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one from the ‘vaults’ i discovered in a box last week: a series of lino-cuts i made for a philips software brochure, a long time ago…

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in fact way back in 1989, the brochure was also designed by me, if i remember correctly the lino-cuts were made at the same size as they were finally reproduced at (i no longer have the originals) and all were printed in spot colours on uncoated stock

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looking back on them now i guess i should start doing more of this kind of stuff, it’s fun to do and certainly not a very common technique these days…

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m / 17-09-2013 09:30 - tags: books, illustration

book sketch

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talented designer hansje van halem has released a thick tome featuring 499 pages; which offers an overview of her early sketches and experiments, her working process and failures… my copy arrived this week and it is an impressive publication, for many reasons…

including the fact that she has chosen to use this medium which involves a considerable amount of time, organisation (and presumably her own money) to make a publication that focusses on her process rather than using it as a podium to show potential clients what she has done, promoting her particular point of view and aesthetic vision rather than her commercial viability, a brave choice and one which says a lot about her as a designer

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as we know these kinds of ‘oeuvre’ books often function as a retrospective and can mark a turning point in a designers work, i wonder whether this is true in hansjes’ case? perhaps she is due to start heading in a new direction with her work, we shall see

‘sketch book’ has been produced in a very limited print run… so be quick