Toneelschuur 50

Book coverToneelschuur 50
Book coverToneelschuur 50
Book coverToneelschuur 50
Book coverToneelschuur 50

Is it a sign of the economic recovery of the past couple of years? The panel observed that the jubilee book is back: there is once again money for something to be cautiously celebrated. What’s striking is that ostentation and bling are often exchanged for critical reflection. The great thing about Toneelschuur 50 is that the jubilee theme is presented with subtlety: a dry as dust but very powerful typographic cover, which with its gold foil number is a comment on the fact of the jubilee rather than a trumpeting thereof – how could it be otherwise for a platform for ‘theatrical activism’ established in the turbulent year of revolution 1968? A nice touch is that the reversed blind stamping of the jubilee number on the cover inside is only legible unreversed when the cover itself is opened and it appears between the narrow space of the short dust jacket and the first page. The exercise in understatement in the jacket contrasts nicely with Suze Swarte’s strong picture editing inside, which in turn is nicely balanced thanks to the robust typography.

Edition: 2018
Date of publication: October 2018
Author: Jos Schuring, Rieks Swarte, Loek Zonneveld, Ivo van Hove, Gerard Jan Rijnders, Jac Heijer, Janine Brogt, Carel Alphenaar, Dirk Groeneveld, Max Arian, Martin Schouten, Marian Buijs
Language: Dutch
Final editor: Tanja Timmerman
Image editor: Suze Swarte en Rieks Swarte
Illustrator: Joost Swarte
Photographer: Sanne Peper, Rieks Swarte, Ben van Duin, Koos Breukel, Bert Nienhuis, Jan Versweyveld, Kuno Grommers, Steef Fleur, Herman Sorgeloos, Kurt van der Elst, Roel van Berckelaer
Publisher: Stichting Toneelschuur, Haarlem
Available through: Webshop, bookshop
Graphic designer: Studio Suze Swarte (Amsterdam)
Lithographer: Gianotten Printed Media, Tilburg
Printer: Gianotten Printed Media, Tilburg
Binder: Epping Boekbinders, Woerden
Book producer: Graphic in Mind, Den Bosch
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 170 x 235 x 18
Number of pages: 272
Print run: 1,000
Price: € 29.95
ISBN: 978 90 6403 8679
Font and foundry: Maison Neue Mono (Milieu Grotesque), Maison Neue (Milieu Grotesque)
Binding style: Sewn soft cover, spine glued with linen Brillianta® 4251
Paper for interior (grammage): 115gsm Cyclus offset, 115gsm Magno volume, Antalis, Igepa
Material cover (grammage): 300gsm Starline Greyback, Igepa
Special features: Front cover with debossed reversed 50 which becomes embossed 50 on inside of cover.