Research Catalog

Title

SHV / [designed by Irma Boom and Johann Pijnappel].

Author

Boom, Irma

Publication

• Utrecht : SHV Holdings, 1996.
• ©1996

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pijnappel, Johan
• Vlissingen, Paul van
• SHV Holdings, publisher.

Description

2,136 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm +

Summary

"A copy of the chef d'oeuvre of the Dutch designer Irma Boom. Commissioned to commemorate the centenary of the Steenkolen Handels Vereeniging, a coal conglomerate, the book took 5 years to make. In order to save trees, the book was printed on cotton based banknote paper. Among the many features is the fore-edge, which starts out as a field of tulips and can be transformed into a poem by Gerrit Achterberg. Laser printing, multi-colour printing, sophisticated computer techniques and special screens were used to reproduce hundreds of documents and photographs. The result is a masterpiece of book design. This is one of the 500 copies printed with English text"--Vendor description.

Alternative Title

• SHV 1896-1996
• Thinkbook
• Think book
• SHV thinkbook
• SHV think book 1996-1896
• SHV book

Subject

• SHV Holdings > History > Pictorial works
• SHV Holdings > History > Sources
• 1900-1999
• Book design > Netherlands > 20th century > Specimens
• Graphic design (Typography) > Netherlands > 20th century > Specimens
• Conceptual art > Netherlands > 20th century > Specimens
• Artists' books > Netherlands > Utrecht
• Trading companies > Netherlands > History
• Artists' books
• Book design
• Conceptual art
• Graphic design (Typography)
• Netherlands > Commerce > History
• Netherlands
• Netherlands > Utrecht

Genre/Form

• bookworks.
• book objects.
• fore-edge paintings (components)
• Artists' books.
• Commemorative works.
• History.
• Pictorial works.
• Sources.
• Specimens.
• Jubilee books.

Note

• Edition of 500 copies in English and 300 copies in Chinese.
• Printed by Rosbeek, Nuth, Netherlands.
• SHV Energy is a family-owned multinational organization that consists of a group of specialised energy companies
• Three sheets of stamps are mounted inside the front and back covers.
• Decorated fore-edge papers with a poem in Dutch and a color illustration of a field of tulips.
• Lack of a title page has caused this book to be called by several titles: SHV 1896-1996, Thinkbook, Think book, etc.
• Book commissioned by Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, chairman of the Dutch conglomerate SHV Holdings, and designed by Irma Boom and Johann Pijnappel to celebrate the centenary of SHV.
• Includes pictures from SHV's archives, original documents (internal memos, meeting minutes, price lists and press releases) and newly typeset texts in English.
• "The idea of an 'artist's book' is ridiculous. Then don't call it a book. Then it's a piece of art ... I'm a designer, not an artist"--Irma Boom, "Passion for books" interview, June 9, 2016.
• The book is housed in a black corrugated cardboard box.
• The book was published in two versions of black and white covers.

Binding (note)

• Binding: Perfect bound with white fabric.
• The volume is housed in a single protective container.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Neth. 1996 22-512

OCLC

800328520

Author

Boom, Irma, book designer.

Title

SHV / [designed by Irma Boom and Johann Pijnappel].

Publisher

Utrecht : SHV Holdings, 1996.

Copyright Date

©1996

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

sheet

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy has white covers.

Binding

Binding: Perfect bound with white fabric.

The volume is housed in a single protective container. NN

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

Netherlands Amsterdam

Added Author

Pijnappel, Johan, book designer.

Vlissingen, Paul van, sponsor, author of introduction, etc.

SHV Holdings, publisher.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Neth. 1996 22-512