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Studio Dumbar wins two Red Dot Awards 2008
05-08-2008
The international jury of the Red Dot Competition for Communication Design awarded Studio Dumbar with two ‘Red Dot’ Awards for High Design Quality 2008 in the category ‘Corporate Design’. The awards were won for the visual identities of Hella Jongerius/Jongeriuslab and the Nederlands Kamerkoor (Netherlands Chamber Choir). These projects were selected from a total number of 5,885 entries of this year’s competition. The award-winning works will be presented to the public in an exhibition at the red dot design museum in Essen, Germany, from 4 December 2008 to 11 January 2009.
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Belgrade Design Week 2008
30-05-2008
Michel de Boer is asked to speak at the Belgrade Design Week 2008 (BDW) in the section ‘The business of Design Masters’. The BDW is a wonderful organized conference by Jovan Jelovac and his team. It searches for connections between design, architecture, and communications disciplines and cultural expressions like literature, publishing, and film in order to stimulate the social and political debate and eventually, open the doors to the social change. Michel’s topic was about the observation and the influence of design in the public sector, this in relation to the work of Studio Dumbar and other cross-relevant areas. Other speakers joined the international scene such as the industrial designer Konstantin Grcic and the architect Daniel Libeskind.
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Invitation from Art Director’s Club Latvia
22-05-2008
Studio Dumbar have been invited to join members of the Art Director’s Club in Riga, the capital of Latvia, for a three days conference starting Monday 26th May. A lecture about graphic design will be held by Michel de Boer, Creative Director and Marc van der Heijde, project leader of Studio Dumbar. An exhibition of poster and identity design by the studio will be on display and Michel de Boer is asked to be a jury member. Past lecturers have included Stefan Sagmeister, David Carson, Bob Gill and Jan Wilker.
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Studio Dumbar wins European Design Award
21-05-2008
In Stockholm, Studio Dumbar was honored with two prizes at the European Design Awards 2008, on the 18th May. An award was given for Omroep C’s visual identity in the category Brand Implementation. We also received a merit in the category Motion Graphics, for the identity launch animation of the Dutch Chamber Choir.
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Online identity for new Allianz brand
20-03-2008
The new website of Allsecur can be found at www.allsecur.nl
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Senior Interactive Designer
19-03-2008
Currently there is a vacancy at our interactive team. We are looking for an Sr. Interactive Designer who will take the visual lead in interactive productions.
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Senior DTP Specialist
14-02-2008
Currently there is a vacancy in our graphic team. Studio Dumbar is looking for a senior DTP specialist to start immediately.
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New identity for the Dutch Government
21-12-2007
Rotterdam, 21 December 2007 - All departments of the Dutch National Government, including all 13 Ministries, will be switching to one logo and house style over the next few years. This government-wide style is to be developed by Studio Dumbar (Rotterdam). The Cabinet finalised their decision today. The inspiration for the new style was presented today by Prime Minister Balkenende during his weekly press conference. The definitive design should be complete by the middle of 2008.
For the first time in Dutch history, the Dutch government has decided to present a unified graphic identity nationwide, which will apply to all organisations that fall directly under Ministerial responsibility. These include the 13 Ministries, inspectorates and interdepartmental senders such as Postbus 51, regering.nl and Job Mobility Centre. The goal is to apply the new house style completely within the next three years.
The government is actively organising its services according to the ‘one desk concept’. The goal is to improve communication and interaction between the citizens and government, and adoption of one house style for the entire government is part of this concept. The unified house style will contribute to clarity and accessibility, where the National Government now presents a very fragmented image. Eventually, dozens of organisations and departments that currently have their own logos and styles will adopt the designs developed by Studio Dumbar.
A European tender for the development of a logo and house style for the National Government was issued twice, in 2006 and 2007. After a promising start in 2006, the project was put on hold due to the fall of the Government. The new commission in 2007 led to a competition between five design bureaus, and Studio Dumbar won the final selection.
For more information:
Tom Dorresteijn
010 4482222
06 53865780
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Lecture and poster exhibition in Beirut, Lebanon
24-10-2007
Michel de Boer, Creative Director of Studio Dumbar, will lecture about the work of Studio Dumbar at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon on October 26th. Simultaneously an exhibition with poster designs by Studio Dumbar will be shown in the university building. Michel de Boer was invited by Leila Musfy, professor at the University’s Department of Architecture and Design.
