In its Off the Shelf series fjk3 – Contemporary Art Space focuses on the production of publications in an expanded sense, as well as the associated projects of artists, authors, editors, publishers, and other actors in this field.

As part of Off the Shelf No. 5, Hannah Sakai and Bruno Jacoby discuss the creation of a new typeface developed on the occasion of the exhibition Lucy McKenzie – Orchestrion. The starting point for this typographic development was — as with the fjk3 logo — the historic tiled ceiling of the art space itself. This architectural and contextual anchoring makes the process a unique example of a design-based engagement with space and history.

Hannah Sakai has lived in Vienna since the age of four and works across languages, cultures, and media. Her interests lie in the interplay of type, color, and material — particularly in the mediums of books, exhibition graphics, and poster design. She is a graduate of the renowned Werkplaats Typografie program in Arnhem (NL). Since the founding of fjk3, her visual signature has shaped all the institution’s printed materials.

In the second part of the evening, Johanna Schäfer and Bruno Jacoby provide insights into their independent publishing company Accidental Interest Books (AIB). Founded in 2019, this micro-publishing project does not follow a fixed program but publishes books that emerge from artistic intuition and personal curiosity. With small print runs, poetic language, and experimental design, AIB sees itself as a platform for topics beyond the mainstream.