Designer duo Team Thursday reveals why Dutch are good in book design
Posted : 2021-07-22 08:33
Updated : 2021-07-22 10:19
Loes van Esch, left, and Simone Trum of Dutch graphic design duo Team Thursday, who designed the Versatile Volumes exhibition, which displays the 33 books that won the Best Dutch Book Designs in 2019 at the KF Gallery in central Seoul. Courtesy of Team Thursday
By Kwon Mee-yoo
From books introducing the history of activist printing in Amsterdam ( The Wheel Turner ) and the moss of the British region of Letterewe ( Bryophytes and Lichens of Letterewe ), to a 12-meter-long poetry book ( Hooked! 30 Years of Singing, Sanding and Sawing ) and a catalogue of the Rijksmuseum s collection of Rembrandt s works ( Rembrandt x Rijksmuseum ), the quintessence of Dutch Book design is currently on display at the Korea Foundation (KF) Gallery in central Seoul through Aug. 13.