Fueled by frustration about the amount either ugly or bland packaging, as wel as an interest in the psychologic effects of packaging design, the idea to make a step in the right direction arose.

I did research about how we associate colours, shapes and typography with taste and smell. Based on that, I compiled a packaging-guide and applied the process to 10 products to put it to the test. The results belong to a family of products of some imaginative private label. Designs are stripped down to the essentials, which still preserve the required associations. A dynamic grid is used as a layout structure to create coherence between all packages.

This book is a compilation of my bachelor thesis and all the research I conducted for my bachelor's thesis.

As a part of my bachelor's thesis, I was assigned to perform some graphical action each day for seven weeks, this assignment was dubbed "7x7".

I opted to find an intriguing package every day. The resulting collection, which was visualized in a grocery store newspaper, gave me inspiration to continue my research for my bachelor's thesis.

A rebranding for the youth theater collective Sjokkotof. The shape of the logo is inspired by the shape of 'chokotoff' candy. The corporate identity is also based on this recognizable shape.

website: work in progress

From June 26th until July 2nd (2023), this poster was presented on a billboard in Antwerp. It was part of the Onboards Biennale 2023 with the theme 'In touch'.

The poster represents our mindless scrolling behaviour on social media.

This book is the result of a personal research into the history of color in interior design during the last century. Each time, I choose ten interiors that appeal to me in some manner. The first five photographs every decade are design interiors created by or for connoisseurs, while the last five are for the general public. Each chapter concludes with a summary of all colors mentioned. You can look for patterns here, such as a hue that repeats itself.

In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. The story is told by A Square living in an abstract two-dimensional world.

For a group exhibition everyone had to choose one topic from the story and rework the book to that theme. I chose to work on the theme of architecture in Flatland.

How does a Flatlander live? What do their cities and houses look like? As a result of the geometrical shapes in this story, abstract designs for homes and urban design arose. The whole book was put on four floor plans (A0 format) combined in a handmade folder.

A non-commercial poster for the movie Playtime by Jacques Tati.
Unlike the static, futuristic city where this story takes place, the people and the trafic are constantly moving. Arrows are the perfect symbol for attempting to make order in this chaos.

A typographic experiment, inspired by the Galapagos Game by Felix Salut.

Silkscreen on t-shirts.

Silkscreen experiments

Protesting bad driving behaviour.

A coorporate identity for the imaginary place ‘Seahaven Island’ from the movie ‘The Truman Show’.
This design evolved from an almost uncanny kindness. Every detail of the designs was done to unconsciously force the occupants to stay on the island and send only positive signals out into the world.

A displayfont based on the Braunproducts, designed by Dieter Rams.
The Braunbox included a risoprinted booklet and poster.

Part of a calender for a groupproject.
February is the month with the fewest days. The inspiration for this design came from February's desire to compensate for their failure by acting macho. Bodybuilders' arms were used to make a one-of-a-kind font for this design.

A logo created with my own initials, K. N. From the logo, an animation and a 3D object were designed as well.

A typographic postcard made during the covid crisis in 2020.