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Curriculum vitae Anthon Beeke
11 March 1940
Anthon Beeke is born in Amsterdam.
After primary school he goes on to the Mulo (technical school). At the age of 14 (when school was no longer compulsory) he is taken away from school by his father to work in a butcher’s shop. He learns to be a butcher in practice.
1956
While working during the day at the butcher’s, he goes to art school in the evening (now the Rietveld Academy). The two prove too hard to combine and he doesn’t finish his course. He carries on learning the design trade in practice.
1959
Assistant to the graphic designer Ed Callahan in Düsseldorf
1960
Assistant to the graphic designer Jaques Richez in Brussel
1961
Assistant to the graphic designer Jan van Toorn in Amsterdam
1963
Anthon Beeke starts as an independent graphic designer; he also works for Jumbo games, designing games and taking responsibility for other printed matter. He carries on doing this until 1975.
From 1966 he works with Swip Stolk.
1976 – 1982
Adjunct director Total Design Amsterdam
1982 – 1985
Beeke and Van Bree, a cooperative venture with René van Bree (marketing manager)
1985 – 1989
Anthon Beeke & associates, together with the graphic designers Henk Hoebé, Helen Howard and Swip Stolk
1989 – 2010
Studio Anthon Beeke bv
Studio for two- and three-dimensional design.
Anthon Beeke is creative director. The studio is in Amsterdam.
2010
Closure of Studio Anthon Beeke; Anthon Beeke sets up as an independent designer on Hortusplantsoen in Amsterdam.
2012
Co-founder Anthon Beeke Collective together with Lidewij Edelkoort, Sacha Happée, Jeroen Jas and Mariola López Mariño
2018
Anthon Beeke passes away on September 25 in Amsterdam
Long-term clients
1964 – 1983
Jumbo Games
Design of games and general printed matter
1966 – 1972
De Bijenkorf
House styles, various boutiques, posters, general printed matter
1968 – 1988
Publisher De Bezige Bij
Book covers
1969 – 1976
Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum
Exhibition design, posters, catalogues
1971 – 2007
Centraal Museum Utrecht
Exhibition design, posters, catalogues
Curator of exhibition about Dick Bruna
‘FIsh, still-lifes of Dutch and Flemish masters 1550 – 1700’
Publication to accompany an exhibition about fish in art
1971
Citroën campaign with Swip Stolk
1972
Studium Generale, University of Utrecht
Toeval/Chance exhibition, catalogue and poster
1972 – 1978
Forum (architecture journal)
Editor and designer
1974 – 1990
Publisher Bert Bakker
House style, book covers and book design
1974 – 1991
Mickery Theatre
House style, posters and books
1975 – 1978
Hollands Diep (fortnightly cultural magazine)
design
1977 – 2010
Kunstschrift (magazine about visual arts)
1978 – 1985
Zuidelijk Toneel Globe
posters, programmes and general communicative printed matter
1977 – 2005
Holland Festival
Posters, house style, book to mark the 50thanniversary of the Holland Festival
1982 – 2006
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Exhibition design, posters, catalogues, website and other printed matter
1983 – 1988
Elsevier (publishing house)
advisor, house style, books, book covers and other printed matter
1986 – 2001
Toneelgroep Amsterdam
House style, posters, photography, programmes, general communicative printed matter and anniversary book ‘Liefhebbers’ (Fans)
1986 – 1998
Press Combination annual reports, calendars
1988 – 1993
Première Vision (textile fair in Paris)
House style, signage and general communicative printed matter
1991 – 2002
Prometheus publishers
House style, but design and book covers
1992 – 2005
Galerie De Appel
House style, magazine, posters and catalogues
1993 – 1998
The Green Cross, KITTZ
House style and magazine
1993 – 1996
Joyce (Asian fashion empire)
House style, advertising campaign, TV commercials, packaging
1990 – 2003
Scientific publishing house Brill
Annual reports
1994 – 2008
Koninklijke Kampert en Helm Rotaform bv
House style, corporate brochures, biennial mailing for Zeven Provinciën, annual report, personnel magazine, advertisements and other printed matter.
Anniversary edition of Amsterdam on stone, Amsterdam on silver to mark the 25thanniversary. The book is made up of two parts: ‘Amsterdam on stone’, 125 years history of Amsterdam interwoven with the history of the company, written by Geert Mak and ‘Amsterdam on silver’, the same story told again in historic photos. Concepts,visual research and design Anthon Beeke.
