Posters Holland Festival

Over the years Holland Festival has attracted designers who make cutting edge posters.

Poster Holland Festival 1948 - 1953, Eppo Doeve, 1984, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The designer of the first Holland Festival poster was the versatile artist Joseph Ferdinand Doeve (1907-1981), known as Eppo Doeve. The festival continued to use this image for their campaign posters from 1948 to 1953.

Poster Holland Festival 1954, Dick Elffers, 1954, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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From 1954-1965 and 1969-1972, the Holland Festival posters were designed by Dick Elffers. His contributions grew into a poster culture which some colleagues saw as an example and others as an obstacle, because Elffers set the tone high. The Holland Festival poster became renowned in the designer world of The Netherlands.

Poster Holland Festival 1955, Dick Elffers, 1955, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1956, Dick Elffers, 1956, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1957, Dick Elffers, 1957, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1958, Dick Elffers, 1958, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1959, Dick Elffers, 1959, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1960, Dick Elffers, 1960, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1961, Dick Elffers, 1961, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1962, Dick Elffers, 1962, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1963, Dick Elffers, 1963, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1964, Dick Elffers, 1964, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1965, Dick Elffers, 1965, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1966, Hans Buys, 1966, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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From 1962-1972 Hans Buys worked for the Holland Festival as the graphic designer of the programme books and other printed matters. From 1966-1968 Buys also designed the Holland Festival posters.

Poster Holland Festival 1967, Hans Buys, 1967, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1968, Hans Buys, 1968, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1968, Hans Buys, 1968, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1969, Dick Elffers, 1969, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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In 1969, Dick Elffers returned as a designer of the Holland Festival posters.

Poster Holland Festival 1970, Dick Elffers, 1970, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1971, Dick Elffers, 1971, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1972, Dick Elffers, 1972, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1973, Gielijn Escher, 1973, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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For four seasons, from 1973-1976, the Amsterdam artist Gielijn Escher was responsible for the Holland Festival posters and other printed matter. On his first poster appeared a fan shape that was loosened in the following years and exploded in its final year.

Poster Holland Festival 1974, Gielijn Escher, 1974, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1975, Gielijn Escher, 1975, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1976, Gielijn Escher, 1976, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1977, Wim Crouwel, Anthon Beeke (Total Design), 1977, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The theme of Holland Festival 1977 was 'the human voice'. For the first time the Holland Festival poster was created by two designers, Wim Crouwel and Anthon Beeke from design agency Total Design.

Poster Holland Festival 1978, Anthon Beeke, 1978, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The festival theme of 1978 was folk, distant cultures. This year, Anthon Beeke alone was responsible for the design.

Poster Holland Festival 1980, Benno Wissing, 1979, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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With its richly decorated, shimmering logo in many variations Benno Wissing determined the face of the Holland Festival on posters, leaflets and stationery from 1979-1985.

Poster Holland Festival 1980, Benno Wissing, 1980, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1981, Benno Wissing, 1981, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1982, Benno Wissing, 1982, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1983, Benno Wissing, Ben Duijvelshoff, 1983, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1984, Benno Wissing, 1984, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1985, Benno Wissing, Jack Jacobs, 1985, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1985, Benno Wissing, Jack Jacobs, 1985, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1985, Benno Wissing, 1985, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Artist Poster Holland Festival 1985, Ger van Elk, 1985, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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In 1985 visual artists were invited to create a silk-screen print for the Holland Festival which were used as posters. In 1985 Ger van Elk and René Daniels created a silk-screen print.

The festival continued to invite visual artists for the 'artist posters' in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1994.

Artist Poster Holland Festival 1985, René Daniëls, 1985, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Artist Poster Holland Festival 1986, Co Westerik, 1986, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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In 1986, Co Westerik and Frank van Hemert made an artist poster.

Artist Poster Holland Festival 1986, Frank van Hemert, 1986, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Artist Poster Holland Festival 1987, Willem de Kooning, 1987, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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In 1987, Willem de Kooning was invited to create a silk-screen print for Holland Festival.

