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.

August 9th, 2022
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Sensory impressions


Kustaa Saksi, In the fishstrap, 2013. Image courtesy Kustaa Saksi.

Kustaa Saksi: Sensory Impressions. Text for Maharam Stories (2019) by Harmen Liemburg.

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July 14th, 2019
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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).

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March 14th, 2019
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The Palace of Typographic Masonry

Text Harmen Liemburg for Richard NiessenThe 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! 

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October 22nd, 2018
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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.

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December 24th, 2013
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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.

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April 17th, 2013
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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.

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September 20th, 2012
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Fluo Husky

Fluo Husky is the first of a series of short texts on design objects written for Maharam.

May 1st, 2012
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Bison bison

Bison bison fenced in near Badlands National Park, South Dakota 2006.

Text Harmen Liemburg, published in Objects in Mirror, The Imagination of the American landscape.

Bison bison

On a visit to the United States you will inevitably come across it at some point: the American bison or buffalo pictured at the bottom of the National Park Service emblem. I have often wondered why he (sorry ladies, his crown jewels are clearly visible) stands brooding, his head turned westwards. It must be dark memories of a time when nature conservation was not yet part of the collective consciousness.

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March 11th, 2012
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De Visuele Achtbaan van Ed Fella

De Visuele Achtbaan van Ed Fella
Text (in Dutch) Harmen Liemburg for Items 4/2011

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September 1st, 2011
, Posted in Stories, Book Reviews