Glitch Design Library
Glitch Library is a knowledge sharing space and an idea exchange place. We stack books on art, design, cultural theory and everything în between: from visual culture resources to typography, illustration, photography, with a keen interest on poster design.
It is not just a physical collection of books; it’s a place where creative minds come together to exchange thoughts and build a community around the love of art and design books.
The library itself is housed in the Glitch Design Studio offices, surrounded by colleagues and friends who share a deep passion for art and design. This unique setting fosters collaboration, whether you’re here to work on a project, explore new ideas, or simply enjoy a good book.
The branding inspiration was found in print based elements such as letterpress blocks, trim symbols, color guide symbols and typographic experiments. The main font used is Inter from Rasmus Andersson for its clean aesthetic and paired with Bookmania by Mark Simonson Studio for it serif madness and appropriate name for a book library project.
Within the library’s activities Glitch Studio DesignSessions (a talks series of events) was initated. I designed all of the event posters as part of Glitch Studio. All of them play on the general love of print that is also the basis of the visual identity. Beyond typographic and lettering experiments all posters use trim marks or color guides in different ways for cohesion.
For the last three DesignSessions talks, designers from the Netherlands were invited to give talks on book design and graphic design. The first of these events saw Esther de Vries on her book design experiments, as such the main focus was showcasing a virtual book cover for the poster. Following this Richard Niessen showcased his ongoing project The Palace of Typographic Masonry, inspiring the poster to focus on Graphic Languages.The final event was hosted by Liza Enebeis from Studio Dumbar/DEPT® on books and motion. The concept behind this poster was an animated form of letterpress blocks.
This project has been awarded in the Poster category of Local Design Awards 2025; it was also selected in the 29th International Warsaw Poster Biennale Main competition as well as shortlisted for the Antwerp Poster Festival 2025.
Creative direction by Dan Stănescu, project management by Ana Banu. Art direction and graphic design by Andrei Nicolescu. Photo credits: Mihai Ciobanu (posters) and Dragoș Hanciu (events).
