Coppens Alberts is an Amsterdam-based design studio that focuses on editorial and graphic design for printed and digital media – books, identities, campaigns, websites.
The starting point for our designs is our fascination with the unique characteristics of each individual task. Each new project poses a new question that demands a novel answer. Our approach is critical and inquisitive, which leads to results that are a unique embodiment of the brief. Coppens Alberts was established by Christine Alberts (CH) and Patrick Coppens (NL).
Clients include WBooks, PostNL, 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.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Peter Martensstraat 57, 1087 NA Amsterdam
+31(0)20 4194878, info@coppensalberts.nl
time is ticking
How to design a book reflecting on time and temporal planning? Coppens & Alberts chose for an uncompromised control of quire, which, despite content, leaps from colour to colour. For instance, halfway through an argument, suddenly the font colour changes from black to red, simply because a new quire starts. Thin sheets separate the quires drawing attention to the absolute, numeric passing of time, starting from 00.00 after the title page.
Book, 128 pages, 170x240mmCommissioned by DeBalie, Amsterdam, 2004
tags / bookdesign
A reference work and a handbook in one. The Intermediate Size examines a new building concept, the multi-family dwelling. The center-part of the book, the catalog, examines historical, mostly premoderne examples. The last part of the book, the studies, explore the possibilities of these types for contemporary housing.
Book, bound, 216 pages, 216x325x25mm
Commissioned by SUN, 2006
tags / architecture / bookdesign