the postage stamps by christian borstlap (see post earlier this week) have been transformed into a fun promo film together with my friend, DDA winner (for motion design) this year paul postma
me news
new work (in progress)
the latest ballet poster ‘concerto’ is currently hanging around town and the latest corporate identity project i’m working on" ‘monodot’ is coming along nicely…
reading american landscapes
yet another beautiful book has been released from designer irma boom, the book has a pretty large format yet weighs very little due to the low quality paperback stock used, the design is very minimal and it’s not the first time i’ve seen a book where the crop marks have been left in view on the pages’ although it seems utterly appropriate to the ‘expansiveness’ of the subject matter in this case… the overall feel and tactility of the book is fabulous…
The backbone of the book is a bibliography compiled specially for the study trip, from which the authors each took one title as the starting point for their essays. The result is a remarkable series of reflections on American landscape architecture and public space, with visual essays by the artists and photographers who were part of the group. The bibliography is brought to life in over 6500 photographs, pointing beyond words to a landscape that can only be truly grasped in its infinite expanse.
amuse vijf
my friend, copywriter ‘ellen bokkinga’ (sorry ellen i know that’s the wrong term) has turned her hand to designing a product: a plate divided into sections that are engraved with taste sensations that match the food they contain, to help people appreciate what they are eating (young kids for example)
her design has just won a design competition and will be taken into production soon, i wonder whether product designers could also write a good piece of text?…
penguin poets
i really like this beautiful series of ‘penguin poets’ patterned covers from the 50’s by designer stephen russ[/b]
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This particular style of an overall patterned background with a central label identifying title and author had a German precursor and was probably introduced to Penguin by the arrival of Jan Tschichold who worked at Penguin from 1947-49 and was very influential in determining the austere appearance of post war covers.
He was followed by Hans Schmoller, another German typographer who started at Penguin in 1947 after having worked for the Curwen Press since the end of the war.
