Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, and its largest city. It is known for its artistic heritage, museums, elaborate canal system and narrow houses of the Golden Age, but also its modern architecture.

Fonts 1

Wind

4 Styles

Books 2

Karel Martens - Patterns

This publication devoid of any text, contains a collection of patterns designed by Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens.

Re-Printed Matter / Karel Martens

Fourth edition of much anticipated book presenting almost 60 years of the work of Karel Martens.

Posters 1

200 letters ‘a’

This limited-edition poster features 200 different hairline versions of the lowercase ‘a' superimposed on each other.

Articles 1

Notes on Designing and Producing the Typeface Wind

It is not very often that I come across type that is so unusual, so strikingly different that I can’t place it. Hansje van Halem’s Wind is one of those rare examples, so I asked her if we could publish it

Typeface stories · 8 December 2017 · English

Blogs 1

Wind, a Layered Typeface for Optical Illusions

A capital-only display typeface by Hansje van Halem for intricate headlines, and optical effects.

23 November 2017

Authors 1

Hansje van Halem

Dutch graphic designer Hansje van Halem (1978) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and started her own studio in Amsterdam in 2003. She creates...