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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: , ,  

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: , ,  

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: , ,  

symbol talk

angus hyland (in two parts) at the design museum, london, recently talking about his excellent new book ‘symbol‘ i haven’t had time to watch it yet personally but i’m sure it’s worth a few minutes of time… now i just need to find those few minutes myself

m / 06-06-2011 19:31 - tags: , , ,  

120 divided by 36

i will spare you the bloody details, but a series of unfortunate events resulted in ‘me studio’ being asked by a client if it was possible to design and produce a 120 page reference (photo)book for this years ‘fotofestival naarden’ in less than two days…

in fact it was: 36 hours from start to print… we love a challenge and the result is hopefully pretty amazing considering the timeframe (we’ll see)… but it is not an experience i would like to repeat any time soon… sure it can be done but my computer will probably melt if it try that again… by the way if any clients are reading this, forget i posted this… it didn’t happen, ok? thanks

m / 06-06-2011 19:24 - tags: , ,  
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