Irma Boom: Ibo, De Buitenkant, 2015

‘It’s compiled, written and designed by Boom’s current and former assistants.
Niels Schrader, Maximilian Schachtner, Sonja Haller, Julia Neller, Sandra van der Goor, Federica Ricci, Sanne Beeren, Floor Koomen, Barbara Hennequin and Akiko Wakabayashi – current and former assistants of Irma Boom, the Netherlands’ most famous graphic designer – comment on her work and reflect about her design philosophy.’ (copyrightbookshop.be)

Details

  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Irma Boom
  • Year 2015
  • Client/Publisher De Buitenkant
  • Size 235mm × 265mm
Irma Boom
Irma Boom is a Dutch graphic designer and typographer born in 1960 and widely regarded as one of the most influential book designers working today. Based in Amsterdam, she studied at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem and spent five years at the Dutch Government Publishing Office before establishing her own studio in 1991. She has designed over 300 books and her work is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Explore related designers including Karel Martens and Wim Crouwel. See also Dutch Modernism, Dutch graphic design history, Books.

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Irma Boom: Ibo, De Buitenkant, 2015
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