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Karel Martens
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The lecture is about free work in relation to commissioned work.
Karel Martens (born 1939) finished his studies at the Arnhem School of Art (Holland) in 1961. Since then he has worked as a freelance graphic designer, specializing in typography. Alongside this, he has always made free (non-commissioned) graphics and three-dimensional work. Among his clients there have been the publishers Van Loghum Slaterus (Arnhem) in the 1960s, and the SUN (Socialistiese Uitgeverij Nijmegen) from 1975 to 1981. As well as designing books and other printed items, he has designed stamps and telephone cards (for the Dutch PTT, and signs and typographic façades for a number of buildings.
In 1999 he made the design for the façade of the printing company Veenman in Ede in commission for Neutelings Riedijk Architecten in collaboration with the writer K. Schippers.
In 2005 he designed the glass façades of the new part of the building for the Philharmonie in Haarlem. This design was based on a music score by Louis Andriessen.
In 1998 at the Leipzig Book Fair, Karel Martens: Printed Matter was awarded the gold medal, as the best-designed book “in the world”.
In 2012 he got the Gerrit Noordzijprijs.
Karel Martens (born 1939) finished his studies at the Arnhem School of Art (Holland) in 1961. Since then he has worked as a freelance graphic designer, specializing in typography. Alongside this, he has always made free (non-commissioned) graphics and three-dimensional work. Among his clients there have been the publishers Van Loghum Slaterus (Arnhem) in the 1960s, and the SUN (Socialistiese Uitgeverij Nijmegen) from 1975 to 1981. As well as designing books and other printed items, he has designed stamps and telephone cards (for the Dutch PTT, and signs and typographic façades for a number of buildings.
In 1999 he made the design for the façade of the printing company Veenman in Ede in commission for Neutelings Riedijk Architecten in collaboration with the writer K. Schippers.
In 2005 he designed the glass façades of the new part of the building for the Philharmonie in Haarlem. This design was based on a music score by Louis Andriessen.
In 1998 at the Leipzig Book Fair, Karel Martens: Printed Matter was awarded the gold medal, as the best-designed book “in the world”.
In 2012 he got the Gerrit Noordzijprijs.
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