dutch photographer ‘cor jaring’ made a large portion of his work in amsterdam during the sixties, here’s an interesting collection of his work
he was incidentally one the photographers who shot lennon in the hilton 40 years back (see earlier post)
me news
spotted in town
a nice piece of early 20th century type
is everything design?
the ‘museum fur gestaltung’ in zurch has an interesting upcoming exhibition, here’s the blurb:
Is everything design today? The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich is looking into this question with the presentation of its collection, which has never been previously exhibited to this extent. The whole spectrum of the museum’s internationally important Applied Art, Graphics, Poster and Design Collection will be on show in a scenography by the renowned Swiss design studio Atelier Oï. The overriding theme is the observation of processes of social and cultural change. Social codes and norms determine what is regarded as modern and fashionable at what time. Fashion and trends change in accordance with the spirit of the times and reflect changing attitudes in society. A variety of visual and content-related input on the theme enables the question of changing values to be examined. In addition, the exhibition shows the background to well-known and familiar articles of everyday use. It thus jogs the memory and allows objects from the past to tell their stories again.
the book has been designed by book design wonder ‘irma boom’ looking forward to seeing that one…
ballet posters
the two new ballet season posters (2009-2010) are currently hanging all around amsterdam
and i spotted another one on jarr’s great flickr collection
