Studio Dumbar won a D&AD Silver Award for the most outstanding stationery range back in 1981. It was an astounding collection of material - totally unlike anything else at the time. And it still looks just as great 25 years later.
The design was by Ko Sliggers - and he was breaking boundaries. He was one of the iconoclastic young designers who contributed to what has become known as the 'Dumbar style'. After two years at Studio Dumbar (1979-1981), Sliggers worked as an independent designer, became a professional cook in Rotterdam, Italy and France (1992-1995), switched back from food to design, producing challenging visuals at Studio Anthon Beeke (1996-1999), and in 2002 set up a one-man studio and foundry in Lalleweer, in the northern Dutch province of Groningen.
Very kind, thank you David, but I have to confess that the website design is developped by my former student Ariënne Boelens (www.arienneboelens.nl) who also designed www.dutchfonts.com for me.
Posted by: ko sliggers | 25 November 2006 at 10:45 AM