I love print: even if you prefer black and white!

Posted on 27/10/2014

Think in Colour neemt de lezer op visuele trip doorheen 350 kleurrijke en zwart-wit illustraties van Hugo Puttaert en het ontwerpbureau Visionandfactory. Teksten van internationale erkende design auteur Rick Pyonor en Steven Cleeren (Design Vlaanderen, Kwitessens) geven meer toelichting.

http://www.iloveprint.be/nl/t…

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Radar at Flemish quality…

Posted on 12/09/2014

Knack Weekend.
Fifteen products received the Henry van de Velde Label. The presentation of the Henry van de Velde Awards will take place on January 9, 2015 in Bozar, Brussels. Along with the exhibition.

http://weekend.knack.be/lifestyle/radar/

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'Think in Colour' awarded with the 'Henry van de Velde Label 2014'!

Posted on 12/09/2014

Design Flanders presents the Henry van de Velde Awards & Labels every year during a prestigious ceremony. These are prizes and quality labels that Design Flanders uses to underline the abundance of quality Flemish design.

http://designvlaanderen.be/en/henry-van-de-velde-awards-labels

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‘Think in Colour’ by Maestro Hugo Puttaert shows how graphic design can change the World of Comics.'

Posted on 11/08/2014

Brokenfrontier.com
In a book that could provide comics creators with a few lessons, graphic maestro Hugo Puttaert sets out an extensive overview of his achievements in the design world, combining discipline and social responsibility in a beautiful palette of compositions.

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Colour In Context: G.F Smith present three evenings devoted to colour and creativity.

Posted on 8/07/2014

Colour in context.
As one of the most fundamental visual tools, creatives use colour in a multitude of ways. It’s Nice That is excited to be partnering with G . F Smith for three evenings exploring how an eclectic mix of visual practitioners think about colour and harness its power. They will take place across the UK and each evening will also feature an exclusive scre…

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No meaningless whistles and bells.

Posted on 7/07/2014

An excerpt from the article by Novum World of Graphic Design, issue 07.14.

… Auch bei der jetzt erschienenen Werkschau finden Form und inhalt auf besondere Weise zueinander. Der Titel "Think in Colour" stand sofort fest, wie Puttaert sagt, und man entschied sich, die vielen, unterschiedlichen Projekte nicht chronologisch, sondern nach Farbe zu sortieren. Was s…

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Yves Peters: "Hugo Puttaert describes the book as a political call for the recognition of the complexity and the nurturing of nuance, even in the domain of communication and graphic design."

Posted on 11/06/2014

Kwintessens - Design Flanders.
Think in Colour
geeft een inzicht in de wereld en het oeuvre van Hugo Puttaert – gelauwerd grafisch ontwerper, creatief directeur, hoofdredacteur en docent. Hijzelf omschrijft het boek als een politieke oproep voor de erkenning van de complexiteit en de koestering van de nuance, ook in het domein van communicatie en grafisch ont…

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Bold, bright, beautiful, multiple book covers by Hugo Puttaert 'Think In Colour'.

Posted on 21/05/2014

The Collectors Edition.
Think in Colour by Hugo Puttaert (Visionandfactory) is a beautiful, bright book spanning the design studios creative output over the last 24 years. The book comes in the multiple cover formats that evolve from black to yellow, orange, red, purple, blue, green and back to black. The black area is printed using a ‘thermo’ print technique tha…

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‘Think in Colour’, het oeuvre van Hugo Puttaert in de kijker.

Posted on 14/05/2014

Grafisch Nieuws/Nouvelles graphiques.
‘Think in Colour’ gaat inventief met druktechnieken om.

Tijdens de conceptuele fase werd reeds snel beslist om op basis van de titel ‘Think in Colour’ ook inventief met de druktechnieken te spelen. Echter nooit om zogenaamde ‘toeters en bellen’ na te streven waarbij de druk- en veredelin…

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'People of Print' interviewing Hugo Puttaert about 'Think in Colour'.

Posted on 16/04/2014

People of Print.
We have been receiving so many amazing things in the post lately, and this is another fine example of something which blows us away. We are always so happy to get our hands on something which is so beautifully designed, considered and produced, not to mention the cover that changes colour with heat. We had the chance to interview the graphic designer beh…

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TIC in Novum, world of graphic design

Posted on 14/04/2014

Novum, world of graphic design.
Hugo Puttaert ist Designer, Professor, Autor und Herausgeber und gehört zu den einflussreichsten und umtriebigsten Personen der belgischen Grafikdesign-Szene. Nun ist das Buch »Think in Colour« erschienen, das Arbeiten seines Designstudios Visionandfactory zeigt und natürlich viel, viel Farbe. Passend zum Thema ist das Cover mit e…

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Publication: Excellent book documents the graphic design brilliance of Hugo Puttaert.

Posted on 14/04/2014

It's Nice That.
There’s great anecdote in Rick Poynor’s introduction to Think In Colour a celebration of Belgian graphic designer Hugo Puttaert and his Visionandfactory studio. In 2010 Hugo was commissioned to produce a poster for a contemporary art exhibition in Aalst but the clients eventually decided they didn’t like it and rejected it. No matter; H…

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Think in Colour – Hugo Puttaert

Posted on 13/04/2014

IDNWorld.com.
Ever since its foundation in 1990, design studio Visionandfactory has always played a prominent role in the Belgian & international graphic design scene. The studio’s key figure is Hugo Puttaert, designer, professor, editor, publisher and one of the sector’s movers and shakers. Instead of a complete overview, this book offers a selection, a kal…

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Think In Colour: Book cover changes colour when you touch it.

Posted on 13/04/2014

Solopress.com.
A visual trip into the influential graphic design work of Hugo Puttaert that urges us to Think in Colour, even the cover of this new book bursts into colour when the surface is rubbed.

Belgian graphic designer …

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A beautiful book, inside and out, presented in a most interesting way.

Posted on 8/04/2014

Crap = good.
Brussels based studio Visionandfactory have released a very exciting new book compiling their work of the last 24 years. Graphic designer Hugo Puttaert (proud to call him my previous professor) and founder of the studio takes us on a visu…

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Out & about in Brussels…

Posted on 3/04/2014

Agendamagazine.be.
'Think in Colour' itself is actually engaged in designing. The book anthologises 32 years of hard work and experiments at the same time. The colours inside the book evolve just like the colours on the cover. Page by page, the yellow morphs into orange, and then brown, bordeaux, bright red, pink, blue… Think in Colour does not transform…

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Book launch at the inBOX, M HKA

Posted on 26/03/2014

M HKA and MER. Paper Kunsthalle kindly invite you to the book launch/installation 'Think in Colour' by Hugo Puttaert and his graphic design studio Visionandfactory.

Thursday 27 March 2014 at 19:00 at the M HKAFE and the InBOX, Leuvenstraat 32, B-2000 Antwerp.

Introductions by the authors Rick Poynor and Steven Cleeren in the presence of Luc Derycke…

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