the amsterdam university has organised an exhibition of book design work by ‘hansje van halem’, ‘irma boom’ and ‘lesley moore’ in the russian town of saint petersburg, the poster shown above was designed by ‘niessen de vries’
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over there
the surge of loud, new architecture (such as the recently opened hi-tech ‘eye’ film museum) fed by a hunger for space to expand; plus the imminent arrival of a new hi-speed underground line will no doubt alter the character of amsterdam ‘noord’ (a largely forgotten working-class northern district) forever…
an impoverished urban sprawl on the verge of radical change, something which photographer ‘maaike koning’ has been documenting for some time… together with my friend designer ‘pepijn rooijens’ she has made a book to complete the project and via ‘voordekunst’ (a dutch – strictly arts related – version of kickstarter) they are appealing for funds to make their project aan de overkant a reality…
introducing me
many thanks to mister ‘andré felipe’ of the wonderful ‘typographic posters’ online collection for re-placing an interview i did with ‘posters in amsterdam’ last year with some new images…
raising brands
interesting approach from australian design company ‘churchward/melhuish’ who offer the comparison between raising children and raising brands in their own corporate literature
(via vice-president sales ‘jean louis d’)
orlando
designer ‘esther noyons’ chooses the digital desktop metaphor to intriguing effect, for her latest poster for theater group ‘oostpool’