Good Vibrations
Ceramic tiles bij Studio GdB. Image courtesy Studio Gdb.
Good Vibrations: The ceramics of Studio GdB. Text for Maharam Stories (2022) by Harmen Liemburg. Text editing Ella Christopherson.
Sketches Intro
Sketches- Edition #4 cover. Image courtesy Hansje van Halem.
Introductory text for Hansje van Halem Sketches – Edition #4.
Interview met Kees Maas
Vouwvel door Meeuwsontwerpt met interview Kees Maas als uitnodiging voor tentoonstelling/ mini symposium op 2 november 2019
De betoverende zeefdrukwerkplaats van de bescheiden meester.
Interview met meester zeefdrukker Kees Maas/ Interview with master screenprinter Kees Maas (text in Dutch).
Sensory impressions
Kustaa Saksi, In the fishstrap, 2013. Image courtesy Kustaa Saksi.
Kustaa Saksi: Sensory Impressions. Text for Maharam Stories (2019) by Harmen Liemburg.
Don’t Frighten the Horses
Wouter Klein Velderman. Meyrkoet (left) and Zwarte Ooijevaar (right), 2018. Blow-dried PVC fabric, wood.
Wouter Klein Velderman: Don’t Frighten the Horses. Text by Harmen Liemburg for Maharam Stories (2019).
The Palace of Typographic Masonry
Text Harmen Liemburg for Richard Niessen – The Palace of Typographic Masonry, A guided Tour by Dirk van Weelden.
Ed Fella: The Joy of Making
Sixty years in the profession – of which the first thirty were spent working as a commercial artist in Detroit, and the second as a lecturer and artist in Los Angeles. A huge body of work. And I only have a few paragraphs to explain why every graphic designer should know him: self-described ‘exit level designer’ Ed Fella… But what the hell, let’s give it a try!
WPA National Park Posters
Doug Leen and Brian Maebius. Hawaii detail, 2007.
Text Harmen Liemburg. The sixth in a series of short articles on art and design objects written for Maharam.
Vlisco
Ted van de Ven, La Famille, 1952.
The fifth of a series of short texts on design objects written for Maharam. Text Harmen Liemburg.
Europa
Europa figurehead starboardside. Photography courtesy of Annalies Liemburg.
Europa by Harmen Liemburg.
The fourth of a series of short texts on design objects written for Maharam.
Fluo Husky
Fluo Husky is the first of a series of short texts on design objects written for Maharam.