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cheque check

i came across a wonderful piece of fancy interactive print dating back to 1968 this week: a multilayered how it works guide that employs, fold-outs, tracing paper overlays and typical sixties icons to explain the mysterious (and now defunct) bank cheque, the bank itself is of course also now defunct…

this particular piece (design uncredited) brings to mind two other classic pieces of print: firstly in terms of style the original versions of marshall mcluhans’ seminal books and secondly, in terms of content and approach, piet zwarts’ often quoted het boek van ptt

the whole past print blog is worth a look by the way, plenty of ‘offline’ nostalgia for those in need…

m / 14-04-2012 14:09 - tags: , , , ,  

pre – post paid


following on from the recent post about our new postage stamp designs for the dutch post office i wanted to share some of the preliminary sketch work



as you can see we got kind of carried away with origami and paper flowers…



m / 13-04-2012 14:22 - tags: , ,  

gorilloba

a broad selection of the much celebrated ‘gorilla’ series is being exhibited in the exhibition space at the new amsterdam central library (OBA) starting this saturday (opens at 5pm with drinks)

m / 13-04-2012 10:27 - tags: , ,  

typoholiciscm

a new book from quality asian publisher ‘victionary’ (featuring several of our projects) has just been published, although we haven’t received or seen a copy of typoholic yet…

m / 13-04-2012 10:19 - tags: , , ,  

abstract photographers

i’m really loving these weird quasi-abstract images by akihiko miyoshi

(tip via the ‘east-netherlands rotary club deputy vice-chairman’ mister ‘jean louis d’)

m / 12-04-2012 13:57 - tags: , ,