Poul Hans Lange

Poul Hans Lange is a
Danish artist who holds the titles of: educator, photographer, illustrator, graphic designer, fine artist, and children’s book creator. Lange migrated to the United States in the early 1990’s and teaches design in New York and in Copenhagen, Denmark. Not too long after Lange permanently relocated to the United States, he started his own design firm called, “Poul Lange Design”. Lange has had his illustrations appear in many popular publications such as Time magazine, the New York Times, Washington Post, GQ, and the Boston globe. The first children’s book that Lange created is titled Hullebogen, which in English translates to The Book of Holes. A real hole runs through entire book itself and the hole is what creates the centerpieces of every illustration.

Lange not only illustrated the book but yet he was the one to conceptualize, write, and design the whole publication. The book won an award as one of the fifty best book designs in 2006. The premise of the book is that there are a lot of “holes” encountered in our lives; some are good, bad, and ugly. I did review the book online and I do find some of the illustrations and texts to be a little too straightforward for a child. Nonetheless, here are some of the pictures below.

Here is a link to view the book if the images are too small to read:

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Other books by Lange include the ABC Book, and Big Long Lulu,
which is about a boa constrictor, and the story’s setting takes place in the snake’s
body so that children can get an understanding of how big the snake truly is.

As far as fine
art is concerned, Lange has had many exhibitions as a collage artist. A collage
is basically the assemblage of different pieces or forms that are used to
create an entirely new form. Typically collages are made with newspaper
clippings, hand-made papers, texts, pictures, or other objects. Below are some
examples of Lange’s collages.

Other books by Lange include the ABC Book, and Big Long Lulu, which is about a boa constrictor, and the story’s setting takes place in the snake’s body so that children can get an understanding of how big the snake truly is.

As far as fineart is concerned, Lange has had many exhibitions as a collage artist. A collage is basically the assemblage of different pieces or forms that are used to create an entirely new form. Typically collages are made with newspaper clippings, hand-made papers, texts, pictures, or other objects. Below are some examples of Lange’s collages.

Below is a book cover/jacket design. This design is probably my favorite because I think that it looks so classy and the typography is clean and fascinating. Lange created the cover for theDanish version of Paul Auster's novel Invisible. The novel takes place in both New York and Paris, so Lange wanted the design that pretty much can represent both locations. To do this, Lange used a photo that he had taken at a pond in Central Park. The photo includes pond’s reflections of the Fifth Avenue buildings. I think that the cover is so artistic and creative.