STUDIO DUMBAR OVERVIEW
Gert Dumbar, Studio Dumbar
Der Haag, Holland: Studio Dumbar, n.d. Original edition. Text in Dutch and English. Octavo. Debossed black paper wrappers decorated in metallic gold. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 32 pp. 35 case studies fully illustrated in color. Elaborate graphic design throughout. A fine copy housed in an unmailed, matching Publishers envelope.
5.85 x 8.75-inch softcover book with 32 pages devoted to showcasing 35 case studies from the always eclectic Studio Dumbar. Contents include examples of Corporate Identity, Business Identity, Posters, Editorial Design, Annual Reports, and Environmental Design for such clients as Royal PTT Netherlands, AEGON, ANWB, Ministry Of Agriculture Nature Management And Fisheries, Apple Computers, Zanders Papers, Artifort, Rijksmuseum, etc.
Studio Dumbar is a highly influential Dutch graphic design agency whose work has helped shape, not only Dutch, but international design for over four decades. Studio Dumbar was founded in the Hague by Gert Dumbar in 1977. In 2003, the studio moved to Rotterdam, as Michel de Boer took over the creative direction, after Gert Dumbar’s retirement.
Studio Dumbar describes itself as “an international branding agency specialised in visual identity and communication design” meaning that it creates every visible expression of a brand or organisation — offline and online. Its international scope is reflected in its team, with an average of seven nationalities in Rotterdam.
Dumbar studied painting and graphic design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the Hague. He earned his postgraduate degree in graphic design at the Royal College of Art in London. He founded his own firm, Studio Dumbar, in 1977, creating many iconic corporate identity systems for clients such as the Dutch Postal and Telecom Services, Dutch Railways, Dutch Police, the Danish Post and Czech Telecom.
In 1987-1988, Gert became the president of the British Designers and Art Directors Association, he was a member of the Designboard of the British Rail Company until 1994. Studio Dumbar’s work is widely acclaimed, earning two golden pencils at D&AD, the first studio ever to do so.
He has lectured at the Royal College of Art in London, where he is a visiting professor, the University at Bandung, Indonesia, and at the ochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Currently he is teaching at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the Hague. Gert is a member of AGI.