news this week from mister ‘stefan sagmeister’ who has stopped his practice and immediately relaunched as sagmeister walsh, still at least if somebody is going to get naked miss walsh seems like a better option to me… the new website doesn’t appear to have been updated yet, although they are pretty active on their facebook page this week..
congratulations to the winners of the european design awards 2012, once again the dutch are very strongly represented, although i must say that like the past few years i find the level of the winning entries a bit ‘all over the place’ to say the least… there doesn’t seem to be a strong viewpoint on what the best of the best is… personally this is also a reason for me not to enter the competition
two projects i am currently working on some new gift card packaging for ‘podium’ (performing arts gift cards) and a poster on the theme of ‘greed’ for the ‘graphic design festival breda’ in (september)
last saturday i attended an event in amsterdam to celebrate the 80th birthday and long career of celebrated dutch designer ‘jan van toorn’
the event featured a series of lectures including a charming one by ex-student and friend ‘lies ros’ plus a great 40 minute talk by british design critic and author ‘rick poynor’ who took the time to explain just why ‘van toorn’ is such a notable practitioner of our profession, which i thoroughly enjoyed
the afternoon ended with a small reception and a beautiful reproduction edition (by ‘de ruimte’ designers) of van toorns’ classic 1972 ‘mart spruijt’ people calendar, a nice gift for those who were patient enough to sit through all of the talks…
