The Best Dutch Book Designs of 2015 are known!
This year we are proud to present a special selection of 33 Dutch and 17 Flemish books. Because the Netherlands and Flanders are Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 the Flemish Publishers Association and our organisation have worked together to reach a joined competition.
Publishers, commisioners, designers, printers and binders have submitted books that appeared in 2015 amounting to 410 books in total. They were judged by a Dutch-Flemish panel consisting of Carolien Glazenburg (curator at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Wouter Roelants (bookseller and publisher), Luc Derycke (designer, Ghent), Koen Brams (former director Jan van Eyck Academie & former chief editor De Witte Raaf) and Freek Kuin (creative director at printer robstolk®). Books in which one of the judges was involved were nominated for election by a shadow panel consisting of former Best Dutch Book Designs judges.
The books that they have selected distinguished themselves conspicuously by their editorial choices, graphic design, treatment of images and text, choice of material and technical workmanship.
Selection:
Guido Creemers – 100 topstukken, honderd verhalen
Design: Dion Boodts | Production: Drukkerij Leën, Schwind | Publisher: Gallo-Romeins Museum
Mihnea Mircan, Vincent W.J. van Gerven oei (ed.) – Allegory of the Cave Painting
Design: Remco van Bladel, Corine van der Wal | Production: Drukkerij Raddraaier, Binderij Hexspoor | Publisher: Mousse Publishing
Elena Filipovic (ed.) – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker: Work/Travail/Arbeid
Design: Casier/Fieuws | Production: Graphius | Publisher:WIELS, Rosas en Mercatorfonds
Jan Peter Wingender – Brick. An Exacting Material
Design: Joost Grootens, Dimitri Jeannottat, Silke Koeck, Hanae Shimizu, Julie da Silva | Production: Drukkerij Robstolk®, Boekbinderij Van Waarden | Publisher: Architectura & Natura
Camille Morineau, Lucia Pesapane – Ceramix: from Rodin to Schütte
Design: Dune Luniel | Production: GBL, Printer Trento | Publisher: Bonnefantenmuseum, La Maison Rouge, Sèvres – Cité de la céramique, Uitgeverij Snoeck
Willem de Rooij. Character is Fate: Piet Mondrian’s Horoscope
Design: Ziga Testen | Production: Lecturis | Publisher: Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
Aernoud Bourdrez, Matthijs Brons – contract & commentaar
Design: Melle Hammer | Production: Wilco Printing & Binding, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Boom Juridische Publishers
Mihnea Mircan (samenst.) – Cross-Examinations
Design: Remco van Bladel, Andrea Spikker | Production: Drukkerij Raddraaier, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: MER. Paper Kunsthalle
Désirée van Hoek. Skid Row
Design: Mevis & Van Deursen | Production: Colour & Books, UNICUM by Gianotten, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Désirée van Hoek
Sylvain Piron – Dialectique du monstre
Design: The Theatre of Operations | Production: Drukkerij Mistral, Bema Graphics, Binderij Hexspoor | Publisher: Zones Sensibles
Philippe Van Cauteren, Martin Germann (edit.) – Drawing. The Bottom Line
Design: Jurgen Persijn | Production: Graphius | Publisher: Mercatorfonds
Cees de Boer, Colin Huizing (samenst.) – herman de vries. to be all ways to be
Design: Remco van Bladel, Andrea Spikker | Production: Drukkerij Tienkamp, Boekbinderij Van Waarden | Publisher: Valiz en Mondriaan Fonds
Machiel Braaksma. Harrekrammele
Design: Machiel Braaksma | Production: Jan de Waard, Drukkerij CSL Digitaal, Machiel Braaksma | Publisher: Machiel Braaksma
Robert McCarter – Herman Hertzberger
Design: Beukers Scholma | Production: NPN Drukkers, Boekbinderij Abbringh | Publisher: nai010
Yvonne Jagtenberg – Hondje, de enige echte
Design: Ubald Seveke | Production: Drukkerij Proost |Publisher: Rubinstein
Georges Wildemeersch – Hugo Claus. De jonge jaren
Design: Gert Dooreman, Stijn Dams | Production: Wilco Printing & Binding | Publisher: Polis
Joeri De Bruyn, Maarten Van Acker, Filip Buyse et al.- In via veritas
Design: Lodewijk Joye | Production: Pixelbound, Die Keure | Publisher: Public Space
Antoon Melissen – Jan Schoonhoven
Design: Joost Grootens, Dimitri Jeannottat, Silke Koeck | Production: Marc Gijzen, NPN Drukkers, Boekbinderij Abbringh | Publisher: nai010
Janine Schrijver. Our Nature Within the Limits of City Parks
Design: Kummer & Herrman | Production: Lecturis, Handboekbinderij Geertsen, Hexspoor, Dibema, Finishing Touch, Nuth | Publisher: Lecturis
Jasper Krabbé. Portraits
Design: Haller Brun | Production: Wilco Art Books, Boekbinderij Patist |Publisher: Lecturis
Jennifer Tee. The Soul in Limbo
Design: Richard Niessen, Margot Fabre | Production: Zwaan Printmedia | Publisher: Roma Publications
Alex Farrar, Barbara Iwanicka – John Cleese on Creativity
Design: Barbara Iwanicka | Production: Alex Farrar, Agia & Lith | Publisher: 7.45 Books,
Bartolomeo Scappi – Koken voor kardinalen
