More Emigre

The covers of some of the Emigre Magazines.

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What is wrong with the Dutch?

I think the Dutch people are pretty cool. But apparently Austin Powers dad hates them, now is it just him or is it an american thing to hate the dutch.

Are the Dutches Really Crazy?

Dr. Evil sure thinks so.

That's so Dutch!

While perusing the internet to find interesting Dutch-ness relating to graphic design I came across a page that both shows the ingenuity and aesthetics of a contemporary firm in the Netherlands. LUST Studio in the Hague is interesting invitation in new thinking for American designers.

Design philosophy revolves around Process-based and Generative-based Design. Interested in exploring new pathways for design at the precarious edge where new media and information technologies, architecture and urban planning and graphic design overlap. Topics include graphic design typography abstract cartography mapping architecture urban media installations archiving data-visualizations random mistake-ism fonts type design new media interactive webdesign internet art big bang chaos

Their interesting take on web design and connection to Dutch history can be shown through a fun little game here. neoplasticism has never been so amusing.

Posted by Devon Cloutier

Layout from issue 4 of Emigre

Later on down the road VanderLans became influenced by the works and thoughts of Henk Elenga, a founding member of a Dutch design magazine called Hard Werken. VanderLans wanted to enrich the non-traditional aesthetic of Emigre and so he started to experiment with pre-press stripping techniques. The stripping experiments led to a monochrome look, which combined with Emigre's typefaces, created a real recognizable visual style.
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Dutch Design

Dutch graphic design has made a significant contribution to the history and development of design with the influence of certain key individuals extending internationally; names such as A.A.M.Stols, Jean François van Royen, Piet Zwart, Paul Schuitema, Jan van Toorn, Martens and many more have found or are finding a place in the history of 20th century typography and graphic design.

Layout from issue 1 of Emigre

In Emigre, VanderLans wanted to communicate the struggle of the immigrant artists through his layouts and so in an effort to create that emotion, VanderLans rejected traditional layouts.  For the first issue, VanderLans used a Xerox machine to enlarge and shrink typewriter fonts. He also decided to tear the images that were to be featured in his magazine and collage them together instead of cleanly displaying them.
- Posted by Mindy