Coppens Alberts is an Amsterdam-based design studio that focuses on editorial and graphic design for printed and digital media – books, identities, campaigns, websites.
Our designs set out from the assignment’s individual characteristics. Each new project poses a new question that demands a novel answer. Our approach is critical and exploratory, which leads to distinctive results that are highly diverse. No single design is the same.
Coppens Alberts was established by Christine Alberts (CH) and Patrick Coppens (NL).
Clients include PostNL, WBooks, Trancity, Uitgeverij d'jonge Hond, Museum De Paviljoens, Studio Piet Paris, Arnhem Mode Biennale, the Kröller-Müller Museum, SUN Publishers, NAi Publishers, Terra Lannoo, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Scholten & Baijings, Oomen Architecten, SUB office, de Architecten Cie, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts and Meeuwig & Zn.
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Thé standard work on this 17th century Dutch portrait painter. Judith van Gent graduated on her dissertation on this artist. The design of the book Bartholomeus van der Helst. Een studie naar zijn leven en werk builds on the typology of this genre book. Typography, layout and finish make this book a contemporary suit for this historical heritage. We chose the Bembo, a typeface you can call 'clean'. By using him semi-bold the pages are compelling and iconic. The color reproductions are presented in separate sections independently. An easy to navigate catalog section, printed in black and white, gives an overview of the oeuvre. This sturdy book immediately shows who you are dealing with.
Commissioned by WBOOKS, 2011
tags / art / books
Tuesday, April 24 the stamp 100 jaar Nederlands Openluchtmuseum was presented. The sheetlet of 10 stamps celebrates the centenary of the museum and is themed Celebrating everyday life. The design answers to the question of PostNL and the museum to create a distinctly fresh and contemporary impression of 100 years daily life.
The design arranges a collection of 15 brightly colored monochrome images of different sizes on a sheet of 10 stamps. The rhythm and the overflow of the images suggests movement and layering. The selection and combination of images creates new narratives as cutouts of a larger story.
From big to small and back again.
Commissioned by PostNL, 2011-2012
tags / publicity