Karel Martens - Reprint

Karel Martens

ISBN 10: 9491843311 / ISBN 13: 9789491843310

Published by Roma Publications, 2015

About this Item

Unsealed. Like new.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1775721192176

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Karel Martens - Reprint
• Publisher: Roma Publications
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9491843311
• ISBN 13: 9789491843310
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Karel Martens
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 1.5W x 17.5H x 24.3D centimeters 1.5 centimeters width by 17.5 centimeters height by 24.3 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.8 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Graphic Design

About this title

Synopsis

This book is published on the occasion of an exhibition of work by Dutch designer Karel Martens at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. Besides offering a closer look at his free work, it also covers his approach to the teaching of graphic design. Comprising a selection of both past work and more recent applied work, it also includes new essays by David Bennewith, who examines Martens' approach to teaching through its history and accounts from students, and Robin Kinross, who offers a meditation on the artists free work, which demonstrates a consistent line of inquiry through his 54 years in graphic design. Martens was the recipient of the Gerrit Noordzij Prize in 2012.

Review

"Martens is the heir of the European Modernists, and shows the influence of Bauhaus and the Swiss school....An artist and craftsman, Martens creates work for himself and for clients in equal quantitiy. He seems to regard every project he undertakes as another great adventure. This book, designed by Jaap van Triest with Martens himself, makes every effort to represent these qualities. From its double, folded brown paper cover to its uncoated double pages, it feels both precious and hand-made. The mass of images that at first seem piled up like goods on a flea- market stall turn out to be painstakingly arranged....Such a book is a delight." --< -- Eye