me news
yes we can
time to say goodbye to the boss? my friends at ‘fontanel’ have just launched a new (independent) job site in the netherlands called unsurprisingly ‘fontanel jobs’
at the moment it is not very active, but people can sign up for news updates and follow them on twitter, aimed at the younger design audience it is, i think, a very welcome addition to the current online offerings for designers at the start of their careers, good luck guys…
hf 2011
the annual ‘holland festival’ poster for this year is hanging around town this week… i didn’t get a chance to check the design credit but think there’s a good chance it is from ‘maureen moren’ who’s designed their posters for the past few years…
incidentally they now have an online archive of all of the previous posters dating back decades to the very first edition in 1948… you may need to reload it several times as it doesn’t seem to work very well…
the 3D type book
the release date is more than a month away but the authors have been kind enough to provide a sneak peek, the latest offering from ‘lawrence king’ publishers entitled aptly: ‘the 3D type book’ which features a number of projects from me studio, as always with LK publications the selection and overall quality looks very high…
for more info and to see a selection of pages plus the cover, check the iphone friendly micro site from the makers ‘fl@33’
the dutch designed
i will be hosting an informal afternoon get-together in my studio in mid march, when a small group of graphics students from the design department of the pratt institute in new york will be coming to chat with me and a small group of dutch designers about our practices and work and the burning issue of ‘dutch design’
although i don’t consider myself to be, at all, part of the ‘dutch design scene’ whatever it may be; so that should give me plenty of material for a discussion anyway… they are currently working on a exchange project with students from the ‘academie st. joost’ in breda and i’m looking forward to meeting new people as always and hearing some fresh ideas