Advertising and marketing agencies are often inspired by fine art. Such is the case with Etcetera's wonderful promotional posters for Dutch Book Week.
A couple of blogs and design sites have featured the compelling ad campaign, but not all of them have entirely accurate information. The images were created entirely with CGI but were inspired by an artist who actually crafts similar three dimensional sculptures.above: What Have We Become, a 3d paper sculpture by Nicholas GalaninEach year, the Collective Promotion Dutch Literature (CPNB) organizes Dutch Book Week to promote Dutch literature and every year a specific genre is featured. This year the Book Week is featuring autobiographies, ‘GeschrevenPortretten’, which roughly translates into 'Written Portraits’.Marketing agency, Etcetera, created the campaign which features CGI created posters of faces crafted from book pages representing the autobiographies of Anne Frank, Vincent van Gogh, Louis van Gaal and Kader Abdollah (writer of the biographic Book Week give away).Souverein created the CGI artwork, because of time constraints, which was based on the work by artist Nicholas Galanin.Kader Abdollah and Anne Frank:Louis van Gaal and Vincent van Gogh:Concept for the campaign by: Markus Ravenhorst, Maarten ReynenHere's some more of Nicholis Galanin's three dimensional paper sculptures:images courtesy of Behance.net and Nicholas GalaninNicholas Galanin
A couple of blogs and design sites have featured the compelling ad campaign, but not all of them have entirely accurate information. The images were created entirely with CGI but were inspired by an artist who actually crafts similar three dimensional sculptures.above: What Have We Become, a 3d paper sculpture by Nicholas GalaninEach year, the Collective Promotion Dutch Literature (CPNB) organizes Dutch Book Week to promote Dutch literature and every year a specific genre is featured. This year the Book Week is featuring autobiographies, ‘GeschrevenPortretten’, which roughly translates into 'Written Portraits’.Marketing agency, Etcetera, created the campaign which features CGI created posters of faces crafted from book pages representing the autobiographies of Anne Frank, Vincent van Gogh, Louis van Gaal and Kader Abdollah (writer of the biographic Book Week give away).Souverein created the CGI artwork, because of time constraints, which was based on the work by artist Nicholas Galanin.Kader Abdollah and Anne Frank:Louis van Gaal and Vincent van Gogh:Concept for the campaign by: Markus Ravenhorst, Maarten ReynenHere's some more of Nicholis Galanin's three dimensional paper sculptures:images courtesy of Behance.net and Nicholas GalaninNicholas Galanin
