A monoprint from the Stedelijk Museum’s archive cards.
A poster for an architectural lecture series.
A monoprint from the Stedelijk Museum’s archive cards.
A photograph of the exterior of Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, where Martens has taught since 1998.
A cover for OASE.
A cover for OASE.
A cover for OASE.
A cover for OASE.
A cover for OASE.
The cover of Martens’s award-winning monograph, Printed Matter.
Martens’s iconic targets punctuating the exterior panel of the Amstelveen Cultural Center.
Architecten Cie, Frits van Dongen, Philharmonie, Haarlem
A series of Dutch telephone cards.
A poster for a film series celebrating Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens.
Limitations—even in choice of wardrobe—fuel the creative fires of Dutch master Karel Martens. His influential graphic design career spans nearly half a century, and he continues to explore new ground.