Netherlands


The Netherlands is a country in Western Europe, often referred to as Holland.

Irma Boom, Book Manifest
With this tiny, 1,000-page, richly illustrated book, Irma Boom encourages a new generation of designers to experiment and develop new ways of making books.
Hansje van Halem, 4
This lavishly produced book presents Hansje van Halem’s array of commissioned, self-generated, rejected and unfinished sketches, type drawings, and experiments
Kaba Mandala
The Kaba Mandala is a limited edition collection of letterpress prints with the Kaba ornament developed by the late Dutch typographer and type designer Bram de Does.
Helmut Salden Uncovered
A monograph on the lettering artist Helmut Salden (1910–96), exploring his original sketches and working drawings.
Karel Martens - Patterns
This publication devoid of any text, contains a collection of patterns designed by Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens.
Gerard Unger, life in letters
Richly illustrated book on the body of work of the Dutch type designer Gerard Unger.
The Enschedé Type Specimens of 1768 and 1773
A 1993 facsimile of the famous type specimen from 1768 by the Enschedé type foundry with a separate English-language book with descriptions.
Tokyo Papers
This small book comprises a collection of 41 monoprints created by Dutch graphic designer and typographer Karel Martens.
What You Hear When you Read
This book was published on the occasion of the opening of Typotheque’s solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
Re-Printed Matter / Karel Martens
Fourth edition of much anticipated book presenting almost 60 years of the work of Karel Martens.
Dutch Type — reprint
A long-awaited reprint of the 2004 book ‘Dutch Type’, a comprehensive overview of type design and lettering in the Netherlands from the 15th to the 20th centuries
Theory of Type Design
Theory of Type Design consists of 24 short chapters describing different aspects of type design, from how our eyes and brain process letterforms to their power of expression.
New Horizons
Selected as one of the most beautiful books in the world in Leipzig, this remarkable book shows the North Sea horizons taken hourly day and night over the course of a year.
Products of a Thinking Hand
This small book documents the work of Cyrus Highsmith— his type design and well as his sketches and drawings at the occasion of Gerrit Noordzij Prize.
Bram De Does: Kaba Ornament
Bram de Does has conducted extended research into the endless combinations of patterns, ornaments, and borders.
Wim Crouwel modernist
A definite monograph about Wim Crouwel going into great depth to understand the methodology of one of the greatest minds in modern graphic design.
Trinité & Lexicon
This book contains two essays by the Dutch typographer and type designer Bram de Does on the development of his two typefaces Trinité and Lexicon.
Graphic Design in the White Cube
Catalogue of an accompanying exhibition of the 22nd International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno 2006. The exhibition critically questions possibilities of organising graphic design exhibitions today, and documents reactions of invited designers.
Bram de Does
This is the first publication devoted to De Does’s life and work best known as a type and book designer, creator of typefaces Trinité and Lexicon.