Inscript—the go-to virtual event for all things at the overlap of technological and typographic innovation—is back for its fourth year. Inscript 2025 will take place online from October 15th through the 19th, with 6 months of video replay now available to advance ticket holders.
Focusing on design, language, and all facets of communication, Inscript provides a space for the leading contemporary talent to let you in behind-the-scenes into their process-making and what’s motivating them today.
Curators
Au Chon Hin
Au Chon Hin, is an acclaimed designer from Macau, who mainly engages in brand identity and visual identity. He is the founder and creative director of Untitled Macao, supervisor of Macau Designers Association, executive Director of Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA), advisory board member of Type Directors Club (TDC), and is known for his forward-thinking and bold visions. His works utilize vibrant colour clashes as well as simple yet figurative lines to bring a new visual experience to his clients.
Ksenya Samarskaya
Ksenya Samarskaya is a strategist and creative practitioner focusing on all things typographic and pedagogical, with equitable regenerative futures constantly on her mind. Samarskaya leads a type and branding practice, Samarskaya & Partners, and is highly active in the greater community as an AGI member, past board member at AIGA/NY and ATypI, and past TDC director. She teaches type and creative strategy worldwide.
Alex Slobzheninov
Alex Slobzheninov does everything related to typography—uses type, makes type, and makes tools to make type. Based in Prague, he is the founder of Contemporary Type and part of Pangram Pangram, having previously worked with &Walsh studio. Slobzheninov has been featured in publications including It’s Nice That, New Aesthetic, PRINT, and Slanted; and has won the TDC Ascenders and ADC YG rising star awards.
Grants
We love to support and champion explorative, boundary-pushing, and thoughtful work at all stages. Individuals and teams are qualified, with the application process focusing on a description of what you’re working on or hope to explore, and where you’ve gotten to in your career thus far.
Select Press
Echoes of Type: Weaving Sound, Code, and Culture – Inscript Type Festival 2024
Inscript embodies the spirit of innovation, encouraging all who join to embrace their curiosity and engage with the future of typography in a way that is both accessible and inspiring. Whether you are a seasoned professional or a newcomer to the field, this festival promises to ignite your imagination and expand your understanding of how typography can shape our world.
Typeroom
“Inclusive, diverse, bold”: Experimental type festival Inscript returns for its second year
“Inclusive, diverse, bold”: Experimental type festival Inscript returns for its second year.
It’s Nice That
Cutting Edge of Type
Inscript was not just a celebration of creativity; it was a testament to the power of collaboration, exploration and experimentation. As we reflect upon the insights shared and connections forged during the [2023] festival, we are reminded of the boundless possibilities that lie at the intersection of typography, technology, and human ingenuity. Inscript inspires and empowers designers to push the boundaries of what is possible, charting a course towards a more innovative and inclusive future.
Eye Magazine
The Daily Heller: Brazen Experiments, Phygital Media and Ferrofluid, Huh?
“A virtual event for sharing the wildest experiments or latest innovations, Inscript highlights industry experts across typography, creative coding, phygital media, and more—from artificial intelligence to type knitting; from augmented realities to massive interactions in the physical landscape; from financial models to ferrofluid.”
PRINT
Typo Festival Inscript
Die Sprecherliste des Type Festival Inscript 2022 kann sich sehen lassen: DIA Studio, Kiel Mutschelknaus, Tina Touli, Underware und noch viele mehr.
PAGE
Inscript: An Online Festival of Technology and Typography
“I think all tools change behavior. And having awareness, and dialogue, about how that happens is immensely beneficial so that it doesn’t happen in a vacuum.”
IDEA
Inscript Type Festival 2023: A not-to-be-missed rendezvous with typography and innovation in the digital realm
Inscript Type Festival 2023: A not-to-be-missed rendezvous with typography and innovation in the digital realm.
Typeroom
Breaking barriers for a brave new world: Ksenya Samarskaya on Inscript Experimental Type Festival
Inscript brings together practitioners that are pushing forward the future of type — want to know what we’re all going to be doing in a few years? See what’s possible? These are the rooms to be in.
Typeroom
A.I., typography and storytelling: Analyzing the new visual identity of Inscript Festival with Kacper Pietrzykowski
A.I., typography and storytelling: Analyzing the new visual identity of Inscript Festival with Kacper Pietrzykowski
Typeroom
Access to the Futures of Type
The experimental tone of ‘Inscript’ left me feeling exhilarated, liberated and impatient to try new these tools and methods in my own work.
Eye Magazine
Inscript has the best conference lineup of the year
Inscript has the best conference lineup of the year
Neon Moiré via Insta Comments
Inscript Experimental Type Festival: the moment to join a revolution dawns online
Inscript is this fall’s must-attend event. And THE virtual portfolio and behind-the-scenes showcase experience for all things pushing the edge of the expected.
Typeroom
Sponsors
We’re always interested to work with aligned brands to further our collective vision. Please email us to discuss sponsorship opportunities.