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Poster, The Conversation Room: De Nieuwe Cultuur, Palace of Typographic Masonry
This is a Poster. It was designed by Richard Niessen. It is dated 2015 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is screenprint on paper.
This poster utilizes spheres, checkerboards, and a palette of pink, magenta, violet, and gray. The elements appear to both come forward and recede in space. The Conversation Room: "Die Nieuwe Cultuur" is from Niessen’s series of posters, Palace of Typographic Masonry.
This object was
donated by
Richard Niessen.
It is credited Gift of Richard Niessen.
- Poster, Go Fly a Kite
- lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Various Donors.
- 1981-29-50
- Poster, Vivo in Typo, Affiches et alphabets
- screenprint on coated paper.
- Gift of Philippe Apeloig.
- 2013-16-2
- Poster, Reading the Typographic Landscape: An illustrated talk by Alastair...
- mixed media, collage on paper.
- Gift of Frances Butler.
- 1991-69-87
Our curators have highlighted 14 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Poster, Schule für Gestaltung Bern
- screenprint on white wove paper.
- Gift of Ralph Schraivogel.
- 2007-15-1
![On blue ground with gold lines resembling a city map, multicolored polychrome poster design featuring an array of layered, overlapping geometric volumes in the form of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and scrolling shapes. Each plane is rendered in a different bright, flat color or in a checkered pattern of two colors; most feature printed text in typewriter-style font. Shapes and orientation are all askew, multiplanar objects are hidden behind one another, creating a dimensional collision of drafting/architectural tools: protractors, scales, rulers, graph paper, and grids. A red and white checkerboard pattern dominates the composition of The Plan, taking up the center of the poster and scroll-like in shape. There are copious amounts of text in multiple typefaces both serif and sans serif; some of the text is easily legible, other text is not. “TRUTH,” on black in red near the top of the poster stands out. From various points about the poster, other text reads [MASONRY] upside down, upper right, [... in becoming memorial or monumental that a true perfection is attained.”] bottom right, [TYPOGRAPHIC] bottom right, receding back into space, upside down, [...THE PLAN’, THE PALACE OF TYPOGRAPHIC MASONRY, 2011] in white, center bottom, receding back. Possible signature: the designer’s last name “Niessen” is visible along the left margin, his first name “Richard” along the upper margin.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/327688_07aaff6a215b0834_n.jpg "Poster, The Plan, Palace of Typographic Masonry")
- Poster, The Plan, Palace of Typographic Masonry
- screenprint on paper.
- Gift of Richard Niessen.
- 2017-53-4
- Poster, Otis Rush & His Chicago Blues Band, Grateful Dead, The Canned Heat...
- offset lithograph on white wove paper.
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
- 1979-34-28
Its dimensions are
118 × 84 cm (46 7/16 × 33 1/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Poster, The Conversation Room: De Nieuwe Cultuur, Palace of Typographic Masonry; Designed by Richard Niessen; screenprint on paper; 118 × 84 cm (46 7/16 × 33 1/16 in.); Gift of Richard Niessen; 2017-53-6
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
