series of editorials on prominent designers
irma boom creates books, or more accurately, “builds” them like an architect. this won her the fame of one of the world’s most inventive and experimental book designers, as well as commissions from rem koolhaas, ferrari and the un.
today irma is an academy fellow at the yale university school of art and her works are housed in collections from the centre pompidou in paris to moma in new york.

Irma Boom. © Chamber gallery
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Irma Boom “The Architecture of the Book”, 2010. Book designed by Irma Boom.
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attends 1984 AKI Academy of Art & Design
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designs two volumes of postage stamps, a controversial project that brings her name onto the public stage
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establishes Irma Boom Office in Amsterdam
Roca Jose, Alejandro Martin “Waterweavers: a chronicle of rivers”, 2014. Book designed by Irma Boom.

somebody once said that I’m building books. i really like that expression. —irma boom


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