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Tag Archives: paper
WORK | Book Design | Leo Vroman’s Poetry Bundle
This is work I did in art school, in 1990. The assignment was in fact a competition issued by a publishing house. It concerned a book design for Leo Vroman, the Dutch poet /scientist. The poetry hadn’t been published yet … Continue reading
Posted in ART, Books, CREATIVE CAREERS, EARLY WORKS, Education, personal, TEXT, Things I made, TIME LAPSE, work
Tagged after life, boekontwerp, book design, bundle, design, gedichtenbundel, Graphic design, Leo Vroman, life, paper, poetry, print, rietveld academie, typografie, wilson tichelaar
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Reflector Kids Gallery
The Header. The project is now called Reflector Kids Gallery. It has given it direction. Reflector.com was already taken: A small newspaper from a small American town. While checking for names, I also came across this one. It made me … Continue reading
Posted in ART, blog art, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EARLY WORKS, Education, KIDS ART, Things I made, work
Tagged ART, concept store, design, Education, Gallery, header, kids, KIDS ART, paper, reflector, tag, tirol
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Art Education | Vertical Gardens By 6-Year Olds
This week I also conducted a workshop with the youngest in school, 6 year olds. They were explained that we need more insects and flowers, but we have little space for flower fields in the city. Therefor we need to … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, KIDS ART
Tagged alarm, ART, art monkeys, bees, butterflies, Collage, Education, flowers, garden, green, insects, KIDS ART, leaves, lessen, paper, Primary school, school, trees, vertical garden
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Megaphones
A composition of magazine paper rolls, done by a 10-yearsold pupil of the local school. It looks like a modern Léger, a message from a world where media are the new (industrial*) revolution. * a big theme in Leger’s work. … Continue reading
Posted in ART, EARLY WORKS, KIDS ART, REVIEW, TEXT
Tagged 10 year old, 1919, Amsterdam, comparison, composition, cones, fernad leger, interpretation, KIDS ART, leger, magazine, megaphones, modern, oil on canvas, painting, paper, print, revolution, roll, school, stack, The Railway Crossing, vintage
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Sunday t-shirt | Coma
An image called Coma. Like I said, a world flashed by when my nephew was fighting for his life after a motorcycle accident. He was in coma, and his luck tilted on the 5th day, after having suffered a 50/50 percent chance … Continue reading
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged 7th day, ave, ball, black and white, coma, cut outs, day of rest, death, decoration, happy, KIDS ART, life, luck, opposites, paper, poetry, sad, Sunday, t-shirt, turn, turning point, unlucky, world
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Priem’s perky paper
I l o v e paper. Maybe it’s a default setting for a graphic designer, but my love goes wayyy back: from paper, envelopes and stamps – as a child I wanted to become a post office employee – I moved on to larger … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME, TIME LAPSE
Tagged bamboo, Business, Children, crisis, decoration, decorator, design, family, film, Ghent, Home, Home & Living, industry, old skool, Paint, paper, pattern, Priem, prints, rocks, series, set dressing, toile de jouy, tv, Wallpaper, walls, white house
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Poof!
Wonderful work by the 6 and 7-year old artists in school, to end the old and welcome the new!
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EARLY WORKS
Tagged Amsterdam, ART, art monkeys, Children, children's drawing, dalton, de meer, happy, imagination, New Year, oil pastel, Oost, paper, project, school, unconditioned expression
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London online
Hallelujah for online shopping, since a weekend in London is never enough! {But I still haven’t found the pink (velvet) sofa…}
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, Fashion, GEM OF THE DAY, ONLINE FINDS, Stuff, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged Amsterdam, anthropologie, army, Bass&Co, Battersea, caot, Christmas, Conran, decoration, design museum, faus fur, gifts, gold, harvey nichols, highstreet shops, Home, Jewelry, Liberty, living, London, night blue, notebook, online, Ornaments, paper, perfume, power station, presents, Rive gauche, Ruifier, Selfridges, Shopping, sofa, sponge, stardust, velvet, Weejuns, X-mas, YvesSaintLaurent
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