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The artists in the world ……

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The artists in the world …a never ending art trip

https://www.artistintheworld.com

Above the site location which contains over 4000 photographs now of visited artist all over the world. All photographed in their studios with their back to the camera and link(s) to their internet pages. A fascinating story and one that i visited frequently because of the blogs i am writing. Many of these artist are known to me too. Some of them i visited myself in their studios, but many of them are represented in my inventory at www.ftn-books.com

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Wim Crouwel..design of the Atelier series for the Stedelijk Museum.

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The focus of this blog is on the covers of a very impressive series Wim Crouwel designed for the Stedelijk Museum during a period of roughly 14 years in the Sixties and Seventies ( between 1965 and 1979). This series has the typical Crouwel layout and typography and beside these elements these designs are ” clean” without any frills ….just function. These were done when the Total Design agency had their “GOLDEN YEARS” and Wim Crouwel was one of the most important members of Total Design ( founded in 1963). This is a great series of 16 publications . Some with loose pages in portfolio, others in the shape of posters or just ordinary booklets, but all have the quality design Wim Crouwel stands for. Most of these publications are available at www.ftn-books.com and if your are looking for other Crouwel publications search for them at the same site.