Postzegel. Achtergronden, emissiegegevens en vormgeving

Beskrivning

’s-Gravenhage: Staatsbedrijf der PTT en SDU Uitgeverij. 1988. Two volumes. Vol. 1: 8 pp. numbered A-H, 52 unnumb. pp., 116 numb. pp.; vol. 2: numbered pp. 117-228 Small 4to (25 x 18,5 cm). Stiff printed wrappers. Cover edges of the first volume mildly worn. Bound in the Japanese-style. Numerous illustrations in colour and black & white throughout. Printed on multiple paper stocks. Spectacular design by Irma Boom.

”This two-volume set accounts for Boom’s first published book design and her first book design award. It celebrates the special edition stamp designs commissioned by the Dutch PTT during 1987 and 1988 and features an index of the different postal cancellations used during those years. /…/ In Nederlandse Postzegels, however, printing occurs on both sides of the folios. The outer sides are printed with 4-colour offset lithography, presenting images and text sometimes in portfolio and sometimes in landscape layout. Whether in portfolio or landscape, images will often run from the recto to verso page, wrapping around the fold. In the section on the designers and their designs, the main text shows in landscape and, like the images, runs over the fold at the fore edge. /…/ Comparing herself to the kind of architect who produces social housing, Boom asserts, “books are industrially made and they need to be made very well. I am all for industrial production. I hate one-offs. On one book you can do anything, but if you do a print run, that is a challenge. It’s never art. Never, never, never.” But no less an institution than the Museum of Modern Art holds a copy of Nederlandse Postzegels. (Karel Martens).