Karel Martens @Stedelijk
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Karel Martens - Unbound
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The Stedelijk presents the first major retrospective of Karel Martens (1939), one of the Netherlands’ most influential post-war graphic designers, renowned for his inventiveness, and for his playful and experimental approach. Karel Martens trained and inspired younger generations of designers in the Netherlands and internationally. The exhibition is a journey of discovery through the oeuvre that Martens created over 65 years—from his adventurous lettering on buildings, to books, typography, postage stamps, telephone cards, and wallpaper. // source: exhibition official webpage
I visited the exhibition while I was in the Netherlands to free up my flat there, let it go for good, and reconnect with some of my friends there. I had the chance to spend a day in Amsterdam and really wanted to check out this exhibition, because I was quite sure I will get some nice inspiration from Martens' work. It did not disappoint me, indeed, I was inspired by some of his experiments and approaches to matter and printing.