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Willem Sandberg

Hans Verhulst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1962

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  • Format Exhibition Catalogue
  • Designer/s Willem Sandberg
  • Year 1962
  • Client/Publisher Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  • Size 150mm x 250mm (folded)
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. Explore related designers including Wim Crouwel and Dick Elffers. See also Dutch Modernism, Dutch graphic design history, and 1940s graphic design history.

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Hans Verhulst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1962 designed by Willem Sandberg
Hans Verhulst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1962 designed by Willem Sandberg
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