Thinking Gielijn Escher. 04 22 1945
Gieljn Escher was born in Oegstgeest, a town in the province of South Holland, on 22 April 1945. Gielijn was exposed with graphic design at the age of five. Gielijn started to collect orange-wrappers and create labels. He admired the work Jan Bons, Dick Elffers, Nicolaas Wijnberg, Herbert Leupin and Raymond Savignac. He started with...
Thinking Anthon Beeke. 03 11 1940
Anthon Beeke was born on March 11, 1940 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He didn’t attend any school to learn graphic design instead he worked as an assistant for Ed Callahan in Germany, Jacques Richez in France and Jan Van Toorn in Netherlands. in 1963, he started up as an independent designer. He became a partner in...
Thinking Wim Crouwel. 11 21 1928
” We sometimes discover something very elementary through the most individual expression, while very fundamental visual research could lead to an unexpected grade of expression.” Wim Crouwel was born on November 21, 1928 in Groningen, Netherlands. Crouwel was trained at the Academy of Arts and Crafts Grningen and the Institute for Arts and Crafts Amsterdam....
Thinking Willem Sandberg. 24 10 1897
Willem Sandberg was born on 10 24 1897 in ‪Amersfoort‬, Holland. He studied art at the State Academy in Amsterdam and he studied psychology at the University of Vienna and Utrecht.In 1927, He apprenticeship to a printer in Herrliberg, Switzerland. In 1938, he appointed as an assistant director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Between 1943...
Thinking 8vo 88.5
Softcover: 16 pages Publisher: Octavo (1988) Language: English Size: 210 x 297 mm / 8.26 x 11 inches
Thinking Dick Bruna Boekomslagen
Title: Dick Bruna boekomslagen Hardcover: 120 pages Publisher: Centraal Museum Utrecht,The Netherlands Language: Dutch Size: 240 x 220 mm / 9.4 x 8.7 inch A very nice book to all Dick Bruna‘s fan. Boekomslage means book cover in Dutch. In this book, there are 107 color illustration of Bruna’s book covers. This book is designed...
Thinking Dick Bruna. 08 23 1927
“When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent – no jokes in it for the parents! ” Dick Bruna was born in Utrecht, Netherlands on August 23, 1927. Since he was a teenager he had interest in design. After the war, Bruna and his family moved to...
Thinking Jan van Toorn: Critical Practice
Title: Jan van Toorn: Critical Practice Softcover: 240 pages Publisher: 010 Uitgeverij (March 1, 2008) Language: English Size: 270 x 215 mm / 10.6 x 8.5 inch
Thinking Piet Zwart. 05 28 1885
“The more uninteresting the letter, the more useful it is to the typographer.”
Thinking Dutch Art + Architecture Today designed by Jan Van Toorn
Title: Dutch Art + Architecture Today Paperback: 44 pages Publisher: The Netherlands Ministry for Cultural Affairs, Recreation and Social Welfare Language: English Size: 250 x 210 mm / 9.84 x 8.26 inch In 1970, Van Toorn started to design the first issue of Dutch Art + Architecture Today published by the Netherlands Ministry for Cultural...
Thinking Jan Van Toorn. 05 09 1932
“A graphic tradition liberating pedagogy should cover the form of making and thinking , which have been instrumentalized by trade and services, so that they became useful again in the search for conditions that allow a more truly human existence.”