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Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), Den Haag
In English, the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. This is the most elite typographical school in Europe. Its graduates include all main current typographers in the Netherlands, and many others. Teachers ca. 2004 included Petr van Blokland, Peter Verheul, Fred Smeijers, Just van Rossum, Erik van Blokland, Peter Matthias Noordzij, Frans Van Mourik, Jan Willem Stas, Françoise Berserik, Peter Bilak, Paul Van Der Laan, and Frank Blokland. In 2018, the type program was headed by Erik van Blokland. Senior lecturers at that time: Paul van der Laan, Peter Verheul. Lecturers: Françoise Berserik, Peter Bilak, Frank Blokland, Petr van Blokland, Just van Rossum, Fred Smeijers, and Jan Willem Stas. In 2019, the staff consisted of Erik van Blokland (Head), Marja van der Burgh (coordinator), Paul van der Laan, Peter Verheul, Françoise Berserik, Peter Bilak, Petr van Blokland, Frank Grießhammer, Fred Smeijers and Jan Willem Stas. TypeMedia is the postgraduate department for TypeDesign and Typography of the KABK. This Russian picture report from 2004 illustrates its activities nicely: it shows the following type projects: Basileus (Greek typeface by Vera Evstafieva), Reforma (by Krassen Krestev), Mirabelle (by Alessandro Colizzi), Rumba (by Laura Meseguer), North (by Trine Rask Olsen), Vertigo (by Susana Carvalho), and Tuhun (by Diego Mier y Teran). |
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file name: Jan Willem Stas Pic by Frank Griesshammer 2019
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