Irma boom

Irma Boom. The Architecture of the Book. 2010. Book, offset printed. .1 big red: 17 3/4 × 13 5/8 × 2 1/2" (45.1 × 34.6 × 6.4 cm) .2a mini red: 2 1/8 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/8" (5.4 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm) .2b mini blue: 2 1/8 × 1 5/8 × 1/8" (5.4 × 4.1 × 0.3 cm). Gift of the designer. 784.2014.1-2. Architecture & Design

Irma Boom goes 'Under Cover' in Amsterdam with an exhibition of book design at Slewe Gallery

Irma Boom is one of the most prominent book designers in Europe, winner of, among many other honors, the prestigious Gutenberg Prize for her complete oeuvre. She plays at the edge of design, creati…

The Dutch designer, one of the world’s pre-eminent bookmakers, doesn’t call herself an artist, but many view her creations as works of art.

Irma Boom. The Future is Handmade, Journal 10a. 2003. Book, offset printed. 9 1/4 x 6 11/16 x 9/16" (23.5 x 17 x 1.4 cm). Prince Claus Fund. Drukkerij Rosbeek, The Netherlands. Gift of the designer. 910.2007. © 2025 Irma Boom. Architecture & Design

Irma Boom. Hello World: Where Design Meets Life. 2013. Book, offset printed. 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 x 1" (20.6 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm). Gift of the designer. 791.2014. Architecture & Design

Irma Boom. Project Japan: Metabolism Talks. 2011. Book, offset printed. 9 1/4 x 6 7/8 x 1 1/2" (23.5 x 17.5 x 3.8 cm). Gift of the designer. 786.2014. Architecture & Design

irma boom

Irma Boom

Irma Boom, 1959-Present Amsterdam Designer, opened her studio in 1991. She is known for her creative reinterpretation of book form, in which aesthetic value is more important than legibility. To understand her work you have to hold it, feel it, flip through the pages to experience the sequence. She insists on shaping the content rather than servicing the clients’ needs. “He hated it. He told me that it was more my book than his book. And I said, ‘That’s fine. I don’t care. That’s the way it…