Halb5 Vortrag | 31.05.2000 | Übergänge

Peter Bilak, Den Haag

Peter Bilak was born in 1973 in Slovakia and currently lives in the Netherlands. In the past he studied design and worked in Czechoslovakia, England, the U.S., and France. He is the author of two books, »Illegibility« and »Transparency«, and is the founder of the Jan van Eyck Akademie football team. It is too simple to suggest that Dutch graphic designers have an easy working life. The »official anarchy 1« of the design scene is often romanticised, but like anywhere else, the country has its share of mediocre designers and conservative clients. One still has to fight for a good idea.

More than any other form of art, graphic design directly reflects the prevailing historical, economic, political and social contexts. Its apparent significance
or relevance is therefore altered (lost, improved or damaged) by a change of context. Graphic design does not exist in a vacuum. Its position depends on the
system of relationships between the commissioner, public and designer. The exhibition in the RAS gallery presents work which was created in a different country under its own specific conditions. In order to understand graphic design stripped of its original environment, further clarification is necessary.

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