Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Rene Knip (TYPEFACE INSTALLATION)





Rene Knip's letters are architectural, built and constructed rather than drawn or written. And the architectonic nature lends itself very readily to use in real architecture: in buildings, on walls, as floor tiles, etc. Knip takes inspiration from various existing letterforms left over from the 1920s and '30s, especially those that he has found in the streets of Amsterdam. A bit of Art Nouveau, De Stijl, and Art Moderne. Knip's genius is in melding the letterforms and their immediate environment, making each a part of the other. 



so, 

1- the world is graphic,
2- typeface furniture,
3- typeface environment,
4- interiors are exteriors too,