the seminal ‘human alphabet’ created by anthon beeke in 1969 with naked ladies (and recently completed with a set of numbers of naked black men) has been compiled in a new book entitled simply ‘body type’; the book is due to be launched in the first week of september in amsterdam with a series of short lectures with beeke, wim crouwel & rené knip amongst others…
photographer ‘jeroen hofman’ contacted me about his forthcoming book based on this series ‘playground’ which has already won several major awards in the past year, the images depict the oddly surreal locations where military, police and emergency services go to practice disaster scenarios… keep your eyes open for the book later this year
as boss of columbia records ‘mike smith’ had unique access to many famous musicians during the past two decades, he made a collection of simple sketches of them on and off stage which are currently on show in london
the series is due to be released later this year in book form and several more of them can also be seen here
a few work things, not very often i see someone actually reading one of my posters, especially one like this, ha ha… and i also got hold of the ‘fotofestival naarden’ t-shirt which looks a lot nicer in real life than it does on this crummy picture i made
and finally the latest two ‘dingen’ books are going to print this week ‘dutch things’ the english language version will be a bit baffling for some readers i reckon, but we are actually pleased about that…
…numerous books have been published this year that act as lookbooks or compendiums of handmade type, but Charlotte Rivers’s Handmade Type workshop goes one better, offering for examination and inspiration the work of some 40 designers and illustrators, but crucially also offering ‘tutorials’ from these creatives which show, step by step, how they create their typography. And the range is mind-bogglingly inventive and original; from the tiny paper scraps used by Amy Borrell and the beans used by Vladimir Koncar to the string and pins utilised by Me Studio and the embrodiery stitching of Smart Emma…
mm… ok, sounds promising: a new typography book from thames & hudson compiled by london-based design journalist ‘charlotte rivers’, which features work and detailed tutorials from talented designers such as ‘hansje van halem’ (oh and they asked other ones, like me, too) due for release this summer…