Team Thursday
Thank You
Team Thursday Website
Slide 1
- Logo, looks like a sad face
Slide 2
- Introduce Team Thursday
- Run by Loes Van Esch and Simone Trum
- Based in Rotterdam
Slide 3
- Work in: visual identities, book design, spacial design
- Emphasis on colour, print pattern and typography
- Involved in teaching, at ArtEZ University in Arnhem and often run workshops internationally
- 2018, Poster project, artist space event called Disclosed, every 6 weeks
- No more than 2 hours, no more than 3 layers
Slide 4
- Starting by looking at identity work
- 2019, Identity for Stedelijk museum exhibition
- Breda based artists
- Interesting warping of the typeface
Slide 5
- Next identity
- 2022, For: State of Fashion biennale
- Used coding to generate endless poster combinations
- Interesting to see they work in this tech based + print/traditional
Notes
Chat GDT Semester 2 Presentation
Slide 6
- On to publications
- 2023, most recent project on site,
- Stedelijk museum, catalogue of all of their collection, vibrant
Slide 7
- 2023, Book of Thomas Troom’s artworks, minimalist paintings
- Each copies cover was hand spraypainted so every copy is uniquely coloured
Slide 8
- Lastly, looking at spacial design, my favourites
- 2023, A curtain as a type specimen sheet
- Inspired by ‘Sun Dog’ phenomenon, circular reflections of the sun
- Hidden typography - something they do a lot, hidden in intricate patterns
Slide 9
- 2015/2017, South Korea Seoul
- Bed sheet, functions as a tent and has hidden typography
- Exhibiton, lines and patterns inspired by brickwork, shop fronts, clothing, anything they saw on the streets to make large scale fabrics for MMCA (Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul)
Slide 10
- Comparison to Wim Crouwel and Jan Van Toorn
- Total minimalism neutral designer
- Vs expression, experimentation and political messaging
- Team Thursday = somewhere between
- Visual experimentation - not minimal, but mostly aesthetic based