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Colorful Insurance

Colorful Insurance

Established in 1956 FBTO is one of the largest insurance companies in the Netherlands with more than half a million policy holders. A popular benefit of FBTO is the ability to go straight online and define your insurance policy on the spot — a... 

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Hammer Time, is Over

Hammer Time, is Over

If you live in the Netherlands and are in need of a new set of tools or paint supplies, you may find yourself heading to a newly rebranded Praxis . The popular hardware store chain consists of 136 stores, including some smaller franchises and 26 megastores... 

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Wake up with Wim

Wake up with Wim

The Design Museum has released the CrouwelClock, an alarm clock app featuring numbers designed by Wim Crouwel and even wake-up messages from the man himself The Design Museum is certainly not holding back on the tie-ins to its Graphic Odyssey retrospective... 

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There is no "i" in Thnk. Seriously, there isn’t.

There is no "i" in Thnk. Seriously, there isn’t.

Launched this year, with the first class beginning in 2012, the THNK Creative Leadership Program at THNK, The Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership is a post-graduate program designed to “provoke and inspire professionals, entrepreneurs and scientists... 

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TNT Post Carries On by Itself

TNT Post Carries On by Itself

With roots as far back as 1752, chronologically, and Australia, geographically, TNT Post is the official mail carrier in The Netherlands, owned by TNT Group, who also operate TNT Express. Employing 77,000 people, TNT Post processes “8.8 billion... 

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Garamond or Garamont?

Garamond or Garamont?

This engraved portrait was included by Léonard Gaultier in about 1580 in his ‘Portraits of illustrious men who have flourished in France since the year 1500 until the present’. It is the only image we have of the maker of printing types whose name... 

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A New Type for Bath from Re-Typ

A New Type for Bath from Re-Typ

? This morning’s inbox contained a short note from Ramiro Espinoza , originally of Argentina, at his Dutch typefoundry Re-Type , best known for Tomate and a number of edgy sans display families: When, in 2010,? David Quay ?was asked by communication... 

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A New Type for Bath from Re-Type

A New Type for Bath from Re-Type

? This morning’s inbox contained a short note from Ramiro Espinoza , originally of Argentina, at his Dutch typefoundry Re-Type , best known for Tomate and a number of edgy sans display families: When, in 2010,? David Quay ?was asked by communication... 

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Wim Crouwel retrospective, Design Museum, London

Wim Crouwel retrospective, Design Museum, London

Wim Crouwel, the Dutch design icon who gave us the ultra-geometric Gridnik typeface, gets his turn in the frame with his first UK retrospective at London’s Design Museum opening today. See more by Wim Crouwel With his agency, Total Design, Crouwel... 

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French sans serifs in Slanted #13

French sans serifs in Slanted #13

For about two years, I’ve been wanting to write a short piece about current typeface design in France. Of course, writing about the type design output of just about any country with a rich typographic history is a much larger undertaking; something... 

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