One week, three cities, countless books! 📚✨ Our Local Design Circle Library Research Program took us across the Netherlands, exploring public libraries, archives, bookshops, and cultural spaces dedicated to print and design.
We visited Bibliotheek Eindhoven, Bibliotheek Den Haag, and Bibliotheek Breda, seeing how public libraries foster community and design culture. At Huis van het Boek
@huisvanhetboek , the world’s oldest book museum, we explored rare and historic printed works.
At Graphic Matters
@graphicmatters in Breda, we exchanged books between our reading rooms, browsed their incredible collection of design books, and got a behind-the-scenes tour of their archive and studio—an inspiring hub for visual storytelling.
From KABK
@royalacademyofart.thehague in Den Haag, where our ex-intern Ana Chița
@ana__chita showed us the academy’s rich publishing culture, to Page Not Found
@____page_not_found____ , Stichting Design Museum Dedel, and the Stedelijk Museum Library, every stop deepened our love for print culture.
The books we collected are now available at the Local Design Library in Bucharest. Visit us at Kogălniceanu 5 Blvd, Monday—Friday, 11:00—18:00.