1995 – 1998
Joop van de Ende
Evita, West Side Story, Joe de Musical,
posters, programme books and promotional material
1995 – 2000
Koninklijke KPN
Annual reports, postage stamps and phone cards
1998 – 2003
TNT Post Groep (TPG)
Annual reports and postage stamps
Anniversary postage stamp for Douwe Egberts
1994 – 2003
Kunstrai
Campaign, posters, letterhead and catalogues
1997 – 2007
The City of Lelystad
House style, folders, car lettering and other printed matter
1997 – 2004
Job Scheufelen, French paper supplier
Concept and design of annual worldwide promotion campaign
skin (1997), white (1998), organic (1999),
Timeless (2000)
Timeless is about the duotone technique and shows how the paper of Job Scheufelen does justice to this technology. For Timeless, women over 50 who had once been models are photographed again. The book also provides technical information about the duotone technique using photographs. Timeless appears in seven languages. The photography was done in London, Paris and Amsterdam. Concept, design and photography Anthon Beeke.
Transformer (2001)
Transformer is on the theme of ‘folding’ and shows how the paper of Job Scheufelen can be used for different kinds of folds without breaking. Ten designers are asked to be photographed by a photographer of their choice. They had to dress up in the style of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec with a folded object in their hands. The photograph was printed on a large format and folded down to A4 size. The folded object was included as a working drawing in the book. Transformer appears in five languages. With contributions by Garth Walker, U.G. Sato, Roger Pfund, James Victore, Mariscal, Kamagurka, Julia Hasting, Uwe Loesch and Anette Lenz. Concept and design Anthon Beeke.
1997 – 2002
Schouwburg/theatre Amstelveen
House style, program books, posters, theatre/film agendas
1998 – 2000
City of Amsterdam
Bugman project, concept and design of millennium campaign
1999
Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
Catalogue, poster, exhibitions and printed matter, lettering of the exhibition Smaak/Taste
1999
Libelle
Concept and design of Libelle 2004, Congress book
1999 – 2009
Nemo
House style, conception of name, signage, posters and other printed matter
1999 – 2009
CPNB
Anniversary book to mark 40 years of the boekenbal/book ball; calendar, logo and poster
Book ball 2004 Gare du Nord, Children’s book-week book (50 jaar children’s book week, 2004), logo and poster of the 2005 book ball
Spiegel van de lage landen/Mirror of the Lowlands;
‘Nederland leest/Holland Reads’, annual campaign to encourage reading: book design, posters, logo and other expressions
1995 – 2009
Design Academy Eindhoven
House style, signage, posters, catalogues and other printed matter
1999 – 2003
Grafisch Papier
Maagdenhuis meetings: idea, organisation, invitation and chairman
2000 – 2008
De Theatercompagnie
House style, posters, programme, folders, website
1995 – 2008
De Beyerd, museum for graphic design
Posters, catalogues, house style, website
Book Koen Vermeule
2000 – 2008
Instituut Collectie Nederland
Project ‘Second Chamber of Parliament gives a seat to cultural heritage’ (2001)
This project confronts the public – politicians, press and visitors – with cultural heritage related to the history of Dutch democracy. Anthon Beeke translates into shapes the text fragments chosen by Bouazza: the table in which the text is filled with herbs, embroidered texts, felt, etc.
House styles for congresses for the Interior event ‘Leven in toen’, Glamour & security and I-com 2005
Calamities book
2002
NAI uitgevers Rotterdam
‘UN fold’ publication about UN studio, an international architecture bureau
About various projects by UN studio and their design process
‘Building for the next generation’ by Marlies Rohmer
Wim Beeren ‘Om de kunst’
2002 – 2007
NAI (Nederlands Architectuur Instituut)
Concept and design of exhibition about UN studio
Concept and design of Team 10, a Utopia of the present, exhibition in Rotterdam and Paris
2004 – 2007
Van Gogh Museum
Annual reports
2004 – 2010
Inez Bon
House style for Restaurant NL in New York and Vyne in New York
2003 – 2009
printing company Flevodruk
printing company Flevodruk Harderwijk asks Anthon Beeke to conceive a calendar four times a year and make it. In this way, a series of 16 calendars is made on the theme of collecting. After each calendar, a symposium is organised in the theatre at Flevodruk on the theme of each collection. Calendars that appeared in this series include ‘Kill your darlings’, ‘children cloaked in the darkness of night’, ‘the last waltz’.
Different authors, photographers and collectors are involved with the series of calendars. Concept and design Anthon Beeke
2003 – 2009
Proost en Brandt, paper supplier
consultancy
Proostprikkels exhibition ‘cabaret on paper’, about the history of the famous and notorious Proost Prikkels, that was held in the De Beyerd Museum in Breda in 2004.
Design collection
The design collection of Van Proost en Brandt is published in 2004 and aimed especially at designers and everyone involved in design. A designer chooses paper and feeling & intuition and when designing things in terms of smooth, rough, raw, silky, crispy or organic and not directly in technical terms or printing techniques.
For Proost en Brandt he designs the new, ‘transparent’ design collection characterised by emotion, clarity and simplicity. The collection is built up from tactile and colour elements. In the collection an entirely new approach to paper is also applied that is not based on technical knowledge of ‘paper technicians’ but is approached from the user – the graphic designer – who goes looking for a paper in a more emotional and adventurous way.