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Projects for Studio Dumbar in South Korea and Taiwan
19-10-2007
Studio Dumbar has been awarded three prestigious projects in South Korea and Taiwan. In South Korea, Studio Dumbar was selected after an international competition to develop a visual identity for the Woongjin conglomerate. In addition, Studio Dumbar was awarded the government contract for a new design of the entire signage for the South Korean road network. In Taiwan, Studio Dumbar will develop a visual identity for San Wu, an industrial enterprise.
Studio Dumbar was selected after an international competition to develop a visual identity for South Korea’s Woongjin. Woongjin is one of the country’s fastest growing conglomerates and is regarded as a firm with the potential to follow conglomerates such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai in the world market in the future. Woongjin has a strong presence in sectors including kitchen appliances, air and water purification, publishing, book distribution, fruit juices, construction and finance.
In addition, Studio Dumbar was awarded the government contract for a new design of the entire signage for the South Korean road network. This is the first major South Korean government tender in the field of design. Studio Dumbar participated in a consortium with two other agencies.
In Taiwan, Studio Dumbar will develop a visual identity for San Wu, an industrial enterprise. The company manufactures rubber V-belts for engines and conveyor belts used in industrial processes. San Wu is the leading company in Taiwan and exports to 60 countries. The object is a rebranding, including a new name that will enable San Wu to sell more products overseas under its own brand name. This is Studio Dumbar’s second project in Taiwan.
These projects illustrate that Asia is becoming an increasingly important component in Netherlands-based Studio Dumbar’s international portfolio. The agency has been involved in a joint venture in China (Shanghai) since 2006.
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Allianz chooses Studio Dumbar for European project
03-10-2007
Press Release – October 3. 2007
Allianz chooses Studio Dumbar for European project
After a Europe-wide agency competition, Allianz - one of the largest financial service providers in the world - has selected Studio Dumbar to set up a new brand. The short list included four different agencies.
The project involves the launch of a direct-writer insurance company with the brand name Allsecur, which will operate via call centres as well as the web. The new organisation will begin selling motor insurance in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2008.
A special feature in the brand development is that the web concept served as the guiding principle in building the brand identity and in positioning Allsecur. The choice for Studio Dumbar is based on a web concept that brings innovation to the insurance market in terms of communication, navigation, interaction and transaction. The total concept is based on the latest AJAX technology.
The new website is currently being tested and will be completed by the end of this year.
For more information, please contact:
Christof Zürn
010 4482222
christof@studiodumbar.com
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Website Visual Branding live
18-07-2007
The website from strategy director Tom Dorresteijn about ‘Visual Branding, creating business through design’ is now online. On the site, professionals can give response and discuss about the issues raised in Tom’s vision. The book on the subject will be published end of 2007.
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New Visual Identity for SSH Utrecht
11-07-2007
Studio Dumbar designed the identity for SSH Utrecht a social housing organisation for young people and students.
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Lecture by Michel De Boer in Korea
29-06-2007
On invitation by prof. Ahn Sang-soo from Hongik University in Seoul, Korea, Michel de Boer was invited to lead a 5 days lecture/workshop named xD12-AGI. Michel and other fellow AGI members (Leonardo Sonnoli, Franz Werner and Jelle Van der Toorn Vrijthoff ) presented their work and where guiding a workshop related to Public Design. Part of the workshop was a the development of a new city on the border of North and South Korea called Paju. Michel’s workshop dealt with the Visual Identity of this new area.
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Photo: Ahn Sang-soo
International Award in Ningbo (China)
27-06-2007
The international jury of the 4th International Poster Biennal 2006 in Ningbo (China) has awarded Studio Dumbar with the Bronze Award for its exhibition poster design for Pulchri Studio. In addition to this Studio Dumbar received a certificate of exellence for the posterdesign of the Dutch Design Awards 2006.
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European Design Award and Merit
21-05-2007
Studio Dumbar was awarded with the brand new European Design Award (ED Award) and a European Design Merit in Athens, Greece. Studio Dumbar received the international award for the illustrations created for the Dutch Design Awards catalogue. The poster series for Amsterdam Sinfonietta was selected for an ED .
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Essent StopContact
06-05-2007
For the cross media Essent campaign ‘StopContact’ Studio Dumbar designed and built an online advisor for visitors of Essent.nl. Via a rich media interface users can learn more about cost reductions & postive effects on the environment by taking action on standby energy consumption.
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ADCN award 2007
12-04-2007
The professional jury of the Dutch Design an Art Director’s Association (ADCN) awarded Studio Dumbar’s illustrations for the catalogue of the Dutch Design Awards 2006 with the prestegious ADCN award 2007 in the category ‘illustration’.
In 2005 and 2006 Studio Dumbar won the ADCN silver awards for the complete editions of the Dutch design magazine Items.
