Workshops, book launches, discussions and other activities will turn the weekend into an on-going celebration of paper – despite the early generalized fear when e-books first came out, we’re now sure that publishers will keep their jobs for quite some time. To start with, there’s a symposium taking place on Thursday, titled The Future Lasts Only a Moment, in which the graphic design studio Experimental Jetset will discuss, along with speakers from the fields of philosophy, economics, and art, what future(s) are we making.

As for the weekend, you can’t miss the conversation between Beth Wilkinson, Lindsay magazine’s founder and editor, and Tim Fisher, former Broadsheet editorial director, who will talk about the current landscape of independent magazines as well as of the never-ending debate of print versus digital. There will also be the film screening of Superdesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-1975, in which curator Maria Cristina Didero and director Francesca Molteni retrate the history of Italian design in the ‘60s and ‘70s. And on a fun note, teenagers are encouraged to participate in the workshop of Zine-making, where they’ll learn the basics of the punk-inspired type of publication.

On Sunday, an essential talk: Cover Up!, which will gather designers, publishers and artists to discuss the importance (and secrets) of a good book cover. And the perfect ending, mixing real-life testimonies with everyday problems: to show that, even though the digital era still hasn’t overcome the publishing industry the struggle is real, Ladies of Leisure will organize a panel where speakers will talk about the challenges they’ve faced.