May 22nd marks the beginning of the second TYPOSPOT exhibition, which is officially the first independent show in a series celebrating a deep love for conceptual typography and type design—aiming to bring greater awareness of this discipline to the wider public.

[intentional mistakes] builds on this year’s TYPOSPOT theme, [1], by interpreting it through the lens of the fear of making mistakes—a feeling that often accompanies all kinds of beginnings. Whether it’s starting a new project, a course of study, research, or a career, we tend to become overly perfectionistic, overthinking and overcomplicating things out of fear of failure. And when we do make mistakes, we often feel a creeping paranoia that everyone has noticed—though, in reality, we’re probably the only ones who actually know. At the beginning, we strive to do everything perfectly, which makes the idea of making mistakes feel… well... unacceptable.

In her installation, Tereza takes this very fear of failure and embraces it. Content-wise, [intentional mistakes] conceptually follows her diploma project, which explores the aesthetics of glitches and errors, resulting in a variable typeface. These ‘glitches’ emerge from flawed interpolations between font masters, resulting in technically functional but visually unexpected distortions. Rather than correcting these deformations, Tereza uses them as expressive tools, intentionally integrating them into the design process. Her typeface features not only a traditional weight axis, but also a ‘glitch axis,’ offering a spectrum of distortions that celebrate error as a design principle rather than an unwanted flaw that needs to be erased. Thus, these mistakes serve as an impulse for creativity, experimentation, and playfulness.

Tereza Umlaufová is a graphic and type designer from Prague, who is currently finishing her diploma thesis in Typolab at AFAD in Bratislava. Her work explores the expressive potential of letterforms, navigating the boundaries between legibility and abstraction. Through experimental typography, she investigates how type can communicate beyond conventional reading.

This project is supported by Nadácia Tatra banky and Staromestské centrá kultúry.

Exhibiting artist:
Tereza Umlaufová @typolajna


Event photos:
Ester Šmídová @esters.lens

2025:
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[intentional mistakes]
Tereza Umlaufová
May 22nd – June 27th

May 22nd marks the beginning of the second TYPOSPOT exhibition, which is officially the first independent show in a series celebrating a deep love for conceptual typography and type design—aiming to bring greater awareness of this discipline to the wider public.

[intentional mistakes] builds on this year’s TYPOSPOT theme, [1], by interpreting it through the lens of the fear of making mistakes—a feeling that often accompanies all kinds of beginnings. Whether it’s starting a new project, a course of study, research, or a career, we tend to become overly perfectionistic, overthinking and overcomplicating things out of fear of failure. And when we do make mistakes, we often feel a creeping paranoia that everyone has noticed—though, in reality, we’re probably the only ones who actually know. At the beginning, we strive to do everything perfectly, which makes the idea of making mistakes feel… well... unacceptable.

In her installation, Tereza takes this very fear of failure and embraces it. Content-wise, [intentional mistakes] conceptually follows her diploma project, which explores the aesthetics of glitches and errors, resulting in a variable typeface. These ‘glitches’ emerge from flawed interpolations between font masters, resulting in technically functional but visually unexpected distortions. Rather than correcting these deformations, Tereza uses them as expressive tools, intentionally integrating them into the design process. Her typeface features not only a traditional weight axis, but also a ‘glitch axis,’ offering a spectrum of distortions that celebrate error as a design principle rather than an unwanted flaw that needs to be erased. Thus, these mistakes serve as an impulse for creativity, experimentation, and playfulness.

Tereza Umlaufová is a graphic and type designer from Prague, who is currently finishing her diploma thesis in Typolab at AFAD in Bratislava. Her work explores the expressive potential of letterforms, navigating the boundaries between legibility and abstraction. Through experimental typography, she investigates how type can communicate beyond conventional reading.

This project is supported by Nadácia Tatra banky and Staromestské centrá kultúry.

Exhibiting artist:
Tereza Umlaufová @typolajna


Event photos:
Ester Šmídová @esters.lens