Sproken, Christie van der Haak in de Dude
Christie van der Haak, Jap Sam Books, Stroom Den Haag
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About the article
In the Dutch designers magazine Dude, in the spring edition of 2016, the work of Studio Renate Boere and Christie van der Haak is shown. The caption reads:
Christie van der Haak, Sproken was designed by Renate Boere. Boere translated Christie van der Haak’s world of experience into a visual fairy tale of 416 pages with the aim of showing the paintings and the often previously unseen patterns ‘applied’ in imaginary spaces. Virtual palace rooms hung with patterns made by Christie van der Haak, who won the Ouborg Prize in 2015, are the result. These palace rooms were then implemented in reality by an exhibition in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Endless possibilities with Van der Haak’s work reveal themselves to the reader. At the back of the book, her best work per series is shown in chronological order. More than five hundred works – not even a fifth of all her work – provide a wonderful overview of Van der Haak’s development to date: from painter to installation artist.
About the Design
This extensive oeuvre book was designed by Studio Renate Boere for the Hague artist Christie van de Haak in the context of the Ouborg Prize. The book takes you into the colorful world of the artist. This was translated by Studio Renate Boere into a contemporary fairytale book in which you wander through palace halls, made from patterns never seen before. The 416-page visual fairytale shows a world with endless possibilities through virtual spaces.
At the back of the book, Christie van der Haak’s oeuvre is shown in chronological order per series, more than 500 works provide a beautiful overview of the artist to date: from painter to installation artist.
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Edited by: Jane Huldman (Stroom The Hague) & Philip Peters
Concept & Organisation: 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 The Hague & Jap Sam Books
Translations: Willem Kramer, Marie Louise Schoondergang & Ulrica Yland
Photo 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 / Printing: Roelofs Printing House (Art Libro Trudy Dorrepaal), Enschede
Font: Akkurat & Quadraat
Foil printing: Kuiper Donse, Utrecht
Extra: gold foil printing in 8 places + white 2x + embossed text
Bindery: Abbringh, Groningen
Finish: sewn, bound in cold glue.
Printing: full colour + fluorescent green + primer
Paper: cover: wibalin buckram white, endpapers and interior part 1: munken polar 150 grs, printing spotless 5 (= staccato raster in 5 colours full colour)
Interior part 2 : maxi gloss 135 grs, spotless printing 5
Paper supplier: munken polar: Antalis (Arctic paper) in Almere, maxi gloss: Igepa in Tiel, Wibalin buckram white: Winter & Company in Culemborg
Awards: Ouborg Prize 2015; Silver, European Design Award, 2016