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a brief overview of some current projects we are working on… new posters for the ‘sugar factory’ nightclub (above), a small identity (revamp) and various posters/collateral for a national giftcard for theater & live music venues called ‘podium’ (below)

a ‘sneak preview’ of the new black & white campaign series (above & below) for the upcoming ‘dutch national ballet’ season, shot by erwin olaf

and finally here below, a few excerpts from the catalogue/annual/book to accompany this years ‘fotofestival naarden’ currently in production….

i’ve also been approached to make a new typographical title sequence… as usual, more news and images to follow very soon

m / 10-06-2011 08:31 - tags: , ,  

2015

m / 09-06-2011 16:11 - tags: , ,  

total

my copy finally arrived in the mail yesterday… and it wasn’t a disappointment, i am not a huge fan of the early years of seminal dutch design agency ‘total design’ to be honest, at least nowhere the levels of hero-worship they seem to be receiving at the moment, the latest book from UK niche-publisher ‘unit editions’ is however really well made and presents the information in a clear and ordered fashion (designed by the excellent ‘spin’)

i’ll post a longer review when i’ve had time to look at (and read) the book in depth, i also came a across an old picture of the studio staff, showing my dear old colleague (now sadly deceased) mister ‘ritzo bloem’ sporting a trendy early-70’s goatee, we miss you ritzo x

m / 09-06-2011 13:46 - tags: , ,  

this is

…in April, I had the great oportunity to discover a marveleous city called “Soulsville” also known as Memphis. I’ve been invited by my friend Robert Loeb who I met in Miami through the artist Angelbert, last November…

a funky, colourful mural made by french grafitti artist remed in memphis, tenessee earlier this year

m / 09-06-2011 13:24 - tags: ,  

ootje

a new book (see ‘forthcoming’) documenting the career of the man responsible for the most beautiful (and now defunct) banknotes ever made: ootje oxenaar, the book will be launched at the ‘stedelijk museum’ in late june with a series of lectures, i was introduced to him several years back and found him to be a very friendly and open person

…the role played by R.D.E. (’Ootje’) Oxenaar in the development of Dutch graphic design is a fascinating one. In 1970 he joined the Department of Art and Design at what was then the Dutch Postal and Telecommunications Service (PTT). He was deputy head from then until 1976, when he took over as head of the department until 1994. It would be hard to overstate his importance as one of the key public principals of Dutch graphic design in those years. That success can be attributed to Oxenaar’s own visual production from the early 1950s onward, and the position this earned him in the design field as a front-rank graphic designer…

m / 09-06-2011 13:17 - tags: , ,  
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