ICOON captures Jan Cremer’s exceptional gift for marketing – as demonstrated by his book Ik, Jan Cremer. The iconic image of the author on his motorcycle, indelibly etched into the collective consciousness since it first appeared in 1964, of course forms the recurring visual motif of ICOON. The choices of a newspaper binding and thin paper give this book as an object something of the feel of a telephone book – a nice contrast with the magnificence and mania of Ik, Jan Cremer. This unexpected object sets the tone for the picture editing, which is as playful as it is chaotic, and which does not shy away from repeat copies and decisively cropped images. Amongst all this, pages of text meander with a calm typography, without breaking with the pandemonium: together, the chaos of Jan Cremer and the calm of designer Michaël Snitker pull off a striking balancing act. All in all, this hefty tome convincingly corrals the madness called Ik, Jan Cremer.
ICOON
De geschiedenis van ’n onverbiddelijke BESTSELLER Ik Jan Cremer
Edition: 2023
Date of publication: April 2023
Language: Dutch
Image editor: Jan Cremer, Michaël Snitker
Publisher: Uitgeverij Komma, Den Haag
Graphic designer: Michaël Snitker (Amsterdam)
Lithographer: Wilco Art Books (Mariska Bijl), Amersfoort
Printer: Wilco Art Books, Amersfoort
Binder: Wilco Art Books, Amersfoort
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 200 x 265 x 26
Number of pages: 528 pagina’s
Print run: 1200
Price: € 47,50
ISBN: 9789083226620
Font and foundry: Century BT (ITC), Avant Garde Gothic BT (ITC)
Binding style: Sewn softcover with minimal gluing at the sides, cold-glued with a jacket folded in the American style glued to the spine, book block is bound with red thread
Paper for interior (grammage): 80gsm Cyclus Offset, Antalis
Material cover (grammage): 290gsm Muskat New Grey, Igepa
Material dust jacket (grammage): 90gsm Fly05 Wit, Lenk Paper
Special features: Dust jacket printed in CMYK and intense red (HKS13N); interior printed in CMYK