For the past week a diverse group of beautifully designed Dutch posters have been on view in the lobby of Chronicle Books. Staff and visitors have enjoyed the work of Bob Van Dijk, Willem Henri Lucas, Richard Niessen, Wout de Vringer, Studio Dumbar, Lust, and Harmen Liemburg. The designers created the posters between the years of 1988 and 2008. Many are hand silkscreened by the designers. The posters come from the collection of San Francisco designer Jon Sueda. Sueda and Los Angeles designer Sean Donahue founded AtRandom with the goal of producing public gatherings of designers, artists, writers and researchers in order to stimulate dialogue and investigate design culture. You can read more about their endeavors at www.atrandom.us. Chronicle Books sponsored the poster show as part of our ongoing art and design outreach series, Local/Global.
We held a reception for the show’s opening on Friday, 3/6. It was a fun gathering of designers and design enthusiasts. We were fortunate to have Dutch designer Harmen Liemburg in attendance. Posters for the show (right) were designed and printed by Jon Sueda. (Local/Global lettering by Harmen Liemburg.)
Posters by Lust and Studio Dumbar.
Zeebelt Theater, 33.25” x 23.5” (left); Nationale Toneel, 23” x 16.5” (right) by Studio Dumbar.
Posters by Bob Van Dijk.
Posters by Wout de Vringer and Richard Niessen.
New Address 2, 19.5” x 27” (left); Chaufont Poster, Constellation Font, 47” x 33” (right) by Richard Niessen.
Detail from New Address 2 by Richard Niessen.
de 4E Salon, 28.5” x 40” (left); Strangers in Paradise, 23” x 33.5” by Willem Henri Lucas.
Ki ki ri ki Souvenir Poster, 35” x 48” (left); Pays-Bas A–Z Concert and Party, 47” x 33” (right) by Harmen Liemburg.
Detail from Pays-Bas A–Z Concert and Party by Harmen Liemburg.
Brooke Johnson
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Wow, really great stuff! Thanks for posting, especially for those of us who are away from the city right now. :)