sunday, 12:00am–6:00pm
Free entry
Centre de design – UQAM
1440, rue Sanguinet, Montréal, Québec
EXHIBITIONS
Curated by Master Type Design and Bachelor Graphic Design programmes, this project presents a wide selection of 300 typefaces created by ECAL students from around the world.
EXHIBITIONS
Conceived as a travelling exhibition, ECAL A Typographic Atlas reflects ECAL’s long-standing commitment to contemporary graphic and type design.
EXHIBITIONS
As part of the presentation of ECAL A Typographic Atlas at Program/me, the launch of the exhibition's book, as well as a conference with typographers, teachers, researchers, and publishers, will also take place.
EXHIBITIONS
For its fourth stop, the exhibition ECAL A Typographic Atlas is presented in New York by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography.