She is a designer, typographer, writer and illustrator where she works internationally. She is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) meaning that she is able to comment and give her views on topics all around the world. She started as a book typesetter however decided to open her own design firm where she employed up to 12 people. In 2003 she left this and began to experiment through personal works.
Marian’s work crosses boundaries of time, style and technology. She is known for her detailed, precise vector art, her obsessive hand work, her patterning and ornament. She is often hired to create type for magazines and advertising. Her work uses a structure which presents an organic fluid approach, something you would not expect.
"Among her international clients, she counts Saks Fifth Avenue, Penguin Books, GRANTA, Wallpaper*, The Guardian, WIRED, Stefan Sagmeister, Winterhouse (Bill Drenttel & Jessica Helfand), Maharam, Ogilvy & Mather Chicago, Young & Rubicam Chicago, Random House, Houghton Mifflin, Print Magazine, GQ Italia, andThe New York Times, among others from Europe, Australia and South America." Bantjes has many clients which are incredibly famous within their industry showing how successful she is as a designer/ artist.
Marian Bantjes also has her own book where she shows off her wonderful styles of work and well as the ideas and processes of typeface and design. I like her work because it is very structured and neat but also expands outside of this and explores the page with a life of its own. Her pattern work also appears as an organised mess, but when you get closer you can see how well designed it is.
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