Essent AwardsA major Dutch electricity supplier
sponsors upcoming Dutch musical talent by providing them with funds for recording
and free publicity. The style, developed at Fabrique by a team of designers including myself
, uses bold, block-like typography, arrows referring to stage tape and high-contrast imagery.
Photography is reduced to black and white using a horizontal line-screen,
giving that rock and roll feel and making a wide variety of photography useable.
After developing the style I have brought it to a wide variety of media
as well as directing others in its application. |
Home — The five most recent winners are boldly introduced. Next, the homepage communicates the concept of the Essent Awards. [Fall 2004] |
Home — Featuring five new winners, picked by a jury every spring and fall. [Spring 2005] |
 Listen — Banner to draw viewers' attention to the fact that winners both current and previous have fragments of tracks online for listening. [concept | flash 2004] |
Posters — Each winner is represented by a traditional medium: a band poster. Photography and pose reflect the different styles of the music... [Design | June 2004] |
Posters — ... while the graphic style is consistent. [Design | June 2004] |
Posters — The series fit in the style I designed; this one was done by my colleague Pieter. [Art-direction | Dec 2004] |
E-card Flyer — For the E-card photographers at festivals to hand out to the people they've shot (figuratively speaking, of course). See Essent Awards at Festivals for more info. [Design | Dec 2004] |
Flyer reverse: band times — The list of winners and previous winners performing at the festival, with the right feel to represent all the different styles represented. [Design | Dec 2004] |