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Bramble / Brummel

Mix of 0.2, 0.5 and 0.7 mm fineliner

Spikes

Type was applied in diploma design for Sandberg Instituut.


Trying to figure out how to make a working alphabet.

Zuiderzee Museum - NIJVER|heden

For the exhibition NIJVER|heden: Industrious Artefacts, the evolution of crafts we've been working on the signage and a booklet. The show runs from May 27th 2011 - February 12th 2012 at the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen.

For the design the Scratched Letter from 2003 was revived. We constructed the main titles of the show from yarn on wood.

Signage in the exhibition / yarn on wood
picture taken from www.edhv.nl

Booklet / laser print on paper
For the booklet we made the digital letter into a working typeface with a lot of weights and alternates.

Inkjet print on wood / test

NIJVER|heden: Industrious Artefacts, the evolution of crafts:
May 27th 2011 - February 12th 2012, Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen
Curated by Studio Makkink&Bey: with Klaske Oenema (introductory animation), Atelier NL, Maarten Kolk, Lucas van Vugt, Florian de Visser, Studio FormaFantasma, mischer 'traxler, Kieren Jones, Jetske Visser, Merel Karhof, Raw Color, Marloes ten Bhömer, Dirk van der Kooij, EDHV, Mark Braun, ZIETA Prozessdesign, Will Shannon, Unfold & Tim Knapen, Trikoton, Jelte van Abbema, Sonja Bäumel, Elisa Strozyk, Studio Glithero, Greetje van Helmond.


With thanks to Michiel, Amber Vork, Babette Zijlstra and Nienke Kersen to help make this project happen.

Endpaper

For a client I trade endpaper designs for a stack of printed endpapers. I use the paper for correspondence or wrapping paper. Curious how this design will turn out in two colours + silver.

Accent - Bijenkorf

For the magazine Inspiration of warehouse Bijenkorf I was asked to make a typographic page on the theme of accent. To avoid the accent in a fashion way, I used a sentence which served as a speech exercise for pure Dutch by B. Faddegon (1874-1955) to get rid of a speech-accent.

Branches

Print is Dead

Contribution for a campaign by JongeMeesters

Endpaper printed

Endpaper for my latest book design just came from the printer.
Printed in black & silver.


Sketches:

Scratched Letter - version 2.0 / Signage Sketches

In 2003 I graduated with the Scratched Letter. We are currently trying to revive the digitally drawn typeface in an analogue way with yarn to use for exhibition signage.



Thanks to Nienke Kersten, who is my intern from KABK.

Test Sheet

Gradient printer test sheet.

Cover

I was happily surprised to find Items magazine in my mailbox this morning. I had no clue that my sketch made it to the cover.

Here you can see the sketches I made trying out my new Pentel Japan Chinese Kanji GFKP Fude Brush Pen.

Prehistorie

Detail of a poster made together with Miek Zwamborn with her text 'Prehistorie'. The poster will be added to the Belgium magazine NY.

Champagne

Laser engraving of a Champagne bottle for They.

Test

Final

Branches

Schijf

Sketches for Studio Wieki Somers

Four of many try-outs for a logo made with my new favourite pen.
(Pentel Japan Chinese Kanji GFKP Fude Brush Pen)



Sketch made it to magazine cover for Items #6 2010

Endpaper sketches

It's that time of the book again...

Lace Doodle - Table Sheet

Currently filling a 70 x 100 cm sheet with a fine liner drawing. It's hard to keep up with the symmetry when the shape gets this big and the drawing sure has its stages of ugliness. But after drawing for a week, stopping is just not an option...

In progress 1

In progress 2

Detail

Rotring Tikky Graphic - pigmented ink - fine liners (0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 mm)
Atlanta 80 grs coated paper, 70 x 100 cm

Lace Doodle

Can't seem to stop drawing as I did for Doily Type.

It's like ice skating on paper with my new set Rotring Tikky Graphic - pigmented ink - fine liners (0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 mm) on slippery Atlanta 80 grs coated paper. Original drawing size about 28 x 28 cm.