Editorial and graphic design with a strong conceptual and typographical bias.
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 is an Amsterdam-based design studio established by Christine Alberts (CH) and Patrick Coppens (NL).
Clients include MVRDV, 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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Peter Martensstraat 57, 1087 NA Amsterdam
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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 / books / architecture
Architect monograph, designed in 2001 by Karel martens and Patrick coppens.
Book, bound, 240 x 270 mm
In opdracht van NAi Publishers, 2001
Nomination ‘De best verzorgde boeken 2001’