with Irma Boom Office + Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam—The Netherlands, 2013
260 pages — 20x25 cm
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Irma Boom Office is responsible for the making of the visual identity for the newly restored Rijksmuseum and the design of all publications.
During my time at the office, I personally worked on 250 Highlights, a photographic book featuring the highlights of the collection. It is available in ten languages; each language features a different cover, connected by the colours that overflow from one cover to the other.
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The Rijksmuseum house style incorporates an original typeface – designed by Irma Boom and developed by Paul van der Laan of Bold Monday font foundry – and a notable colour palette. Based on highlights of the museum’s collection and used in a variety of visual manifestations, this colour scheme is the ‘DNA’ of the Rijksmuseum.