Artist Poster Holland Festival 1988, Toon Verhoef, 1988, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Toon Verhoef created a silk-screen print for Holland Festival 1988.

Artist Poster Holland Festival 1990, Gielijn Escher, 1990, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Gielijn Escher was responsible for the Holland Festival posters from 1973-1976. In 1990 he was asked to create a silk-screen print.

Artist Poster Holland Festival 1994, Jeroen Hennemans, 1994, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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In 1994, artist Jeroen Henneman made a silk-screen print for Holland Festival.

Performance Poster Holland Festival 1986, Studio Dumbar, 1986, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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From 1986-1989 Studio Dumbar designed the Holland Festival posters.

Performance Poster Holland Festival 1986, Studio Dumbar, 1986, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Artist Poster Holland Festival 1987, Berend Hoekstra, 1987, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1988, Studio Dumbar, 1988, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1989, Studio Dumbar, 1989, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1989, Studio Dumbar, 1989, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1990, René Put, Irma Boom (SDU), 1990, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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SDU, the design bureau of the privatized State Publishing, created the posters for Holland Festival 1990 and 1991.

Poster Holland Festival 1991, Christine Baart, Albert Hennipman, José Overtoom (SDU), 1991, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1992, Pieter Roozen, Mart. Warmerdam, 1992, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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From 1992-1994 Pieter Roozen and Mart. Warmerdam created the Holland Festival posters.

Poster Holland Festival 1993, Mart. Warmerdam, Pieter Roozen, 1993, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1994, Pieter Roozen, Mart. Warmerdam, 1994, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1995, Anthon Beeke, Dick Elffers, Piet Zwart, 1995, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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In 1995, Anthon Beeke returned as a designer for the Holland Festival. He created the posters from 1995-1997.

Poster Holland Festival 1996, Anthon Beeke, 1996, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1997, Anthon Beeke, 1997, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1998, Laboratorivm, 1998, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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From 1998-2004 Laboratorivm designed the brand identity of the Holland Festival.

Poster Holland Festival 1998, Laboratorivm, 1998, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1999, Laboratorivm, 1999, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Laboratorivm won the Dutch Theatre Poster Prize 1999 for their poster series for Holland Festival 1999.

Poster Holland Festival 1999, Laboratorivm, 1999, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1999, Laboratorivm, 1999, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1999, Laboratorivm, 1999, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1999, Laboratorivm, 1999, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1999, Laboratorivm, 1999, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1999, Laboratorivm, 1999, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 1999, Laboratorivm, 1999, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2000, Laboratorivm, 2000, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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In 2000 Holland Festival wanted to offer an alternative to the Euro 2000 (European Football Championships). Festival artists were portrayed as football players. The main poster was this one of Frank Zappa.

Poster Holland Festival 2000, Laboratorivm, 2000, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Dutch theatre director and playwright Gerardjan Rijnders. His play 'Stalker' was performed at Holland Festival 2000.

Poster Holland Festival 2000, Laboratorivm, 2000, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Dutch theatre director, playwright and actor Theu Boermans directed 'Jeff Koons' at Holland Festival 2000.

Poster Holland Festival 2000, Laboratorivm, 2000, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Musician Ravi Shankar opened the Amsterdam Roots Festival in 2000, which was part of the Holland Festival.

Poster Holland Festival 2000, Laboratorivm, 2000, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Dutch actor Fedja van Huêt was seen in 'Judith' by Hollandia at Holland Festival 2000.

Poster Holland Festival 2000, Laboratorivm, 2000, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The Holland Festival honoured the Dutch composer Dick Raaijmakers at the festival 2000 with the programme 'Konzert für.../Alpe d'Huez'.

