Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant Possibly 1948

This is the Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant, a newspaper from 1948, and I'm fascinated by the design elements framing the text. It’s all about process, right? Someone chose these fonts, this layout, thinking about how the story unfolds on the page. Look at the decorative border: such a simple motif, but repeated, it creates this rhythm, a kind of dance around the hard news. It’s not just information; it's about presentation, the act of making meaning visually. The whole thing reminds me of Dada collages, or even Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbau, in the way it brings together disparate elements to create something new. It’s this found object, transformed by intention, by the act of arrangement. Art isn’t just in the studio, it’s everywhere, even in the news.