International Festival of Graphic Design · Type · Motion

OFFGRID

Three days. One city. No sleep. The festival where graphic design gets loud — talks, live type, riso ink and a dancefloor after dark.

12–14 Jun 2027Watt District, RotterdamDoors 18:00Tickets from €45

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Mara Voss ✳ Juno Park ✳ Theo Lindqvist ✳ Anaïs Duarte ✳ Kofi Mensah ✳ Rita Almeida ✳

The lineup

Type does
the talking

Six headliners, three stages, zero keynote filler. Every talk ends with something you can steal for Monday morning.

Type · Keynote

Mara Voss

Variable type designer, Oslo

“Variable type, live on stage” — one font, forty moods, zero slides.

Fri 19:00 · Main Hall

Motion

Juno Park

Motion director, Seoul

“Kinetic type for people who hate kinetic type” — movement with manners.

Fri 21:30 · Main Hall

Theo Lindqvist

Riso printer, Malmö

“Riso is a verb” — misregistration as a design decision, not a mistake.

Sat 11:00 · Print Yard

Anaïs Duarte

Poster artist, Lisbon

“Posters that survive the wall” — what makes a flyer outlive the night.

Sat 15:00 · Print Yard

Digital

Kofi Mensah

3D type artist, Accra

“3D type you can touch” — chrome, liquid and the render farm behind it.

Sun 12:00 · Type Lab

Motion

Rita Almeida

Title designer, Porto

“Title sequences with a pulse” — opening credits as the film's first scene.

Sun 17:00 · Main Hall

No talks in this track — yet. The full programme lands in March.

Timetable

Who plays when

Three stages, three days. Tap a day — every row has a real time, a real stage and a real talk.

18:00Main HallDoors + opening party
Halftone DJs, first-come poster wall, lime lemonade.All stages

19:00Main HallMara Voss
Keynote — “Variable type, live on stage”.1,200 seats

20:30Type LabOpen type clinic
Bring a broken font; leave with a fixed one.80 seats

21:30Main HallJuno Park
“Kinetic type for people who hate kinetic type”.1,200 seats

23:00Print YardLate riso session
Print your own OFFGRID poster before last entry.Last entry 23:00

Tickets

Pick your
poison

Three passes, one obvious choice in the middle. Every pass includes all three stages and the afterparty.

Day Pass

€45

One day · your pick of Fri / Sat / Sun

All three stages, one day
Opening or closing party
Print Yard access
Festival map + sticker sheet

SELECT DAY PASS

Before you
come loud

Venue: Watt District — Hall 3, Rotterdam. Ten minutes from Central Station, tram 4 to Wilhelminaplein.
Doors: Fri 18:00 · Sat 10:00 · Sun 11:00. Last entry 23:00 every night.
Getting home: Night bus N7 stops at the door until 02:00. Bike parking for 400 bikes, free.
Access: Step-free entry, accessible toilets on every floor, quiet room on level 1, hearing loop in Main Hall.
Age: 16+ after 21:00. Under-16s welcome in daytime with an adult.

Can I get a refund if I can't come?+

Yes — full refund up to 14 days before the festival, 50% up to 48 hours before. After that, passes are transferable to a friend, free.

Is the festival photosensitive-safe?+

Yes. Nothing on stage or on this site flashes more than three times per second. Strobe effects are never used, and the quiet room is always open.

Do I need to bring anything?+

For workshops: a laptop and a font you hate. For the riso session: an A3 sketch or just your hands. Everything else is provided.

Can I pay at the door?+

Day passes, if any remain — but the Full Festival pass usually sells out first. Reserving online is the only way to guarantee entry.

Is there food on site?+

Yes — six food stalls in the Print Yard, including vegan and gluten-free options, plus free water stations on every floor.

See you in the
lime light

12–14 Jun 2027 · Watt District, Rotterdam. Join the list for the lineup drop, workshop bookings and the poster pre-sale.

Type doesthe talking