Proostprikkels 459 and 460
2004 – 2010
Kröller-Müller Museum
House style, invitations, annual reports
Publication ‘Beeldentuin Kröller-Müller Museum’ about the history of the sculpture garden and its collection.
2005 – 2010
Make-up school Mieke Petiet
House style, brochure
2005 – 2008
Publisher Nijgh en Van Dittmar
‘De Dikke Van Dam’, ‘De Kleine Johannes’
Roland Topor, novels, stories, drawings and photos
2006
Grafische cultuurstichting, Christmas issue Geluk/Happiness
The editorial board was Anthon Beeke, Willem Ellenbroek, Sacha Happee and Swip Stolk. The book is made up of two parts: a large book and cassette book with the DVD and for small booklets. With contributions by many writers, journalists, photographers and others. The book appears in Dutch and English. Concept and graphic design Anthon Beeke and Swip Stolk, editor-in-chief Willem Ellenbroek.
2006
Foundation Philadelphia
Publication ‘Gewoon – ongewoon, portretten van gewone mensen met een ongewoon leven/Common – uncommon, portraits of Common people with an uncommon life’ to mark the 50thanniversary of PhiladelphiaSupport and the 45thanniversary of the National Stichting Philadelphia Zorg, Studio Anthon Beeke is asked to make a special book about the people of Philadelphia: the clients, parents and guardians. Common/uncommon shows in interviews, reports, observations and photographs what happens at Philadelphia. Editing and concept are by Anthon Beeke, Willem Ellenbroek and Sacha Happée, with contributions by writers, journalists and photographers. Graphic design and photography Anthon Beeke, editor-in-chief Willem Ellenbroek.
2006
Foundation Aldabra
Design of the Aldabra book
2006 – 2008
Stadsschouwburg/theatre Eindhoven
Signage in the new building and extension
2007 – 2010
Designhuis Eindhoven
house style, posters and catalogues
2009
Museum Het Valkhof
Collection catalogue ‘Van Trajanus tot Tajiri’
2012
Mode Biënnale Arnhem
logo, posters and campaign
2017
Maarten Baas, “Hide&Seek”, the first major overview book by Maarten Baas
Lectureships
1968 – 1973
Academy for Visual Art and Design in Den Bosch
Experimental typography
1969 – 1974
Enschede Academy for Art and Industry
Graphic design
1982 – 1987
Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam
photography
1987 – 1991
Academy for Industrial Design Eindhoven
1995 – 2008
Design Academy Eindhoven
Chief lecturer in the ‘man and communication’ department
1985 – 2009
Guest lecturers at various American institutions including the Cooper Union New York; Rhode Island School of Design; Cranbook Academy of Art; Providence University; Boston University; Massachusetts Institute of the Arts; Boston College of the Arts; the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Other activities
1965
Cofounder of Hitweek
1967
Cofounder of Strøm & Getsy
1969
Naked ladies alphabet
1992 – 2010
Together with Lidewij Edelkoort, co-publisher and art director for international magazines View on colour; Interior View; Textile View and Bloom
2008
Additional numerals naked girls and naked dark young men and punctuation Body Type
2008
‘Eiaculatum’
Sperm alphabet in glass
Exhibitions
1992 – 1993
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Solo exhibition ‘Pennies from heaven’
1995
Arti et Amicitea
‘Balance’, exhibition with Rob Scholte
1997
Graphic Design Museum De Beyerd in Breda
‘Dutch Posters’
1999
Toulouse Art School, France
‘Streetlife’
1999
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
‘As time goes by’, as part of the exhibition Smaak/Taste
2000
‘Body and soul’ in DDD Gallery in Osaka, Japan
2002
grafist 6, Turkey
2002
‘Pas interdit pour Anthon Beeke’, Eschirolles, France
2004
‘Three continents’, Teheran, Iran
2011
Exhibition poster gallery The Hague
2011
Exhibition posters at museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen
2013
Exhibition of all his work at Piet Hein Eek, Eindhoven
On several occasions part of exhibitions about graphic design and poster exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad
Travelling exhibition in Japan and the United States
Special projects
1977
Christmas edition of the printers’ weekly ‘Hoor mij…volg mij’ (‘hear me…follow me’).
Never published because of the conflict
1990 – 1998
Studio project: ‘portraits of visual artists in their working environment’.
This is a project completed off his own bat with a grant from the Amsterdam Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. It’s a topographic description of the studios of 25 artists, typographically designed and silk screen printed.
These silk screen prints are on the table under a sheet of glass.
These tables are exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum with the exhibition ‘Pennies from heaven’.
