A short review by Antje Dohmann about the event on 17 June on-site at the Typographic Departement of the University of Reading and online on YouTube

Here is a short textual overview of the winners of the 13th GRANSHAN Type Design Competition – the winning works are be shown with pictures in our GRAND EXHIBITION in the menu item Exhibition on our website.

Dr Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès explains the exhibition and draws attention to the innovative approaches to the design of letters and typefaces in the various graphic design projects on display.

»How can Arabic script be seen as something other than problematic?« asks Golnar Katrahmani programmatically. Her answer: for example, through

Have you ever heard about Baybayin? is one of the precolonial writing systems used by early Filipinos.

Many of us equate Cyrillic with Russian. But that’s not true. Krista Radoeva tells us that it's finally time to …

Georgia may be a small country, but it has an ancient and rich culture. It is a particular pleasure that the country is participating in the GRANSHAN Type Design Competition for the first time.

Are you curious how a harmonious interplay between Georgian and Latin script can look like?

The GRANSHAN Foundation is co-organiser of a study trip to Armenia from 5 to 13 September 2024

GRANSHAN fosters a global typographic community valuing cultural diversity and mutual respect. Veronika Burian and Toshi Omagari will now manage the Cyrillic Script Group. GRANSHAN stands for respect and solidarity.

The 13th GRANSHAN Type Design Competition 2023/2024 is open for global submissions until 15 February 2024. Featuring new categories, script groups, and a €3,000 Grand Prize, the competition honors Edik Ghabuzyan.

Oesol and GRANSHAN are a perfect match as they both believe that type drives culture – and vice versa.