BASED ON BAS OUDT

BASED ON BAS OUDT
Seven graphic designers pay tribute to their former tutor. The design tutorials of Bas Oudt, who taught at the Rietveld Academy between 1990 and 1996, were for many of his students an extraordinary experience. His power of observation and unique vision in the field enabled him to easily pass on his fervor for ‘designing’. ‘Based on Bas Oudt’ is a publication and an exhibition celebrating the work of Bas Oudt. Seven of his ex-students have each composed 16 pages based on one or more of his works or sources of inspiration, as an ode to their ex-tutor.

Contributors: Jozee Brouwer, Ron Faas (Dietwee) , Harmen Liemburg, Richard Niessen, Katja van Stiphout, Esther de Vries, Werkplaats Amsterdam

Photography: Uta Eisenreich
Interview: Chris Reinewald
Book design: Claudi Kessels
Exhibition design: Lowies van Zanen (in collaboration with Raf Snippe)
Publisher: Uitgeverij De Buitenkant
Printer: Lenoir Schuring

Thursday 8 October 2009
16.00 Lecture (Old building, room 105)
Short history of the book BASED ON BAS OUDT
by Richard Niessen, followed by an interview with Bas Oudt by former-classmate Chris Vermaas.
17.00: Opening exhibition (New building 022)
Gerrit Rietveld Academie