Visuele Aspekten van de Wetenschap [Visual Aspects of Science] by Will Burtin

Visuele Aspekten van de Wetenschap [Visual Aspects of Science], n.d. [1962]. Published by Kodak, IBM, Upjohn, and Union Carbide. 9.75 x 9.75, pp. 20 plus covers, stapled. Dutch text only; see the English edition. Design: Will Burtin, New York City. Photographs: Ezra Stoller, Rye, New York. Beautifully printed by Fritz Busche, Dortmund, West Germany. This copy is from the library of Reba Sochis, with her name blind embossed on the first translucent page. Visual Aspects of Science was produced to coincide with the September, 1962 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam touring (Amsterdam, London, United States and more) exhibition; thanks to Burtin’s friend Willem Sandberg. Will Burtin’s intellectual ideas to merge art with science and technology while using “design as a tool” was pioneering. This slim catalog features multiple texts related to Burtin’s most important science exhibitions: Atomic Energy in Action, The Brain, and The Cell. Texts by Will Burtin and his client/exhibition contributors: Ro