Gerbrand van Melle - TypeSHED11

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Contact us

be@typeshed11.co.nz

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SIMONE WOLF, TYPEVENTS ITALY
and CATHERINE GRIFFITHS

with funding assistance by

creative new zealand

mondriaan foundation

netherlands embassy

and sponsorship by

college of creative arts,
massey university

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our website
springload with
catherine griffiths

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/ observations . . .

�To be a graphic designer in a country that is still so wide-open (we�re talking about NZ here) must be exciting. In the Netherlands, design culture is very dominant. We like it that way, we�re not complaining, but what we mean is this: as a design group, we know that our influence on Dutch design culture will be minimal ... As a young designer, you have the possibility to really change national design culture, to have a voice. Young designers, such as David Bennewith and the guys behind The National Grid, are really shaping the image of NZ design. There are scenes to create, standards to be set. Young NZ designers have a world to win. That�s something really special.� / From an interview with Experimental Jetset, by Joanna Alpe & Livia Lima, We Love, for Cheese on Toast /// more news >>

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THE NETHERLANDS, NZ-based | media designer | lecturer in typography

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In 1993 Gerbrand van Melle co-founded Aap-ontwerpers and later Aapmedia, a Utrecht (NL) based design studio. Appointed as the creative director, Van Melle has led Aapmedia through innovative media design. This included a diverse portfolio of clients in the creative industries. Aside this, van Melle has worked senior lecturer Typography and Digital Media Design at the Utrecht School of the Arts. Since 2003 van Melle has worked as an independent media designer, consulting the music industry (a.o.). In 2007 he traded The Netherlands for New Zealand and now lives and works in Wellington continuing his design practice. Aside that he is also involved as a part time lecturer Typography at Massey University Wellington. An anthology of van Melle�s design works for the Utrecht music venue Tivoli is published in his book �18+, Almost Two Decades of Popdesign�.

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W O R K S H O P | 1400h | 11-12.02.09 | view programme

Ambiguous typographic design for online music industry

The sleeve
The lyrics
The background information

The screen
The communities
The imagination

Click here to read about Gerbrand van Melle�s workshop

FOR MORE >> www.gerbrandvanmelle.com

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