International Design Talks

Manifesto for the Book

Irma Boom
London 2012
Samstag, 20 Oktober 2012 | 20:00 | Logan Hall
I honour the traditional book but do not want to stop there. My ambition is to develop the significance and the limits of the book. Structures that come from new media, the way text and images are treated, have given the book a new impulse. It is important to experiment and not to be afraid sometimes to create utter failures; the book can keep its vitality.

Irma Boom

Irma Boom - geboren 1960 in Lochem, Holland - zählt zu den bedeutendsten europäischen Buchgestaltern und führt ihr Büro in Amsterdam. Für die Holländische Telefongesellschaft KPN/Royal PTT Nederland entwickelte Irma Boom Telefonkarten, Kalender und Geschäftsberichte. Museumskataloge entstanden... Mehr lesen