About the illustrations
The theme of cups and flowers as recurring factor in the visual identity of the Dutch Design Awards was already introduced in 2003. This theme returns in the new style , but this time composed of texts and figures that refer to the history of design, to art and culture or to modern social phenomenons (burka, the Queen etc). This approach resulted in a layered design: When you look through your eye lashes, you see the cups. Then you see the competition categories (graphic design, industrial design etc.). And last but not least you discover the hundreds of small texts and figures that, each in their own way, refer to these categories as well.
These layered approch have turned this event style into a representative of ‘slow design’. ‘Slow’ because designing this way is quite labour-intensive and the spectator will need time to fully understand the depth of the work.
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Website Dutch Chamber Choir live
15-03-2007
Studio Dumbar designed the new identity of the Dutch Chamber Choir, including their brand new website.
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Christof Zürn Creative Director interactive
01-03-2007
As of 1 march Christof Zürn will become ‘Creative Director interactive’ at Studio Dumbar. Christof is a cross media thinker and experienced to combine branding, communications and (user centered) design.
The appointment of Zürn means a strategic and creative addition to interactive productions at Studio Dumbar. Christof has worked as Creative Director at Clockwork in Amsterdam (responsible for KPN.com) and as Creative Consultant at The Vision Web in Delft and AV Communication in Stuttgart, where he worked for international clients like: IMS Health (London), Aventis (Strassbourg), O.tel.O (Düsseldorf), ABN AMRO (Amsterdam) and Mexx Europe (Amsterdam).
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Red Dot Grand Prix award
14-12-2006
During the awards ceremony of the international Red Dot Competition for Communication Design in Germany Studio Dumbar was awarded with one of the most prestigious design awards, the ‘Red Dot Grand Prix 2006’. It is the first time a Dutch studio wins the Grand Prix. Together with the British D&AD Global Awards, the Red Dot Competition for Communication Design is the leading competition in the world. In total 3.708 entries were received from 31 different countries.
Studio Dumbar won the ‘Red Dot Grand Prix 2006’ in the category posters, for the poster series of Amsterdam Sinfonietta. In total Studio Dumbar received 4 Red Dot Awards, under which one for Art Aids Foundation and one for Champalimaud Foundation (Portugal).
Earlier in 2001, Studio Dumbar received a ‘Red Dot: Best of the Best Award’ for the design on the KPN Light Tower in Rotterdam. A building designed by the Genovese architect Renzo Piano. For print and online projects Studio Dumbar received several High Quality Design Awards over the years.
The international Red Dot Competition for Communication Design organised by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen takes place yearly in Essen (Germany).
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Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Michel de Boer leads workshop in Taiwan
31-10-2006
Michel de Boer, Creative Director of Studio Dumbar, was invited to Taipei by the China Productivity Centre to lead a two-day workshop about branding. Participating in the workshop were professionals in the field of design, corporate communication, marketing and public relations.
The purpose of the workshop was to boost the Taiwanese knowledge and insights about design as a key factor in branding. Most of the participants were eager to know the process from company objective, brand strategy, concept to final brand/identity design.
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Michel de Boer
French exhibition and book about studio dumbar
06-10-2006
Alain Le Quernec, the most important French poster designer, initiated a new book about Studio Dumbar. The book shows a selection of the most characteristic works of Studio Dumbar, varying from cultural projects for Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Pulchri Studio and the magazine Items to projects created for important brands, such as KPN, TNT Post and Randstad. After Germany, China and Japan, France is the fourth country to publish a book about the work of Studio Dumbar.
The publication is put together by Alain Le Quernec and will appear in the series ‘Design & Designer’ from Pyramyd Éditions, a series of pocket monographs dedicated to visual communication. The series is bilingual (French and English) and will be distributed world wide.
Le Quernec is also initiator and curator of an exhibition about the work of Studio Dumbar in the French ‘Centre du Graphisme’ in Échirolles (Grenôble). The exhibition titled ‘The Dutch Touch’ will be opened on November 18th 2006 and will last until January 20 2007.
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’Studio Dumbar’, In the series ‘Design & Designer’
More than just a letter
21-09-2006
Although the Netherlands has many TV channels, both art and culture are under-represented. This led Ad ’s-Gravesande and Kees van Twist to launch a broadcasting organization focused on these areas, through radio, television, the Internet and all other media. It does so in an inspiring way and for a broad audience.
Studio Dumbar created the name ‘C’ and designed a logo that combines several typefaces and colours into one basic shape. Both logo and style are fully alive. A different variant can be used on each occasion.
