Originele kopieën: Blauwdrukken, witdrukken, zips en fotokopieën op het architectenbureau, 1870-2000
Ellen Smit, Clara Haardt, Hetty Berens, Carolin Lange
Nieuwe Instituut & Nai010 Uitgevers, 2025
€39,95
In the design practice of architects and designers, copies and reproductions are much more than simple duplicates. They are, in fact, a source of inspiration and innovation. From blueprints and whiteprints to colorful adhesive films (Zips) and photocopies: these copying techniques have fundamentally changed design practice in architectural firms.
Original Copies brings this surprising insight to light for the first time. The publication shows how analog copies and reproductions shaped creative practice and created new possibilities for the design process between 1870 and 2000. It examines four influential reproduction methods in the design practice of architects: the blueprint, the whiteprint, Zips, and the photocopy. Original Copies explores, among other things, the role of analog copies in the design process of Pierre Cuypers, Gerrit Rietveld, Van den Broek en Bakema, Carel Weeber, and Jo Coenen.
Featuring a wealth of previously unknown visual material from the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning of Het Nieuwe Instituut, “Original Copies” is both a visual spectacle and an indispensable source of new insights for architects, designers, historians, and collection managers. It’s a compelling argument for the revaluation of analog photocopies and reproductions in architectural collections worldwide. IN DUTCH!
ISBN: 9789462089419
