Paul Ouwerkerk – Graphic Language

‘Treasury/Schatkamer’ Signage and Typography

Signage and typography, labeling of exhibit objects, exhibition texts for OMA designed exhibition ‘TREASURY/SCHATKAMER’ at the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi). 2011.

7 December 2016

AMS Corporate Identity

Logo for Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions. The logo has 3 basic appearances, which are always either in black or white, boxed or unboxed in a series of selected coloursettings. The payoff ‘Advanced Metropolitan Solutions’ is integral part of the logo. 2013.

29 November 2016

Ymere Strategy Book

Every 5 years Ymere, Amsterdam’s largest Social Housing Corporation, updates it’s strategic vision document. This book portrays the current business strategy. 2016.

29 November 2016

RIVM tender branding

RIVM, Dutch centre for Disease Control new HQ tender branding. Winner. 2014.

5 December 2016

S333 Kinetic Logo

FINANCIAL TIMES / 10.05.2008 / by Edwin Heathcote “Amsterdam-based architecture practice S333 has the best logo of any I’ve ever seen in the industry. Created by Dutch graphic designer Paul Ouwerkerk, it’s a kinetic series of fractured figure eights revolving in hypnotic patterns.”

25 November 2016

Code of El Houma

Annotations on the code of ‘El Houma’. A1 poster for Samia Henni’s presentation at Casablanca’s 2011 African Perspectives conference.

17 November 2016

Ymere Strategy Icons

7 Icons to match Ymere’s 7 new strategies, operational until 2020. Ymere is Amsterdam’s largest social housing corporation. 2015.

29 November 2016

schindlersalmerón Katalog

SCHINDLERSAMERÓN is a furniture company operating out of Zürich, Switzerland. Since their foundation in 2006 they have operated a colour system as part of their identity branding. For their 2017 furniture catalogue we have translated this system into hand made folders with fabric beams to extend this ‘flag’ into the tangible realm. 2016.

5 December 2016

Cité Clime Exhibition

The Climatizer. MVRDV in Musée de Science in Paris. Branding and Signage. This project is dedicated to LYDIA INGLIS REDONDO from Sevilla, who worked extensively with us on the project and sadly died in 2011 after a prolongued struggle with cancer. She is well remembered for her commitment and for being a great person. The…

7 December 2016

BK EXPO

Branding and signage of the BK EXPO exhibition space at BK City, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft Technical University. Typeface: AMSTERDAM STENCIL ©Graphic Language. 2015.

25 November 2016

Educatorium Signage

In close collaboration with Cristophe Cornubert of Office for Metropolitan Architecture a signage language was developed for OMA’s Educatorium building at Utrecht’s University Campus ‘de Uithof’. 1999.

25 November 2016

Logo Burton Hamfelt

21 November 2016

Stencil Bodoni

For the B30 TENDER we designed a STENCIL Bodoni typeface. This typeface played a significant part in the BRANDING of the project. With connotations to both the classics (Bodoni, Serif) and the moderns (Stencil, Corbusier) it rendered a strong but elegant style marking for the chapters and the covers of books and boxes. For Kaan…

29 November 2016

Paul Ouwerkerk’s Graphic Language

Graphic Language is a Strategic Design and Branding consultancy. We brand companies, project, products and buildings. Our expertise is grounded in Corporate Branding, (story telling) Presentation Design, Book Design, Info Graphics and Web Design. Paul Ouwerkerks Artworks can be found at www.paulouwerkerk.nl. For many years we have served Architectural offices (Rem Koolhaas’ OMA, MVRDV, Claus…

17 November 2016