Design: Studio Frederik de Wal | Production: Uccello Grafico, Wilco Printing & Binding | Publisher: Athenaeum – Polak & Van Gennep
Henk Hoeks, Ewan Lentjes (ed.) – De kracht van typografie
Design: Patrick Coppens | Production: DZS Grafik | Publisher: ArtEZ Press, TERRA
Harriët van Reek – Lettersoep
Design: Barbara van Dongen Torman | Production: Marc Gijzen. Wilco Printing & Binding |Publisher: Em. Querido’s Kinderboeken
Rob Morees (ed.) – Life is Strange
Design: – SYB – | Production: Wilco Art Books | Publisher: nai010
De Vormforensen (Annelou van Griensven & Anne-Marie Geurink) – Het Meest Geloofde Sprookje
Design: De Vormforensen, Lyanne Tonk | Production: Drukkerij Tielen, Boekbinderij Abbringh | Publisher: De Vormforensen (distr. De Vrije Uitgevers)
Kim Crabeels – Mijn opa is een boom
Illustrated by Ingrid Godon
Design: Kris Demey | Production: T?šínská tiskárna | Publisher: Lannoo
Maite van Dijk, Magne Bruteig, Leo Jansen – Munch: Van Gogh
Design: Joseph Plateau | Production: Die Keure, Binderij Hexspoor, Boekbinderij Brepols | Publisher: Mercatorfonds
Remieg Aerts, Gita Deneckere – Het (on)Verenigd Koninkrijk
Design: Koen Bruyneel | Production: Die Keure, Polyprint, Binderij Hexspoor | Publisher: Ons Erfdeel
Koen Brams, Ulrike Lindmayr, Dirk Pültau (ed.) – Opus 1. The Artist’s Beginnings
Design: Roger Willems | Production: Rodi rotatiedruk, Boekbinderij Patist | Publisher: Roma Publications
Titus Knegtel (ed.) – Other Evidence: Blindfold
Design: Titus Knegtel | Production: Drukkerij Tielen | Publisher: Titus Knegtel
Joeri De Bruyn, Mauro Poponcini, Patrick Lootens – Polo Architects
Design: Sven Beirnaert | Production: Pixelbound, Die Keure | Publisher: Public Space
Raimond Wouda. Ext.-Int.
Design: Robin Uleman | Production: Colours & Books, Drukkerij Mart. Spruijt, Handboekbinderij Geertsen | Publisher: Fw: Books
Reprint Karel Martens
Design: Karel Martens in collaboration with David Bennewith and students of Type and Media | Production: Die Keure, Binderij Hexspoor | Publisher: Type and Media Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten | Publisher: Roma Publications
Sanne Peper. Due to Lack of Interest Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled
Design: Michaël Snitker | Production: Colour & Books, Wilco Art Books, Binderij Hexspoor | Publisher: Lecturis
Merlijne Marell – Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten
Design: Merlijne Marell | Production: Drukkerij Tienkamp, Boekbinderij Van Waarden | Publisher: Loopvis
Leontine Coelewij, Sara Martinetti (ed.) – Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art
Design: Irma Boom | Production: Printmanagement Plitt, Art Libro/Drukkerij Roelofs |Publisher: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam i.s.m. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Stan Douglas. The Secret Agent
Design: Sven Beirnaert | Production: Pixelbound, Graphius | Publisher: Ludion
Statement and Counter-Statement: Notes on Experimental Jetset
Design: Experimental Jetset | Production: Drukkerij Tienkamp, Stronkhorst Boekbinders | Publisher: Roma Publications
Joël Cahen, Rudi Ekkart, Roel Hijink, et al. – Het Stedelijk in de oorlog
Design: Studio Ron van Roon | Production: Michiel Hofmans, Drukkerij Ten Brink | Publisher: Bas Lubberhuizen i.s.m. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Mariken Wessels (ed.) – Taking off. Henry my neighbor
Design: Mariken Wessels, Jurgen Maelfeyt | Production: Die Keure, Binderij Hexspoor | Publisher: Art Paper Editions
Peter Goes – Tijdlijn
Design: Peter Goes | Production: Neografia | Publisher: Lannoo
Ton den Boon, Ruud Hendrickx (ed.) – Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal
Design: Joost Grootens, Slávka Pauliková, Dimitri Jeannottat, Hanae Shimizu | Production: Mohn Media Mohndruck GmbH | Publisher: Van Dale
Willemijn van Dijk – Via Roma
Design: Bureau Merkwaardig (Anouk de l’Ecluse en Daphne de Vries) | Production: Wilco printing & binding |Publisher: Ambo|Anthos
Bart Moeyaert – Voor we met z’n allen uit elkaar vallen
Design: Steven Theunis (Armée de Verre) | Production: New Goff, Creafor | Publisher: Het zoekend hert, Luster, E.M. Querido’s
Susanne Pietsch, Andreas Müller (ed.) – Walls that teach
Design: Sandra Kassenaar, David Bennewith | Production: Oro Grafisch Project Management | Publisher: Jap Sam Books
Robert Walser – De wandeling
Design: Dog and Pony | Production: Perfect Service, Koninklijke Wöhrmann BV | Publisher: Lebowski
Frederike Huygen – Wim Crouwel Modernist
Design: Lex Reitsma | Production: Lex Reitsma, Wilco Art Books, Boekbinderij Van Waarden, Finishing Touch | Publisher: Lecturis
Tristan Mostert en Jan van Campen – Zijden draad. China en Nederland sinds 1600 | Harm Stevens – Gepeperd verleden. Indonesië en Nederland sinds 1600 (2 parts in a series)
Design: Irma Boom Office | Production: NPN Drukkers, Boekbinderij Van Waarden | Publisher: Rijksmuseum en Vantilt