a book for which i was asked to submit material (more than three years ago!) has finally published, type object by barbara brownie (also the author of ‘type image’) is being released next week, shame the material is now a little dated as some of our pieces were created almost 5 years ago… still looking forward to seeing it soon
unusual poster for the international film festival rotterdam this year: a mysterious selfie from artist amie dicke
the affiche gallerij in the hague is showing a slelection of 60 posters from local designer ben faydherbe, till mid april
the very last poster for the dutch national ballet; i know i said that before, but i think this really is the final one… it’s been almost exactly twelve years since i made my first work for them
image by ‘erwin olaf’ and the ballerina as firebird is the beautiful ‘maia makhateli’
here is an overview of the small identity using simple flags, banners and stage decorations we made; to provide a colourful backdrop for/and to announce the ‘samen door mandela’ (united by mandela) celebrations organised in amsterdam on the weekend of the 14-15th of december, with live performances and shows based around mandela and his life…
the image of mandela we used, was shot in 1990 from the balcony of the ‘stadsschouwburg’ where mandela stood when he visited amsterdam after his release (see image above, top right)
this building and the ‘melkweg’ nightclub were the two venues used for the celebrations during the whole weekend
we chose to make a limited amount of designs and repeat them often to create a greater impact because of the large area (around leidseplein; both indoors and outdoors) that we needed to cover…
