Karel Martens

Graphic designer Karel Martens (1939) specializes in typography. His extensive body of work includes the design of countless books and covers, as well as stamps, telephone cards, coins and the lettering of buildings. In 1998 Martens founded the Werkplaats Typografie, a master's program in graphic design at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem. He has also been a guest lecturer at Yale University School of Art's prestigious Graphic Design program since 2009. Martens about the WT-Table: “A good design needs a certain tension and/or harmony between functionality and charm.”