Book ‘Sproken, Christie van der Haak’, wins silver at the European Design Awards
Christie van der Haak, Jap Sam Books, Stroom Den Haag
DISCIPLINES
Announcement, Editorial, Print
DISCIPLINES
Announcement, Editorial, Print
About the award
This amazing book about artist Christie van der Haak won the Ouborg Award in 2015, one year later (2016) it won Silver in the category ‘Artistic Catalogue’ at the European Design Award. This book shows an inspiring interaction between artist and designer.
About the Design
In the book, each virtual room created by Studio Renate Boere introduces the ‘visitor’ in a new fairy tale. You walk through a number of spaces, decorated with patterns and painting by Christie van der Haak. Consequently you ‘enter into’ a painting followed by a family of similar paintings on full-page format. After the last painting the visitor leaves the painting family.
Text pages are rimmed with a pattern referring to the traditional fairy tale books and at the same time show the richness, variety and uniqueness of Van der Haak’s patterns. It can be viewed as a sample book for future work and an inspiration for anyone interested in patterns. The back of the book features a timeline of Christie van der Haak’s best work. It provides a wonderful overview of Van der Haak’s development so far, from paintings to installation art.
An extraordinary exhibition was the direct result of this book. Inspired by the virtual rooms inside the book Christie van der Haak found the courage to fully cover the rooms of the Gemeentemuseum with her patterns. A major new work emerged. The virtual rooms from the book came to life.
Colophon
Editorial: Jane Huldman (Stroom Den Haag) & Philip Peters
Concept & Organization: Christie van der Haak & Studio Renate Boere
Text: Christie van der Haak, Eline van der Haak, Philip Peters, Anke Roder, Nicole Roepers, Arno van Roosmalen & Wilma Sütö
Publisher: Stroom Den Haag & Jap Sam Books
Year of publication: 2015
Translations: Willem Kramer, Marie Louise Schoondergang & Ulrica Yland
Image editing & design: Studio Renate Boere: Renate Boere Boere, Nikos ten Hoedt, Niels Vrijdag, Leon Baauw, Evelien Broersen, Caroline Langendoen & Emilio Veendorp
Photography: CMU/DEA Rijper Museum Utrecht, Ernst Bergmans, Peter Cox, Tom Haartsen, Koen Hauser, Rob Kollaard, Peter Slabbers, Studio Renate Boere, Fernando van Teylingen, Eric de Vries, Jan Zweerts
Lithography: Marc Gijzen
Print: Drukkerij Roelofs (Art Libro Trudy Dorrepaal), Enschede
Font: Akkurat & Quadraat
Foil printing: Kuiper Donse, Utrecht
Bindery: Abbringh, Groningen
Finish: sewn bound in cold glue.
Printing: full color + fluorescent green + primer
Extra: foil printing in gold in 8 places + white 2x + embossed text
Paper: cover: wibalin buckram white, endpapers and interior part 1: munken polar 150 grs, printing spotless 5 (= staccato raster in 5 colors full colour) Interior part 2: maxi gloss 135 grs, spotless printing 5
Supplier of paper: munken polar: Antalis (Arctic paper) in Almere, maxi gloss: Igepa in Tiel, Wibalin buckram white: Winter & Company in Culemborg