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Date: 15 October 2026More info dest working commercial letterpress printers in the UK – a living museum of Victorian history. Try your hand at being an apprentice compositor in the Caseroom. See how newspapers, tickets, posters and letterheads were printed before the digital age. Explore Robert Smail’s office, scarcely altered since 1866. Admire the waterwheel…

Date: 5 October 2026More info Oldest working commercial letterpress printers in the UK – a living museum of Victorian history. Try your hand at being an apprentice compositor in the Caseroom. See how newspapers, tickets, posters and letterheads were printed before the digital age. Explore Robert Smail’s office, scarcely altered since 1866. Admire the waterwheel…

Date: 1 October 2026More info Oldest working commercial letterpress printers in the UK – a living museum of Victorian history. Try your hand at being an apprentice compositor in the Caseroom. See how newspapers, tickets, posters and letterheads were printed before the digital age. Explore Robert Smail’s office, scarcely altered since 1866. Admire the waterwheel…

Date: 28 September 2026More info Oldest working commercial letterpress printers in the UK – a living museum of Victorian history. Try your hand at being an apprentice compositor in the Caseroom. See how newspapers, tickets, posters and letterheads were printed before the digital age. Explore Robert Smail’s office, scarcely altered since 1866. Admire the waterwheel…

Date: 24 September 2026More info Oldest working commercial letterpress printers in the UK – a living museum of Victorian history. Try your hand at being an apprentice compositor in the Caseroom. See how newspapers, tickets, posters and letterheads were printed before the digital age. Explore Robert Smail’s office, scarcely altered since 1866. Admire the waterwheel…

Date: 2 October 2026More info To celebrate 160 years of printing at Smails and 40 years since National Trust for Scotland took over the care of the printworks on behalf of the nation, we are proud to present: Old New Tech: 160 years and still printing, an Anniversary Lecture by eminent print historian Dr Helen…

Date: 17 September 2026More info Join the Irish Architecture Foundation and the Building Centre for an evening reception and panel discussion celebrating To Not Design Is to Cost The Earth, currently on display at the Building Centre. IAF Director Emmett Scanlon will chair a conversation exploring the value of architecture across a range of scales,…

Date: 12 September 2026More info A screening of Liam Young’s Planet City, and Eunjo Lee’s When Forgiving the Sun. Two speculative worlds and, two visions of how design, technology and worldbuilding reshape the ways we inhabit the planet. Bringing together cinematic video game engine technology and experimental storytelling, the screenings invite audiences to consider how…

Date: 14 September 2026More info How can design create the conditions for people to gather, participate and shape the places they live in? As cities and societies become increasingly fragmented, designers are rethinking how shared spaces, collective experiences and civic participation can foster belonging and connection. Bringing together architects, designers, community organisers and cultural practitioners,…

Start date: 30 September 2026End date: 3 October 2026More info Bringing together different international speakers from the field of visual culture (graphic design, photography, illustration, typography, architecture, wayfinding, film … ). This is an ideal opportunity for professionals and those who want to become to expand their knowledge and connect with experts from different fields…