Poster Holland Festival 2001, Laboratorivm, 2001, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2002, Laboratorivm, 2002, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2003, Laboratorivm, 2003, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2003, Laboratorivm, 2003, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2003, Laboratorivm, 2003, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2003, Laboratorivm, 2003, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2003, Laboratorivm, 2003, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2003, Laboratorivm, 2003, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2004, Laboratorivm, 2004, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2004, Laboratorivm, 2004, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2004, Laboratorivm, 2004, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2005, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2005, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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During the tenure of artistic director Pierre Audi from 2005-2014, Maureen Mooren designed the brand identity of the Holland Festival. In 2005 and 2006 Maureen Mooren collaborated with Daniël van der Velden.

Poster Holland Festival 2005, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2005, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The Holland Festival 2005 programme was framed by the motto Heaven and Hell, or Angels and Demons.

Poster Holland Festival 2005, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2005, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2005, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2005, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2006, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2006, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The theme of Holland Festival 2006 was Melancholia & Hysteria.

Poster Holland Festival 2006, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2006, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Maureen Mooren & Daniël van der Velden won the Dutch Theatre Poster Prize 2006 for their poster series for Holland Festival 2006.

Poster Holland Festival 2006, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2006, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2006, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2006, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2006, Daniël van der Velden & Maureen Mooren, 2006, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2007, Maureen Mooren, 2007, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Holland Festival 2007 was themed Oppression & Compassion.

Poster Holland Festival 2007, Maureen Mooren, 2007, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Maureen Mooren won the Dutch Theatre Poster Prize 2007 for her poster series for Holland Festival 2007.

Poster Holland Festival 2007, Maureen Mooren, 2007, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2007, Maureen Mooren, 2007, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2008, Maureen Mooren, 2008, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The 2008 festival theme was CIELO E TERRA.

Poster Holland Festival 2008, Maureen Mooren, 2008, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2008, Maureen Mooren, 2008, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2009, Maureen Mooren, 2009, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The theme of the 2009 edition of Holland Festival was Serenity & Anxiety.

Poster Holland Festival 2009, Maureen Mooren, 2009, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2009, Maureen Mooren, 2009, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2010, Maureen Mooren, 2010, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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The 2010 edition of Holland Festival was defined with two words: IN FLUX.

Poster Holland Festival 2010, Maureen Mooren, 2010, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2010, Maureen Mooren, 2010, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2010, Maureen Mooren, 2010, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2011, Maureen Mooren, 2011, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2011, Maureen Mooren, 2011, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2011, Maureen Mooren, 2011, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2012, Maureen Mooren, 2012, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2012, Maureen Mooren, 2012, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2012, Maureen Mooren, 2012, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2013, Maureen Mooren, 2013, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2013, Maureen Mooren, 2013, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2014, Maureen Mooren, 2014, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2014, Maureen Mooren, 2014, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2014, Maureen Mooren, 2014, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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With Ruth Mackenzie following in the footsteps of Pierre Audi as artistic director in 2015, a new era has begun for the festival and therefore also for its brand identity.

Thonik has been commissioned to create a design which shows the Holland Festival's high artistic quality and uniqueness, while at the same time appealing to a broad audience.

Poster Holland Festival 2015, Thonik, 2015, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2015, Thonik, 2015, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Cover programme brochure Holland Festival 2016, Design: Thonik, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2016, Design: Thonik / Photo: Olga Zakrevska, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2016, Design: Thonik / Photo: Elizabeth Carecchio, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2016, Design: Thonik / Photo: Jesse Hunniford, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2016, Design: Thonik / Photo: Ulli Weiss, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2016, Design: Thonik / Photo: Jan Dirk van der Burg, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2016, Design: Thonik / Photo: Julian Rosefeldt, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2016, Design: Thonik / Photo: Alexey Moskvin, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival Proms 2016, Design: Thonik, 2016, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2017, Design: Thonik, 2017, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2017, Design: Thonik, 2017, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2018, Thonik, 2018-02-06, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2018, Thonik, 2018-02-06, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival 2018, Thonik, 2018-02-06, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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Poster Holland Festival Proms 2018, Thonik, 2018, From the collection of: Holland Festival
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