Some time ago I outlined a basic idea (involving T-shirts) for the ODE2MUM project in a brainstorm session with Claire Bolt, the project leader. I also introduced her to some relevant partners, like Sander op den Dries of Studio Wonder and Jonathan Tan of FATA. Yesterday (Mother’s Day) I was at a presentation in Kunstenlab and the project seems to have worked out great. I also discovered that Claire was kind enough to thank me in the ODE2MUM booklet for my input in the project. Nice.
This morning I finally completed a project I have been working and waiting on for a long time (due to many unforeseen circumstances). About a year ago, I was asked by Kunstenlab to design and produce four benches for the Landtonen project in Okkenbroek. Practically the only requirements in this assignment were that these benches should blend in with the rural surroundings and incorporate a few lines of selected text in the design. The budget was extremely tight.
I decided to go with tree trunks (how can you go wrong with lumber?) and contacted IJsellandschap to provide me with a local harvest of trees. It took some time but eventually I had four weighty pieces of wood I could work with (thank you Gerben). I removed the bark, chisseled square holes in the logs and fitted them with four classic coffee table legs each. I planed the seating area and surface milled the provided texts (by hand).
Oh well, you can see the results in the pictures below.
Special thanks go out to Josien in ‘t Hof (at Kunstenlab) and Ap Haverslag (for initiating the Landtonen project, helping me with the positioning of the benches and providing me with all sorts of insights in the local community of Okkenbroek).
Just designed another poster for an art exhibition in Havenkwartier Deventer: The Not So One Man Show. It’s the personal art collection of visual artist and exhibition curator Patrick Mangnus. Seeing this list of artists made me realize my work isn’t in Patrick’s collection… yet. Let’s see what we can do about that. Patrick?
Anyway, go see it! Preferably at the opening where you can win a piece of art made by Patrick Mangnus.
Graphic design is not an area of expertise I usually emphasise much, but looking back that didn’t stop me from wondering off in that direction quite frequently. Here’s a small selection of posters I designed in recent years. Some of them are for future events.
Maybe I’ll post a selection of album artwork later on.
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