A publication for LUCA School of Arts designed together with Jan en Randoald.
A collection of posters for LUCA School of Arts designed by Jan en Randoald.
A sample of the templates designed together with Jan en Randoald.
A poster for LUCA School of Arts designed by Jan en Randoald.
A collection of posters for LUCA School of Arts designed together with Jan en Randoald.
A poster for LUCA School of Arts designed by Jan en Randoald.
A publication for LUCA School of Arts designed together with Jan en Randoald.
Together with the Belgian graphic design power couple Jan en Randoald, I was selected to design the new identity for LUCA School of Arts, the Belgian collection of 5 Art Schools that are linked to the KU Leuven.
↓ MORE INFO ↓As the identity for a collection of design schools, we purposely opted for a collection of rules instead of strict guidelines. Despite the short timeframe — 2 months — we decided against a regular logo and instead went for an outspoken typeface that felt both rooted in history yet experimental. The wordmark is set in the typeface but gets elevated into a “logo” by automatically adding a line through Opentype coding.
Our intent to design a display font was expanded into a text font, including 2 weights. However there wasn’t any more time to draw up italics, so we went for underlined cuts as an alternative. The family was paired with a selection of 8 colors from the color palette of Le Corbusier. The typeface is used for in-house typesetting by the staff of the academies as a classic identity, but morphs into an experimental gear when used by the graphic designers.
The family is constructed with and inverse line contrast and includes some alternate glyphs or certain letters. In the wordmark the capital “A” is swapped for a quick nod to Max Bill.
Luca Regular
Luca Underline
Luca Bold
Luca Bold Underline
Past clients and collaborators for custom type include:
- DateClientStudioType
- 2018 Stuk Leuven Sara Thewissen Lettering
- 2018 Club Telex Sara De Bondt Font customization
- 2018 MSK Gent Ruud Ruttens Lettering
- 2017 Huis van Alijn Randoald Sabbe Font customization
- 2016 MSK Gent Ruud Ruttens Typeface Design
- 2014 Hotel Belvue Something Els Font customization
- 2014 Picasso in Palestine Node Berlin Oslo Typeface Design
- 2013 LUCA School of Arts Jan & Randoald Typeface Design
- 2012 Newkirk Studio Lin Typeface Design
- 2012 Kipling Kipling Lettering
- 2011 Jason Miller Studio Studio Lin Font customization
- 2011 Core77 Design Awards Studio Lin Font customization
- 2011 SALT Project Projects Font customization
- 2010 ILAHS Studio Nienke Terpsma Typeface Design
- 2009 Porsche Museum Mevis & Van Deursen Font customization
- 2008 MSK Gent Piranesi Exhibition Bas Rogiers Font customization
