Intro to RISO workshop

Join us for an in-person event where you can dive into the wonderful world of risograph printing. Whether you're a seasoned artist or just curious about this unique printing technique, you are invited to explore the magic of riso.

This 4-hour workshop is taught in English. We start off with coffee and tea, an intro to the history of the risograph, a demo of our A3 risoprinter, then lunch break after which everyone gets to print their designs.

The workshop fee includes 5 prints in two colors of your own design in A3 (on our favorite off-white EOS paper at 90g thickness) and a list of resource links sent after the workshop.

IMPORTANT NOTE

This course covers riso operational techniques, but not file preparation. Come to class with your file already prepared (you can read through the "PREPARING YOUR FILES FOR RISO" section on this website for more details: risottostudio.com/pages/basic-print-setup). When students use in-class time to finish their files, they typically do not have the time to get properly trained on our equipment.

So make sure to bring two PDFs on USB :) Files should be A3-sized pdfs with a margin of 5 mm, set to grayscale, with a resolution of 300 DPI.

Cost: total workshop fee is € 45,- (or €30,- for students, email riso@onomatopee.net for the student discount code). If you cancel more than 12 hours before the workshop begins, your payment can be transferred to another Intro to RISO Course in the future.

Register here!

The workshop will be hosted by Paul Eßer and Francesco Scheffczyk, both research assistants at KITeGG. The workshop is based on their research about the democratisation and accessibility of AI interfaces.

KITeGG is a four-year joint project that aims to connect technology and society through design. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and four federal states. Participants include Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Trier University of Applied Sciences, the Cologne International School of Design (TH Köln) and the Offenbach and Schwäbisch Gmünd Universities of Applied Sciences.

Programme:

In this Make-a-zine workshop you will learn the Introductory basics of how to create small-scale print publications on risograph. Participants are given a template for how to make a quick-and-dirty A6-sized folded zine from A3 risoprinted paper. The instructor will lead everyone through the process of compiling/creating your imagery/text and either printing via the computer, or directly scanning into the riso duplicator to create your zine.

You’ll walk away with a beautiful 15-copy set of your newly printed zine to share with the world.

What you need to do:

Bring a series of pictures and texts that you’d like to add to your zines (or drawing tools to create your images). Each zine will require eight A6-sized pages of artwork, and one A3-sized poster image (that can be seen once the zine is unfolded).

If you plan to do your zine old-school through the scanner, bring physical copies of whatever you’d like to collage and assemble together. Otherwise, bring a laptop and digital files.

What will happen:

We’ll do a demonstration of our A3 risographs, then we will support you with whatever you need to know as you assemble your images and texts. Once your are complete, each participant learns how to operate the machinery and produces a 2-color zine.

This 5-hour workshop (10.00 - 15.00) is taught in English. We'll have coffee and tea, go through an introduction to the history of the risograph, followed by a demo of the A3 risoprinter, and a lesson on how to set up your zine. There will be a lunch break after which everyone gets to print their designs. The workshop fee includes 15 copies of your 2-color risoprinted zine, a mini RISO guide by Onomatopee, and a list of resource links sent after the workshop.

Student discount: If you are a student you can request a 25% off discount code by emailing riso@onomatopee.net.

Instructor:

Valentina de Vito is Onomatopee’s graphic designer and RISO studio assistant. She got her Design and Communication Bachelor’s degree from Politecnico di Torino in Italy.

IMPORTANT NOTE

We cannot offer reimbursement. However, if you cancel more than 12 hours before the workshop begins, your payment can be transferred to another RISO Course in the future.

Claim your spot here! (limited spots available)