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Dick Elffers

Holland Festival, Programme, 1961

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  • Format Programme
  • Designer/s Dick Elffers
  • Year 1961
  • Client/Publisher Holland Festival
  • Size 97mm x 220mm
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.

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Holland Festival, Programme, 1961. Designed by Dick Elffers
Holland Festival, Programme, 1961. Designed by Dick Elffers
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