Off the Grid

Off the Grid

Histories of Belgian Graphic Design

Author: Vicky Blake

Today we would like to present you the book Off the Grid. This book has been edited by Sara De Bondt and gives us a brief overview about Belgian graphic design.

Off the Grid offers a collaborative panorama of Belgian graphic design history from a multiplicity of perspectives, with essays on type design, colonization, and labour relations among other subjects. Contributors include historians, practicing designers, teachers, and first-hand accounts. With hundreds of previously unpublished illustrations such as posters, signage, typography, book design, logos, and archival photographs.

The book Off the Grid includes interviews with Sophie Alouf-Bertot, Rob Buytaert, Boudewijn Delaere, Paul Ibou, and Herman Lampaert. It also features essays by Jo De Baerdemaeker, Pia Jacques and Leroy Meyer (Belgian Institute Graphic Design), Sara De Bondt, Jan Ceuleers, Katrien Van Haute, Richard Hollis, Jean-Michel Meyers, Hilde Pauwels, Hugo Puttaert, and Katarina Serulus.

Off the Grid

Publisher: Occasional Papers
Editor: Sara De Bondt
Release: February 22nd, 2022
Bookbinding: Softcover, full color
Language: English
Volume: 272 p.
Format: 170 × 240 mm
ISBN: 978-0-9954730-8-9
Price: £ 20.–
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Off the Grid

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