Editorial and graphic design with a strong bias towards concept and typography.
Our designs set out from the assignment’s individual characteristics. Each new project poses a new question that demands a new 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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A contemporary and chic book design for this Dutch painter and graphic artist, Willem Anthonie Oepts (1904-1988). Monograph and catalog.
The book includes, next to the monographic section, the actual oeuvre catalog with an overview of hitherto known painted and graphic works by Wim Oepts. There is a total of 667 works included in the book, of which 514 oil paintings, 70 drawings and 83 graphic works.
Accompanying the publication of this catalog, The Kunsthal presents a retrospective of his work. Besides the design and layout of the book we handled the typography for the exhibition.
Book, 280 pages, 295 x 235 mm, bound. Commissioned by d'Jonge Hond, 2010.
tags / books / art
Christiaan Bastiaans. Club Mama Gemütlich
Club Mama Gemütlich is a hybrid combination of ‘field hospital, missionary post and nightclub’, in the no-man’s-land of a conflict zone.
The book – with a detailed visual essay consisting of sculptures, photographic works, video, a film, and works on paper – released in october 2009, accompanies the exhibition at Kröller Müller Museum.
Book, bound, 190 pages, 225x320x22mm
Commissioned by Museum Kröller Müller, 2009
tags / books / art