The Best Dutch Book Designs 2011
De Best Verzorgde Boeken is an annual competition that awards the best book designs from The Netherlands. For 2011, the jury selected 30 books out of 338 submissions. The winning entries were on display at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in autumn 2012. Meeusontwerpt designed the catalogue as well as the poster and invitation for the exhibition.
In the introduction to the catalogue, jury member Frederike Huygen comments on the observed typographic trends:
Text pages with semibold sanserifs and underlining have dominated the scene for a decade, but this year there was more variety in the typography. Then again, this year’s entries seemed more or less immune to another trend: there were few covers with home-made fonts.
You can find the full quote on skeletonformes.
Covers with the stickers
Part 2: The jury. Jury comments with empty spots to put the stickers.
Not shown is Part 3: The samples. Commented details of the books
Part 1: The books. 30 books displayed on stickersheets
Poster for the exhibition of the Best Dutch Book Designs in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Invitation for the exhibition