C needs subscribers in order to operate within the public domain of broadcasting. Studio Dumbar has turned such traditional items as letterheads and business cards into campaign items by integrating subscription forms. A website functions as the main channel for subscribing and will be C’s main platform until conventional airtime is available.
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"Fresh, full of energy, bold, inviting; this is going to give us much
pleasure for a long time"
-- Ad ‘s-Gravenzande, initiator Omroep C
Red Dot Best of the best award
01-08-2006
The jury of the international Red Dot Competition for Communication Design 2006 awarded Studio Dumbar with three international design prizes. The prestigious ‘Red Dot: Best of the Best Award’ was won for the design of the poster series for Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Two ‘Red Dot: Quality Design Awards’ were granted for the visual identity for the Champalimaud Foundation (Portugal) and Stichting Art Aids.
The poster series of Amsterdam Sinfonietta is also nominated for the ‘Red Dot: Grand Prix’. The announcement of the Grand Prix winner will take place at the ceremony of Red Dots Awards on December 6 in Essen (Germany).
In total 3.708 entries were received from 31 different countries. Only 24 projects were awarded with the ‘Red Dot: Best of the best award’ and 187 with the ‘Red Dot: High Quality Design Award’.
Earlier in 2001, Studio Dumbar received a ‘Red Dot: Best of the Best Award’ for the design on the KPN Light Tower in Rotterdam. A building designed by the Genovese architect Renzo Piano. For print and online projects Studio Dumbar received several High Quality Design Awards.
The international Red Dot Competition for Communication Design organised by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen takes place yearly in Essen (Germany).
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Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Studio Dumbar designs personal stamps
04-05-2006
The latest design of the Personal Stamp was issued on May 1, 2006. The difference in this design lies in the fact that the image or photo has been integrated within the stamp itself and not separated and placed next to it as it was before. Furthermore, besides the possibility to use your own title, you can also choose from different colors and typefaces.
The neutral character of the stamp gives the image or photo a beautiful reflection. The frame does not work disturbing towards the image when a lot of colors are used. It exists of an outer and inner form in a ton-sûr-ton pattern. The value of the stamp is integrated in the word Nederland, in which the Euro sign is used for the ‘e’ in Ned€rland.
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Silver ADCN award 2006
13-04-2006
Studio Dumbar’s design for the complete 2005 edition of Items, the Dutch magazine for design and imagination, won the prestigious silver ADCN award 2006 in the category ‘graphic design’ (magazines).
The professional jury of the Dutch Design and Art Director’s Association (ADCN) selected Items out of 88 entries and motivated its selection as follows: ‘The designers of this magazine created an excellent platform for upcoming and established talent. By the use of just one typeface, one weight and one color (in combination with expressive fonts of young type designers), they succeeded in creating a well balanced magazine, where in the work shown comes out well.’
In 2005 the Items edition of 2004 was already awarded with the international Red Dot Award 2005.
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Items
Dumbar Branding - The joint venture in China
04-04-2006
Through its Shanghai-based joint venture, Studio Dumbar is involved with prestigious brand design and identity projects in China.
Two examples:
Studio Dumbar developed a completely new corporate / product brand (including both name development and design) for BBK – a leading company in mass-market consumer electronics.
The latest project is the design of a new visual identity for SAIC – the second largest car manufacturer in China and partner in Shanghai General Motors and Shanghai Volkswagen. SAIC is an ambitious company that has set its sights on a high position in the Fortune 500.
Other projects involved the design of a large (1100m2) show stand for Shanghai General Motors and editorial design for TNT China.
Studio Dumbar has had ties with China since 1994. This has resulted in an alliance with Wang Xu – one of the ‘godfathers’ of design in China.
In 1999, examples of Studio Dumbar’s work were exhibited in Shanghai and Beijing.
The joint venture has been set up with Junction, an advertising agency with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. The joint venture was launched in March 2006.
Dumbar Branding employs nine people. The management comprises:
- Bela Marady (creative director)
- Janus Gu (strategy director)
- Zou Zhengfang (managing director)
Bela Marady is a former senior designer at Studio Dumbar and a true European (born in Austria, brought up in Germany, worked and lived in the Netherlands, England and Spain).
Janus Gu studied and worked in branding and marketing in the USA for six years, and was brand strategist at Interbrand in Shanghai.
Zou Zhengfang – a former economics student – has a track record of more than 12 years in advertising and branding.
For more information on Dumbar Branding, contact Tom Dorresteijn or Michel de Boer at Studio Dumbar in the Netherlands, or contact the agency in Shanghai:
Tel.: +86 21 5158 1360
Fax.: +86 21 5158 1361
Email: info@dumbarbranding.com
Address: No. 14, Lane 69, Gao An Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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The Dumbar Branding studio in Shanghai
A brand new KPN
21-03-2006
The world of telephony, internet and television is poised to undergo enormous and vital changes, completely altering the face of the telecommunications market. Everything will soon be IP-driven; in other words, via internet.
