530 Type Club is a student-led font-collective that hosts workshops and studies on experimental typography. Our workshops deviate from the conventions of typography—twisting, turning, taping, scanning, gluing, inverting, rubbing, rescanning the idea of what type can be.

With play as our methodology and tools as prompts, amateurism reveals the freedom of curiosity in our workshops. The role of the amateur is independent of experience; amateurs prioritize joy and approach decision-making intuitively

Clara Chirila-Rus is a graphic designer based in Los Angeles focusing on editorial design, printed matter, and handmade web development.

Gilles Goosen is based in Amsterdam with a passion for printed matter, typography, and visual identities.

Jonas Riemersma is a graphic designer, typography enthusiast, and prolific experimenter based in Arnhem.

Joshua van Blijderveen is a graphic designer and artist based in the Netherlands with a curiosity in typography, photography, and printed matter.

Soyoon Cha is a graphic designer based in Arnhem and Seoul, specializing in print, material research and digital media.

Previous members of 530 include Benjamin McMillan (2019), Dong Bin Han (2019), Joost Vullings (2019), Helena Hesselink (2023), Kuan-Ting Chen (2023), Kasper Quaink (2023).