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cheque check

i came across a wonderful piece of fancy interactive print dating back to 1968 this week: a multilayered how it works guide that employs, fold-outs, tracing paper overlays and typical sixties icons to explain the mysterious (and now defunct) bank cheque, the bank itself is of course also now defunct…

this particular piece (design uncredited) brings to mind two other classic pieces of print: firstly in terms of style the original versions of marshall mcluhans’ seminal books and secondly, in terms of content and approach, piet zwarts’ often quoted het boek van ptt

the whole past print blog is worth a look by the way, plenty of ‘offline’ nostalgia for those in need…

m / 14-04-2012 14:09 - tags: , , , ,  

pre – post paid


following on from the recent post about our new postage stamp designs for the dutch post office i wanted to share some of the preliminary sketch work



as you can see we got kind of carried away with origami and paper flowers…



m / 13-04-2012 14:22 - tags: , ,  

abstract photographers

i’m really loving these weird quasi-abstract images by akihiko miyoshi

(tip via the ‘east-netherlands rotary club deputy vice-chairman’ mister ‘jean louis d’)

m / 12-04-2012 13:57 - tags: , ,  

new work

heading off to the printers this week: the final poster in the series shot by ‘erwin olaf’ for the 11-12 season of the dutch national ballet

m / 12-04-2012 13:39 - tags: ,  

rudi

we’ve just completed a new poster for a special homage performance by the dutch national ballet to honour the (recently deceased) legendary choreographer ‘rudi van dantzig’

to create something with a difference for this special event i contacted his former partner and fellow choreographer ‘toer van schayk’ who kindly shared a number of photo albums from rudi’s personal archives to find an image of rudi that was as yet unknown to the public… together we found this wonderful black & white portrait (dating back to circa. 1956) which seemed very fitting for the occasion, many thanks to ‘toer’ for taking the time to help find the image…

on a related note: the exhibition at the dutch poster museum featuring a large selection of our ballet posters is entering its final week, you have until next sunday if you are interested…

m / 10-04-2012 11:49 - tags: , ,  
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