In the early beginning of the 19th century, there were different breakthroughs in the printing technology which transformed printing forms of handwritten script styles to industrial, hard letter blocks. For over a century, designers and printers created magnificent letters for mass consumption. They offered a wide variety of gothic, antique and plate fonds which were […]
Interview • Is there a special style or approach to design type recipe to create (bilingual) typography in Belgium?Yes. The Dutch-speaking designers in the Flemish part of the country use typography as imagery, or a way of creative expression, whereas in the South, Wallonia, typography is mainly used for printing text. Dutch-speaking designers lean more […]
About Oostend & Dubbe :: Book Cover And many Ostend Rock & Roll legends!“If Underground Rock had another name, it would be Revenge 88 — Thomas Goze” Dubbe :: Oostende – Rock & RollBook: Frank VermangPicture: Danny WillemsCover Design & Font Design: Kustomtype using Bomber TV Font A big thanks to Frank Vermang for the nice compliments! […]
Book Cover Lettering – Verleidelijke vitrines Publication: 26 Sep 2016 Ghent’s municipal Service for Heritage and Architecture recently launched a book dedicated to 700 years of shopping history in the city. In chapter 5, “Shopping architecture in Ghent. Development of shops since 1980,” co-author Marc Dubois describes the evolution of the “Kouter” square, stating that […]
Book & Merch Lettering by Kustomtype Welcome to the world of the MOTOR DOLLS! And a shadowy man in gray with nefarious plans . . . An encounter with a stranger on the day of her grandmother’s death steers Jeda into a life of danger as she chases one bizarre challenge after another—like jumping off a pier with […]
LOT 33 cover lettering by Kustomtype The Story About … How my life changed when an old, dusty desk in my attic turned out to be an original Pierre Chareau desk. Within one week, the international world of art was standing upside down. Pierre Chareau was one of the most imported art-deco designers in France. […]
My inspirations, my heroes of the past 20 years. Wytse Sterk : GoSterk Illustration & Graphic Design I was born in Sneek, Holland 1975. I knew during my high school periode I wanted to go to Art School afterwards. So I went to Academie Minerva in Groningen in Holland.Studied graphic design and tried different printing […]
My inspirations, my heroes of the past 20 years. I graduated as an animation filmer at KASK Ghent in 1994. The ‘Atomic Style’ and the 1958 Brussels World Fair, commercials from the UPA-studios, Tiki/Beatnik culture and Jaques Tati movies enflamed my interest in 50’ and 60’s design and graphics. I worked as an illustrator for […]
My inspirations, my heroes of the past 20 years. Ever Meulen Ever Meulen studied graphic arts at the Sint-Lucas School of Architecture in Ghent and Brussels. He debuted in 1970, working for the magazine Humo, where he drew both comics (“Balthazar de Groene Steenvreter” (“Balthasar the Green Stone Eater”) and “Piet Peuk” (“Pete Stub”), as […]
My inspirations, my heroes of the past 20 years. Sam Dams Sam Dams :: Kustom Graphic Design Born in 1969 in Vilvoorde, Belgium. Went to art school at a very young age and got my degree as master in graphic arts and advertising at Sint Lukas Brussels.Immediately after school I worked as an art- and creative […]
