Dutch Profile on Irma Boom
Irma Boom: Books as Objects
In this movie, influential graphic designer Irma Boom, designer of precious books, explains why she hates the handmade book and loves the industrially produced book.
- Irma Boom
- 250 books
- www.irmaboom.nl
- duration: 6'06"
Graphic designer Irma Boom has made over 250 books, 50 of which are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her 'Think book' for a giant coal company has become an international icon of Dutch design. She sees her books as objects, that communicate ideas and stories, and speak to all human senses.
Dutch Profiles
Dutch Profiles is a series of short documentaries about architects and graphic, product and fashion designers in the Netherlands. The shorts are meant to spread freely over the web in low-res, but also to be shown in high-res as a part of lectures, exhibitions and business presentations. "Dutch Profiles focuses on the conceptual, context-oriented and research-based practice of Dutch designers, telling the story behind some of those well-known images," says commissioner Christine de Baan, programme director of Dutch Design Fashion Architecture.
Dutch Profiles includes interviews with, among others: MVRDV, 2012 Architects, Jurgen Bey, Claudy Jongstra, Gerard Unger, Paul Mijksenaar, Marlies Dekkers, Alexander van Slobbe and G-Star. More profiles will be added during the coming years, reaching an ultimate count of 100.
See more Dutch Profiles on www.dutchprofiles.com or http://www.youtube.com/user/DutchProfiles .
