De Hallen Haarlem
Identity, 2007-ongoing

The main point for the identity of the contemporary art museum De Hallen Haarlem is that the identity should function on different levels. The Hallen Haarlem has exhibitions with approximately four artists, four times a year. These different blocks aswell as the different artists should have there own ‘identity’ without losing the identity of the museum itself. The museum is built out of a composition of three neighbouring buildings on the Grote Markt in Haarlem. This inspired us to start breaking up fonts and after several drafts we were cutting vertically into every possible typeface. Now we could use a different typeface for every artist to create its personal identity, and to visually connect them with the exhibition and the De Hallen Haarlem. The intervention in the typefaces makes De Hallen Haarlem recognizable into its smallest detail and at same time gives us the ultimate freedom to play around with the overall identity.

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More about the website design
The identity was exhibited in De Hallen Haarlem (12 Dec. 2009 – 6 Jun. 2010)

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Nominated for the Nederlandse Huisstijlprijs 2009
Finalist ‘Best Identity’ Dutch Design Awards 2008