De Monsterkamer (Eng: Sample Room) is a physical & digital platform for paper and print. Visit our showroom in Amsterdam for an extensive and updated collection of paper, graphic materials and applications from more than twenty Dutch as well as international companies. We offer consultations for designers and love to answer queries relating to paper and print.
De Monsterkamer also organizes meetings to stimulate knowledge sharing and cooperation: company presentations, expert meetings, student visits. Our own magazine about paper Plain Paper is presented annually during a major event.
On March 15, Extract was launched at De Monsterkamer, a new range of colored design paper and board, made of disposable coffee cups. At first, Jan Richner of G.F Smith spoke about the process of creating Extract. After the break, Hamish Makgill of Studio Makgill from Brighton (UK) spoke about The Art of Making Jeeps. […]
On May 4th 2017, Sebastiaan Hanekroot from Colour & Books presented at the second Expert Meeting of this year: Why lithography matters. Below a photo report of the afternoon. Photography: Justina Nekrašaitė. ♥ The activities of De Monsterkamer in 2017 are supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL.
What is your favourite paper, why? I’m very motivated to say I don’t have favorite – paper can be a favorite one in relation to a project but not really as a thing in itself. Having said that, I do very much like papers with texture. Texture gives paper character and a kind of sophistication. […]