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Letman and Gijs Frieling for Dries Van Noten: Fall 2012 Menswear

Letman and Gijs Frieling for Dries Van Noten: Fall 2012 Menswear

Aiming for “psychedelic elegance”, the Van Noten team drew on the countercultural legacy of Frank Zappa and the enduring dapper aesthetic of Oscar Wilde. We think they’ve pulled it off with a catwalk collaboration involving one of our... 

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99 do’s and don’ts of Wayfinding

99 do’s and don’ts of Wayfinding

The Dutch wayfinding experts from Mijksenaar released an app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, that collects best practices around signage and wayfinding design. The app contains a set of rules-of-thumb and the content of the app is meant to engage... 

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Abstract Sports

Abstract Sports

Established in 1990, FADU (Federa??o Acad?mica do Desporto Universit?rio, Academic Federation of University Sports in English) is an organization in Portugal focused on sports as a tool of educational development. It acts like a less carnivorous version... 

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Elzevir letter

Elzevir letter

Anyone who handles English books of the early 18th century comes across the phrase ‘Elzevir letter’ in the booksellers’ lists that are often added. It refers to publications that are set in types that are small but elegant, and (it is implied) they... 

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NNewly redesigned

NNewly redesigned

Nationale Nederlanden , one of the Netherlands’ largest insurance and asset management companies, recently replaced its logo, in use since 1970, with a modified version. The new logo signals a strategic repositioning as a friendlier company, more... 

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Course reading lists

Course reading lists

Next week, three classes of mine will begin. Over the last couple of years, I’ve handed out a two-page list of books I recommend to students, or e-mailed a PDF around. Next week, three classes of mine will begin. Over the last couple of years,... 

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Course reading lists

Course reading lists

Next week, three classes of mine will begin. Over the last couple of years, I’ve handed out a two-page list of books I recommend to students, or e-mailed a PDF around. Next week, three classes of mine will begin. Over the last couple of years,... 

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OMG it’s OVG

OMG it’s OVG

OVG was founded in 1997 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, by then 27-year-old Coen van Oostrom. The prominent commercial development company has since grown to include a variety of national and international clients OVG was founded in 1997 in Rotterdam,... 

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Surf, sounds and serifs

Surf, sounds and serifs

Set to take place from midday to midnight on Friday, September 2 at The Hague Harbour, (The Netherlands’ premier surf spot, shown above) Now We Are Talking is a new one day type festival with a schedule that includes lectures by well regarded Dutch... 

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Talbot Baines Reed, typefounder and sailor

Talbot Baines Reed, typefounder and sailor

Talbot Baines Reed was born in 1852 and he died in 1893, a sadly premature death for someone who might in later years have been able to contribute even more than he did to our knowledge of the history of his trade, which was that of typefounder. Talbot... 

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