33 Best Dutch Book Designs

CPNB News

Publishers, commisioners, designers, printers and binders have submitted 298 books in total. 33 books distinguished themselves conspicuously by their editorial choices, graphic design, treatment of images and text, choice of material and technical workmanship.

The panel of judges consists this year of designers Yolanda Huntelaar and Remco van Bladel, Freek Kuin (creative director Robstolk printers), Eelco van Welie (CEO nai010 publishers) and Carolien Glazenburg (curator Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).

The Dutch selection has been sent to the international competition Schönste Bücher aus aller Welt in Leipzig. March 9 the winners will be announced.

Since last year a panel of students of five art academies judges all the submissions as well. The selection of these future bookmakers will be announced at June 1.

Olafur Eliasson “Versailles”

Designer: Irma Boom | Production: Lenoirschuring, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Studio Olafur Eliasson GmbH

Famke & Floor van Praag – Shortlist Amsterdam

Designer: Vanessa van Dam | Production: Wilco Printing & Binding | Publisher: Caperleaves

Batia Suter – Parallel Encyclopedia #2

Designer: Roger Willems | Production: Wilco Printing & Binding | Publisher: ROMA Publications

Karel Martens – Prints

Designer: Karel Martens | Production: Die Keure (BE), Handboekbinderij Geertsen | Publisher: ROMA Publications

Robert M. Rubin, Marianne Le Galliard – Avedon’s France: Old World, New Look

Designer: COMA Amsterdam/New York (Cornelia Blatter and Marcel Hermans) | Production: ORO Graphic Project Management, Boekbinderij Abbringh | Publisher: Abrams, New York; Bibliothèque nationale de France

Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling

Designer: Studio Ron van Roon (Bart Rouwhorst)| Production: Royal Jongbloed | Publisher: Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap

Karin Trenkel – Schöne Aussichten

Designer: High Rise (Daphne Heemskerk) | Production: Tripiti, Binderij Kiel, KarinTrenkel | Publisher: CBK Rotterdam

Tejo Remy & Rene Veenhuizen – The World = Our Toolkit

Designer: Esther de Vries | Production: Marc Gijzen, Wilco Art Books, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Lecturis

Thomas Raat – Archetypes and Residues

Designer: Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder) | Production: Lenoirschuring | Publisher: Onomatopee

Sophieke Thurmer and Esther Hessing – Bound to the Ground

Designer: Rob van Hoesel and Carel Fransen | Production: Sebastian Hanekroot, Grafiplaza, Binderij Hexspoor | Publisher: The Eriskay Connection

Laura Hospes – UCP

Designer: Laura Hospes | Production: Wilco Art Books | Publisher: Lecturis

Laura van Severen – LAND. On the Brink of Some Formidably Complex Matter

Designer: Rob van Hoesel | Production: Graphius (BE)| Publisher: The Eriskay Connection

Fabrizio Gallanti, Wiel Arets – MCHAP the Americas

Designer: Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder and Philipp Möckli) | Production: Unicum by Gianotten, Brepols Books & Bindery (BE) | Publisher: Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago

Chrystel Lebas – Field Studies, Walking through Landscapes and Archives

Designer: Hans Gremmen | Production: Marc Gijzen, Drukkerij Mart. Spruijt, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Fw:Books

Hinde Haest – 1/100 Dutch Photographic Publications from the Wingender Collection

Designer: Typography Interiority & Other Serious Matters (Els Kerremans) | Production: Hans Bol, Jan Zweerts , ANDO Graphic, Callenbach boekbinders| Publisher: Komma

Peter Dekens – (un)expected

Designer: Rob van Hoesel | Production: Sebastiaan Hanekroot, Wilco Art Books, Boekbinderij Patist |

Publisher: The Eriskay Connection

Anne Geene & Arjan de Nooy – Ornithology

Designer: Jeremy Jansen | Production: Drukkerij Tielen, Binderij Hexspoor | Publisher: de HEF

Anne Frank Stichting / Menno Metselaar – Dromen, denken, schrijven

Designer: Joseph Plateau (Eliane Beyer, Wouter van Eijk)|Production: Colorset (Marion Pothoff), Zwaan Printmedia, Boekbinderij Abbringh en Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Anne Frank Stichting

1:1:1 documentaries in print by Niessen & de Vries

Designer: Richard Niessen & Esther de Vries | Production: Sebastiaan Hanekroot, Drukkerij Mart. Spruijt, Boekbinderij Patist| Publisher: Boek

Thomas Manneke – Amsterdam

Designer: Van Lennep (Stephan Achterberg) | Production: Harold Strak, Drukkerij Tienkamp, Boekbinderij Van Waarden | Publisher: Thomas Manneke

Johannes Schwartz – The Athens Recorder

Designer: Experimental Jetset | Production: Rodi Rotatiedruk | Publisher: ROMA Publications

Bibi Dumon Tak and Annemarie van Haeringen – Siens hemel

Designer: Tessa van der Waals | Production: Drukkerij robstolk, Boekbinderij Van Waarden | Publisher: Em. Querido’s Kinderboeken Uitgeverij

Ata Kandó, Rose Ieneke van Kalsbeek and Tom Kandó – Ata Kandó: I shall use my time

Designer: Margot Wolters | Production: GLD Grafimedia, Brown Cartonnages | Publisher: Recto Verso

Erik Kriek – In the pines. 5 Murder Ballads

Designer: WSTNDRP Rob Westendorp | Production: Tim Beijer Producties; Wilco Printing & Binding, Handboekbinderij Geertsen | Publisher: Scratch Books

Martanke Rinck and Martijn van der Linden – Tangramkat

Designer: Marc Suvaal and Martijn van der Linden | Production: Eurasia, Alphen aan den Rijn | Publisher: Lemniscaat

Marijn van Kreij – Reclining Nude with a Man playing the Guitar

Designer: Irma Boom Office (Akiko Wakabayashi and Irma Boom)| Production: Lenoirschuring | Publisher: ABN AMRO Awards

In need of… Graduation 2016 Design Academy Eindhoven

Designer: Haller Brun | Production: Drukkerij Robstolk, Rodi Rotatiedruk, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Design Academy Eindhoven

Lensvelt Contract Furniture / Space Encounters / Nienke Blokhuis – Boring Collection

Designer: Sanne Beeren | Production: Lenoirschuring, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Lensvelt Contract Furniture

Karl Ove Knausgård – De vier seizoenen: Herfst and Winter (part 1 and 2)

Designer: Kris Demey, Jan Van Der Veken | Production: Ucello, Wilco Printing & Binding | Publisher: De Geus

Lize Spit – Het smelt

Designer: Studio Vruchtvlees, Anne Lint | Production: Tim Beijer Producties; Wilco Printing & Binding | Publisher: Das Mag Uitgevers

Emily Dickinson & Edna St. Vincent Millay – Dwars Vers (translated by Ans Bouter)

Designer: Team Thursday (Simone Trum and Loes van Esch) | Production: Drukkerij Tielen, Binderij Hexspoor| Publisher: Ans Bouter and Benjamin Groothuyse

Marjanne van Helvert (ed.) – The Responsible Object: A History of Design Ideology for the Future

Designer: Ruben Pater | Production: Wilco Art Books (Mariska Bijl), Ten Brink | Publisher: Valiz

Emilie Pallard, Niels Heymans, Makiko Shinoda – Opening Traditions

Designer: Fält (Daniel Flodin and Jesper Canell) | Production: Lenoirschuring | Publisher: Emilie Pallard & Niels Heymans