Poul Lange

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Poul Lange
Born
Poul Hans Thye Lange

(1956-09-16) 16 September 1956 (age 67)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Education BFA from The Danish Design School (Danmarks Designskole), Copenhagen 1983
Special Student, School of Visual Arts, New York, 1984
Known for Illustration, graphic design, photography, art photography, children's books
Notable workThe Book of Holes (in Danish Hullebogen) 2006; The Book of Holes app, 2013.
Awards AIGA, the American Institute of Graphic Arts [1]
Communication Arts
Art Directors Club NY
Art Directors Club, Los Angeles
First place, International Photography Awards
New York Art Directors Club
AI-AP, American Illustration, American Photography
The American Scandinavian Society

Poul Lange, also known as Poul Hans Lange, (born 1956, Copenhagen) is a Danish illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, fine artist and children's book creator, who has won numerous awards for his design work. Since the early 1990s, he has lived and worked in the United States, first in New York City, and then after 2012 in Los Angeles. In 2011 Lange founded "Chocolate Factory Publishing" with his wife Kayoko Suzuki-Lange. In 2013, Chocolate Factory Publishing released the award-winning children's book app, The Book of Holes.

Contents

Over the years, Lange has designed hundreds of book jackets and created hundreds of illustrations for print media. His design work also includes editorial design. Collage forms an important part of his design and fine art work. A children's book that Lange created was published in 2004. Lange has taught design in New York City and in Copenhagen.

Lange's bio is in "Kraks Blå Bog", the Danish Who's Who, which commenced publication in 1910. [2]

Early years

Lange was born in Frederiksberg, an enclave within the municipality of Copenhagen, in 1956. [2] He attended the Danmarks Designskole from 1980 to 1983, and graduated as a BFA with honors. [3]

New York

Lange traveled to New York City in 1984 to study at the New York School of Visual Arts. After graduation he returned to Copenhagen and worked as a designer from 1985 to 1989.

In 1989 he moved back to New York to work with the designers Walter Bernard and Milton Glaser at their company WBMG, a publication design firm. [4]

In 1991, Lange started his own design firm, "Poul Lange Design".

Los Angeles

In September 2012, Lange and his wife Kayoko Suzuki-Lange moved to Los Angeles and founded "Chocolate Factory Publishing", which specializes in children's book apps, including the award-winning app for the iPad, The Book of Holes.

His work

Book covers

Over the years, Lange has designed many hundreds (if not thousands) of book jackets, mostly for Danish publishers. [5]

Illustration

Lange's illustrations have appeared in many major US publications, including Time magazine, the New York Times , Washington Post , GQ , and the Boston Globe . [6]

In 2013, a book of historical cocktail recipes called Storied Sips was published, written by Erica Duecy and illustrated with collages, drink photographs and calligraphy by Poul Lange. [7]

Children's book author and creator

Lange's first book for children is Hullebogen, known in English as The Book of Holes. [1] [8] [9] An actual hole runs right through the book itself and forms the centerpiece of all the illustrations. [1] Lange conceptualized, wrote, illustrated, and designed the book, which is published by Gyldendal, the Danish publishing house. The book has been available in the Danish edition since 2006; an English edition is planned. The book won an AIGA award in 2006; one juror wrote: "A die-cut hole through the entire book is the focus of this children’s book about the holes in our bodies. Honest presentation of information is enhanced by whimsical drawing." [1]

In 2010, Lange was working on a children's book, Big Long Lulu, with American novelist Siri Hustvedt. He was also working on another children's book, Little Hand, with the Danish poet and writer, Naja Marie Aidt.

In 2012, his website showed an ABC book, a collaboration with Annette Lindegaard, Hele verdens ABC. [10]

Children's book apps

In 2013, a digital interactive English language version of Lange's children's book, The Book of Holes was released by Chocolate Factory Publications as an app for the iPad. [11]

The Book of Holes app was awarded a Kirkus Star, given in 2013 to "Books of Exceptional Merit" in the "Best Book Apps Of 2013" awarded by Kirkus Reviews . The app was described as "Educational and entertaining—and tailor-made to spark stimulating interchanges between younger children and unwary grown-ups. (iPad informational app. 2–5)". The Kirkus Reviews called it "An airy introduction to holes of, mostly, the anatomical sort with touch-activated effects that run the scale from whimsical to hilariously edgy." [12]

Fine art

Lange has had several solo and group exhibitions as a collage artist. [13] [14] He is also known for his photography.

Teaching

Lange has taught design in New York City and in Copenhagen:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Book of Holes". AIGA Design Archives. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 In Danish, Kraks Blå Bog, 2009–2010, p. ??, Gads Forlag (Gad's Publishers) Archived 22 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine , da:Kraks Blå Bog
  3. ↑ Course description from SVA Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 21 February 2010
  4. ↑ Charles Hively. "Lunch:Poul Hans Lange" Tuesday, 10 March 2009, blog for 3X3, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Retrieved 2 June 2010
  5. ↑ Poul Lange Design, Book Jackets, accessed 14 February 2014
  6. ↑ Gyllan, Peter. Date? There's a Dane in the Big Apple, Novum:World of Graphic Design, a German design magazine, p. ? (For the magazine site, see )
  7. ↑ Storied Sips: Evocative cocktails for everyday escapes, with 40 recipes, 2012, Random House Reference New York Toronto London Sydney Auckland, ISBN   978-0-375-42621-6
  8. ↑ In Danish, the site for the book Hullebogen Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 June 2010
  9. ↑ Hullebogen Information in English Retrieved 2 June 2010
  10. ↑ Poul Lange's website, ABC Book, retrieved 4/22/2012
  11. ↑ Steven Heller, "Holey Moley: An App With Hole", 25 July 2013 accessed 25 July 2013
  12. ↑ Kirkus Best Books of 2013, Best Book Apps of 2013 (Page 3) accessed 10 February 2014
  13. ↑ Cast Iron Gallery, one collage and information January–February 1999
  14. ↑ 6 Danish Artists in New York, Trygve Lie Gallery, April/May, 2008
  15. ↑ Charles Hively, blog for 3X3 magazine, Poul Lange Invites Hively to Speak to SVA Class 10 February 2009.3X3 Retrieved 12 February 2010
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