Karel Martens


Karel Martens is a Dutch designer, typographer and teacher based in Arnhem, teaches at the Werkplaats Typografie.

Books 4

Karel Martens - Patterns
This publication devoid of any text, contains a collection of patterns designed by Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens.
Tokyo Papers
This small book comprises a collection of 41 monoprints created by Dutch graphic designer and typographer Karel Martens.
Re-Printed Matter / Karel Martens
Fourth edition of much anticipated book presenting almost 60 years of the work of Karel Martens.
Dot Dot Dot 8
Art/design publication which began life as a graphic design magazine, but whose content has widened to cover art, music, language, film and literature.

Articles 1

Karel Martens, graphic designer
The prolific founder of Werkplaats Typografie, Karel Martens focuses on the design of the Dutch architectural magazine OASE in his 1999 conversation with Peter Biľak.
Interviews · 29 November 2004 · English · 1412 words

T-shirts 1

Karel Martens

Blogs 3

Social Energy
We have just received Social Energy, a book documenting a series of travelling design exhibitions, workshops and lectures presented across China.
31 August 2011
Typotheque Celebrates Its First 10 Years
We decided to do something special to celebrate Typotheque’s first 10 years. We asked four of our colleagues to design t-shirts for the occasion. The project brief was carte blanche, no strings attached: design a T-shirt that you yourself would like to wear.
24 September 2009
Quattro grafici olandesi
Typotheque will take part of the conference, workshop and an exhibition in ISIA Urbino, Italy
5 April 2008

Authors 2

Jaap van Triest
Jaap van Triest (1957) is a graphic and editorial designer. He designed numerous magazines (Forum, Vormberichten, etc.), publications in collaboration...
Karel Martens
Karel Martens (1939) is a Dutch graphic designer and teacher. His body of work spans over 50 years. His work ranges from post stamps, books, architect...