KesselsKramer and The Dutch Museum Association have recently launched a campaign to encourage young people to visit museums. With almost 1.5 million Museum Pass holders, the Dutch Museum Association plays an important role in increasing the accessibility of museums in the Netherlands. In the campaign, KesselsKramer have teamed up with…
Every summer, the European public broadcaster ARTE curates a programme line-up under the banner of ‘Summer of…’. After the Summer of Dreams, Summer of Voices, and Summer of Passion, this year’s theme is Summer of Champions. Throughout the summer, ARTE will be bringing films and documentaries about champions of all…
Amsterdam-based creative agency KesselsKramer’s latest work for NEMO, the Netherland’s Science Museum in the centre of Amsterdam, is a campaign for their Technium exhibition. The campaign emphasises that technology has become so obvious that we (almost) don’t see it anymore. From our phones to our clothes, technology surrounds us. It…
In conjunction with the arrival of Spring, and with it the spread of life and growth, KesselsKramer have launched a special collaboration with the people of Tolhuistuin (tollhouse garden) in Amsterdam Noord. Inspired by the vibrant and versatile character of Tolhuistuin, KesselsKramer have created Het woekert in Tolhuistuin (It proliferates…
Sergey Zhigarev is an Art Director with nearly 15 years of experience in Graphic design. Born and raised in Moscow, he Studied Graphic Design at British Higher School of Art and Design, where he was mentored by the greatest national design educators such as Ivan Vasin and Ivan Velichko, the…
Design agency KesselsKramer and director and photographer Noël Loozen have collaborated on the Museum Pass‘ latest brand campaign, woven around the idea of ‘all the museums for all the people’. The Dutch Museum Card has rebranded itself with a message that can be summed up in one simple word “GO”(exclamation…
Whether it was your first book or your first cuddly toy, everyone knows the iconic image of miffy. Now, miffy is coming to the stage with miffy the Musical, and for the launch Amsterdam-based design agency KesselsKramer have taken this recognisable icon to the real world. miffy resonates with many,…
Jazz Vejer is an intimate festival that avoids the crowd, where quality is more important than quantity and experience is the key. An event made with the heart where one can enjoy jazz music in a special environment. Jazz Vejer is a festival for the senses, a place where good…
While completing her Masters in Illustration at Manchester Metropolitan University, animator and illustrator Rachael Abbott started to focus more on hand-painted frame by frame animations, and less on the linocut animated GIFs she made during lockdown. “It wasn’t until I was approached by Salford Slow Fashion CIC to create a…
Judy Andrews describes herself as an “optimist, artist, designer, business owner, and proud mum of two, with an energetic attitude and a thoughtful imagination”. After years in the commercial design world and in-between running her own agency, Judy now finds herself endlessly curious and forever inspired. With an aim to…
Ana and Tiago are the founders of Humana Studio, a graphic design studio based in Portugal. Both students at the School of Arts at the University of Évora, it was here that they met and started their journey. Even before the creation of Humana, they were both already connected to…
Epok Design was founded in 2009 in Paris (and since 2018, they have also been based in Rennes) by Marine Langenegger and Emanuele Fiori. Since its inception, the studio has been active in the creation of corporate identity and style guides, print and web media, and typography. “We founded Epok…
One of the latest releases from publishing house Taschen is Logo Beginnings; the first monograph dedicated to the origins of logo design. Many globally renowned brands, including the likes of Rolex, BMW, Louis Vuitton, and the New York Yankees, all still use logos that were designed over 100 years ago.…
When you think of the term “brand”, it’s usually the global big guns that spring to mind – maybe Nike, or Google, or McDonalds. You don’t think of, say, Peter Rabbit. This, then, is a very unusual kind of “brand refresh”, since it concerns Beatrix Potter’s most famous bunny. Penguin…
Magpie Studio is behind the designs for new Singaporean restaurant Straits Kitchen, drawing inspiration from the idea of a “melting pot of cultures.” The restaurant is based in the Pan Pacific Hotel in Liverpool Street, east London, serving a menu inspired by The Straits of Malacca, a narrow stretch of…
Amsterdam-based creative agency Design & Practice has created the visual identity for new coloured creative paper range Olin Origins, in a project merging the studio’s graphic design expertise with its fine art background. Design & Practice is an Amsterdam-based operating design studio specialising in branding, graphic design and art direction,…
Parisian studio and type foundry Violaine & Jérémy was founded by the eponymous Violaine Orsoni and Jérémy Schneider in 2012 when Schneider had just graduated, and Orsoni left behind a job as head of production in an advertising agency. Since then, the pair have developed a gorgeously distinctive look across…
Like many people, there came a time in Ben Greengrass’ career where he felt a little disillusioned: at best, he really fancied a change, at worst, he was concerned that the branding and packaging work he’d been doing for the likes of Umbro, Unilever and Heineken maybe didn’t matter too…
Hamburg-based illustrator, designer, and art director, Sebastian König was recently commissioned by Wildbloei Kombucha (a locally brewed kombucha tea company from the Netherlands) to develop the branding and label design for the organic drink from Nijmegen. As part of the project, Sebastian created a series of Risograph business cards, printed…
Carl Cozier aka Holy Moly is an artist, activist, and illustrator from Bristol, or, as he likes to describe himself; “a multi-disciplined creator of colourful things”. Since he can remember, Carl has always had an obsession with art, and it was clear to him that this is what he would…