During the seventies Karel Martens worked for SUN, a socialist publisher led by a group of highly motivated individuals. He succeeded in giving all their publications a very distinctive appearance. Martens has been teaching throughout most of his career. Like for instance here at Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem.
Dutch Profiles – Karel Martens
Dutch Profiles is a series of short documentaries produced by Submarine commissioned by DutchDFA about architects, graphic, product and fashion designers in the Netherlands. Duch Profiles focuses on the conceptual, context-oriented and research-based practice of Dutch designers and includes interviews with, among many others: Rem Koolhaas, Marcel Wanders, Studio Job, MVRDV, Jurgen Bey, Claudy Jongstra, Wim Crouwel, Irma Boom, Marlies Dekkers and G-Star.
Dutch Profiles – Karel Martens
Dutch Profiles is a series of short documentaries produced by Submarine commissioned by DutchDFA about architects, graphic, product and fashion designers in the Netherlands. Duch Profiles focuses on the conceptual, context-oriented and research-based practice of Dutch designers and includes interviews with, among many others: Rem Koolhaas, Marcel Wanders, Studio Job, MVRDV, Jurgen Bey, Claudy Jongstra, Wim Crouwel, Irma Boom, Marlies Dekkers and G-Star.