KPN has thoroughly prepared itself for these future changes. The necessary innovation conceived and developed by its departments of marketing and corporate communication is state-of-the-art. To bring about these changes, comprehensive research was conducted to reveal how the market is currently perceived. A new brand strategy was developed based on these research findings. The strategy was then translated into a new marketing communication concept – and a new visual identity. Following a creative competition, Studio Dumbar – once again – won the commission to bring KPN’s new identity to life. A test market was assembled and a number of creative concepts were pre-tested.
The result is a new visual identity that elicits the kind of tried-and-true confidence KPN is known and respected for, and that clearly gives the innovative and dynamic qualities the brand is known for a sound future orientation.
The style was created within an unprecedently short period of time and has been applied across the board: graphic design, interactive design, and 3-D design.
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Studio Dumbar designs Vinea.nl
12-01-2006
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Marlies Dekkers Ball Masque online
02-08-2005
Special features of this project
The corporate identity developed by Studio Dumbar for Marlies Dekkers is a ‘visual identity’. The sense of discovery and provocation is reflected in her lingerie designs as well as in her website and photography.
The new range of lingerie designed by Marlies Dekkers incorporates the Internet address Marliesdekkers.nl/dating, thereby creating a link between the products and virtual experience via the website. The website provides an interactive platform for lingerie customers. They are invited to take part in a virtual ‘Bal Masque’ by designing their own textual mask that reveals a fantasy or message. Visitors to the website can read and respond to each other’s texts, communicate with each other, and continue someone else’s text in the form of a chain story.
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Marlies Dekkers Ball Masque
Two Red Dot awards
01-08-2005
Studio Dumbar has won two prestigious awards for high-quality design in the international Red Dot competition for communication design. Studio Dumbar impressed the international jury with its cover designs for the Dutch design magazine Items, and with ‘Design.nl’, the online portal to the world of design in the Netherlands.
The awards will be presented on 23 November and the winning works will be displayed in an exhibition at the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany.
The Red Dot competition for communication design is held every two years by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, and has become one of the most renowned design competitions worldwide.
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Items
Tom Dorresteijn new partner and co-director
01-04-2005
As of 1 April Tom Dorresteijn (42) will become partner and co-director of design studio Studio Dumbar, forming a duo in both capacities with Michel de Boer. Dorresteijn is a strategist in the area of corporate branding, design and communication. He has worked in management positions both in studios and on the commissioning side. Studio Dumbar and Tom Dorresteijn have worked together for 10 years on a project basis, and Tom is already a partner in the activities of the studio in China.
The appointment of Dorresteijn means a strategic addition to Studio Dumbar, strongly focused as it is on creation. Tom has worked as interim manager of Van Luyken (public relations & public affairs) in Brussels and as deputy manager of the head office in Haarlem. As Communications Manager for the privatization of the Joint Administration Office (GAK), he called in Studio Dumbar and with their help developed a ground-breaking and award-winning corporate identity (1995). He worked successively as a consultant on branding policy for the management of FHV/BBDO, co-founder of Proof Communication and independent consultant.
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Tom Dorresteijn
Exhibition Pulchri posters
03-02-2005
The complete series of posters Studio Dumbar created for the artist society and exhibition space, Pulchri Studio, was exhibited in the Garden Gallery of Pulchri Studio in The Hague from February 19 until March 10, 2005.
This poster exhibition showed sixteen posters created between 2000 and 2005 by in total four different Studio Dumbar designers.
In 2004 the Dutch Design and Art Directors Club, ADCN, awarded Studio Dumbar with a Golden Lamp for the poster series created for Pulchri Studio in the period 2002-2003.
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Studio Dumbar loves design.nl
03-02-2005
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Michel De Boer Professor in design in Italy
26-01-2005
In February 2005 Michel de Boer, creative director of Studio Dumbar, will become Professor in Design at the Universitá I.U.A.V. in Venice, Italy. Michel de Boer was selected by the board of the faculty of Arts and Design I.U.A.V. for a teaching position in the Graduate Programme in Visual and Multimedia Design. In his lecture and teaching program he will focus on the subject ‘corporate identity’.
As part of this programme Michel de Boer asked brand & communication specialist, Tom Dorresteijn, to lecture within this program on the strategic dimensions of corporate identity operations. Tom Dorresteijn is strategy partner of Studio Dumbar.
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