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Dick Elffers

De Best Verzorgde Vijftig Boeken van het Jaar 1953, CPNB, 1954

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  • Format Catalogue
  • Designer/s Dick Elffers
  • Year 1954
  • Client/Publisher CPNB
  • Size 140mm x 249mm
Dick Elffers
Dick Elffers was a Dutch graphic designer and artist, whose recognisable style features brighter painterly brush strokes and lettering. He designed record covers, stamps, book covers, programmes and posters for Dutch PTT, Netherlands Festival and the Stedelijk Museum. Explore related designers including Willem Sandberg and Jan Bons. See also Dutch Modernism, Dutch graphic design history, and Stamps.
The Best Dutch Book Designs
Founded in 1926, the annual Best Dutch Book Designs selection is Europe’s oldest book design award, recognising outstanding books where content and form meet through collaboration between publisher, designer, and producer. Books are selected, exhibited nationally and internationally, and documented in a bilingual catalogue with jury notes and production details.

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De Best Verzorgde Vijftig Boeken van het Jaar 1953, CPNB, 1954
De Best Verzorgde Vijftig Boeken van het Jaar 1953, CPNB, 1954. Catalogue design by Dick Elffers
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