2001
le nouveau salon des cent
Project to mark the 100thanniversary of the death of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, in which 100 poster designers from all over the world are asked to design a poster to honour Lautrec. The hundred posters have been printed and put on show all over the world. They could be bought in a box and a book.
2006
Camper
Design on shoes by Camper
On two different shoe models (a lady’s and gentlemen’s) is the typography that follows the veins and tendons of the anatomy of the foot. Other shoes have various screen points.
Administrative functions
1971 – 1973
Board member of the Art Directors’ Club Nederland/Dutch Art Directors’ Club
1975 – 1985
Board member of the Nederlands Reclame museum/Dutch Advertising Museum
1994 – 2002
Board member of the Nederlands Vormgevings Instituut/Dutch Design Institute
Memberships
1963
Member of the International Anti Art Movement Fluxus
1966 – 2018
Member of ADCN, the Dutch art-directors’ association
1979 – 2018
Member AGI: Alliance Graphic International, a prestigious international group of graphic designers which can only be joined on invitation
Publications
by Anthon Beeke
1970
Publication of ‘the human alphabet’ Steendrukkerij De Jong
1971
Virgin Sperm dancer (publisher Bert Bakker)
1979
Over tijdschriften/about magazines’ in cooperation with K. Schippers, Lecturis Eindhoven
1980
‘Over Postzegels/about postage stamps’ in cooperation with K. Schippers
1989
‘De geschiedenis van postzegels/the history of postage stamps’ in cooperation with K. Schippers
1997
‘Dutch Posters’, a selection made by Anthon Beeke for uitgeverij BIS, the second printing has appeared
1997
‘Amsterdam on stone – Amsterdam on silver’ together with Geert Mak, commissioned by Koninklijke Kampert en Helm Rotaform to mark their 125thanniversary.
The book is about 125 years in the history of Amsterdam in text and photographs.
2003
Curator ‘Area’ by Phaidon: 100 graphic designers; 10 curators,
10 classic designs
2011
Body Type, on his famous alphabet, completed with figures: naked numbers
2018
Dutch Posters, a selection by Anthon Beeke, volume 2
Publications
about Anthon Beeke
1993
‘Posters by Anthon Beeke’ by Pieter Brattinga, Print galerie, Amsterdam
2004
‘Posters by Anthon Beeke’ by Pieter Brattinga, Print galerie, Amsterdam
2004
‘Aanplakken toegestaan’/’Billposting allowed’ magazine about Anthon Beeke to mark his 40 – 50thanniversary by various authors and graphic designers from all over the world
2004
‘Witboek’, talking book to mark his 40 – 50thjubileum anniversary by Willem de Ridder and Swip Stolk
2011
It’s a miracle, overview of his work
Various articles in magazines in the Netherlands and abroad
Jury memberships
1980
Art directors’ club Nederland ‘The award of the year’
1981
Frans Duwaert Prize (advisory commission)
1982
Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland
1984
Unesco, children’s drawings
1988
H.N. Werkman Prize, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
1989
Children’s book publication, Bologna, Italy
1992
Charles Nypels Prize
1996-1997
Rotterdam Design Prize
2003
British Design & Art Direction (D&AD)
2004
Chaumont Poster Festival
1990 – 2018
Various juries for photography prizes (including PANL, CapiLux Alblas Prize and Kees Scherer Prize)
Several times member of the CPNB jury ‘Best designed books’ and the ‘Theatre Poster Award’
Prizes
1964, 1966, 1968, 1972
‘Gouden noot’ for the best game packaging
1970
ISA Prize by the organisation of public design
1978
award for poster design at ‘Poster Biennale’ in Warsaw
1980
’Golden Paperweight’ for most inventive use of paper
1986
H.N. Werkman Prize from the Amsterdam Fund for Art;
Oeuvre prize
1988
Laurens Janszoons Koster prize for his book designs over the years
1988
Silver medal of the Christoffel Plantijn Belgium Foundation for the ‘best made books’
1991
Calendar prize for the calendar for the Perscombinatie
1993
Crane Letterhead Prize, golden award for letterheads of design studios
1993
Theatre poster prize ‘Count your blessings’
1995
Henri Sijthoff Prize for KPN annual report
2000
Fifth in the BNO elections for the ‘designer of the century’
2001
Theatre poster award ‘Zonder titel’
2004
Calendar prize for the series of Flevodruk calendars
2004
Graphic Culture Prize
2010
Honorary membership of BNO
2010
Frans Banninck Cock medal of the city Amsterdam
2016
Ladislav Sutnar prize, from the University Pilsen, Tsjechië
Various awards at the ADCN ‘lamps’ and ‘Best made books’
Various
2004
Establishment of the ‘Anthon Beeke Award’
Biennial award for someone who is of great significance for the graphic design crafts in the broader sense of the word.
In 2004, the first Anthon Beeke Prize is awarded to Chaz Maviyane-Davies from Zimbabwe