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Sandberg, Graphiste Et Directeur Du Stedelijk Museum, Editions Xavier Barral, 2008

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  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Willem Sandberg
  • Year: 2008
  • Client/Publisher: Editions Xavier Barral
  • Size: 220mm x 280mm
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.

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Sandberg, Graphiste Et Directeur Du Stedelijk Museum, Editions Xavier Barral, 2008
Sandberg, Graphiste Et Directeur Du Stedelijk Museum, Editions Xavier Barral, 2008
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.
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