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Piet Zwart

Keywords Sleutelwoorden, Piet Zwart 80, Staatsdrukkerij, 1966

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This book was compiled by Jurriaan Schrofer and designed by Willem Sandberg.

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Piet Zwart, Book design by Willem Sandberg
  • Year 1966
  • Client/Publisher Staatsdrukkerij
  • Size 180mm x 210mm
Piet Zwart, Book design by Willem Sandberg
Piet Zwart was a Dutch designer, photographer, and typographer and was heavily influenced by Russian Constructivism and the Dutch De Stijl movement. After studying at the School of Applied Arts, Amsterdam he worked as a graphic designer. From 1923, Zwart produced advertising materials for the cable manufacturer NKF and later for the Dutch Post Office (PTT), developing a typographic language that used diagonal composition, asymmetric layouts, contrasting type sizes, and photomontage in ways that were radical by the standards of the period. Zwart also designed the Film series of publications in the early 1930s, combining avant-garde typography with photographic imagery in support of the Dutch film culture movement. Explore related designers including Paul Schuitema and Jan Tschichold. See also De Stijl, Dutch Modernism, and Dutch graphic design history.

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Keywords Sleutelwoorden, Piet Zwart 80, Staatsdrukkerij, 1966. Book design by Willem Sandberg
Keywords Sleutelwoorden, Piet Zwart 80, Staatsdrukkerij, 1966. Book design by Willem Sandberg
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