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Willem Sandberg - Dutch Designer and Illustrator

Open de Musea, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1973

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Author: Gerard Stigter, Anthon Beeke a.o.
Design: Willem Sandberg

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  • Format: Exhibition Catalogue
  • Designer/s: Willem Sandberg
  • Year: 1973
  • Client/Publisher: Centraal Museum, Utrech
Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg, commonly known as Willem Sandberg, was born in 1897 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. In 1945, Sandberg became the director of the Stedelijk Museum, where he was responsible for artists and art forms, designing many of the museum's catalogues, posters, and exhibitions using his typographic experiments. He designed around 380 posters and over 250 catalogues and also collaborated with other designers, including Otto Treumann and Dick Elffers.

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Open de Musea, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1973. Catalogue design by Willem Sandberg
Open de Musea, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1973. Catalogue design by Willem Sandberg
Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg, commonly known as Willem Sandberg, was born in 1897 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. In 1945, Sandberg became the director of the Stedelijk Museum, where he was responsible for artists and art forms, designing many of the museum's catalogues, posters, and exhibitions using his typographic experiments. He designed around 380 posters and over 250 catalogues and also collaborated with other designers, including Otto Treumann and Dick Elffers.
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