Calendar

Period (opening hours):
Tue.-Fri. 14:00-18:00 & by appointment >>> Part of the Museum Night on 09.05.2026: open 18:00-24:00

Venue:
HGB gallery
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig
www.hgb-leipzig.de/galerie
instagram.com/hgbgallery

Partner:
A co-operation of the ECAL with the HGB Type Design Class and the HGB Gallery


The "Atlas" exhibition was developed in collaboration between the ECAL (Lausanne School of Art and Design) and the Type Design class at the HGB Leipzig. It provides an overview of what type design is, what it can achieve visually and how it is used in our everyday lives. "Atlas" presents experimental letterforms, extensive font families, diverse typefaces and the interface between craft and contemporary graphic design. The exhibition offers a space that is accessible not only to experts, but also to a wider audience.
The exhibition was conceived especially for the HGB Gallery in collaboration with the type design class of Prof Ondřej Báchor at the HGB Leipzig and features student work from both ECAL and HGB Leipzig. Following its premiere in Turin, the German premiere exhibition will be presented in Leipzig - the second stop on its international tour before travelling on to New York, Paris and Tokyo:

Turin - Circolo del Design
New York - The Cooper Union
Montreal - UQAM
Los Angeles - HMCT Gallery
Paris - Programme/me
Lausanne - ECAL
Tokyo - SKWAT Kameari Art Centre

The opening on 9 April at 17:00 in the HGB Gallery will feature a "Type-Design Bar", a short introduction to the exhibition and talks with international designers:

Opening Talk
09.04.2026, HGB Gallery

Ondřej Báchor
Professor for Type Design, HGB Leipzig

Rebekka Hausmann
Artistic associate for type design, ECAL Lausanne

Clément Rouzaud
Graphic designer, Switzerland

Sascha Bente
Type and graphic designer, Berlin

Jonathan Bruun
Type designer, Denmark

Nagyeong Heo
Type Design Class, HGB Leipzig

Meta Weckeßer
Type Design Class, HGB Leipzig

Marie Schuster
Master's programme Type Design, ECAL Lausanne