RAW COLOR
Raw Color works across design disciplines to materialise colour by blending the fields of Graphic Design, Photography and Product Design. From their Eindhoven based studio Daniera ter Haar and Christoph Brach work together with their team on self initiated and commissioned projects.

Exhibition Design & Photography

Multiply

April 2023

Multiply is the solo exhibition that celebrates Raw Color as the winner of Limburg Design Award 2023. The exhibition shows 15 years of work by Raw Color, uniting end results and process....MORE

Product Design

Globo

October 2022

Globo utilises the beauty of opaque glass. The glass generates colours that are both, solid when the light hits from the outside, and translucent when light shines from the insides....MORE

Product

LINE

October 2022

LINE is a new series of rounded pillows inspired from the pieces LINK and LOOP. The knitted upholstery textile Planum is applied in varying proportions and in diverse combinations. ...MORE

Animation

LINK, LINE, LOOP
3d animations

October 2022

To support the exhibition, Raw Color x Sancal – Link & Loop, several 3d visuals have been created by the studio in Cinema 4d. The three digital interpretations are representing Link, Line and Loop....MORE

Product & Exhibition Design

LINK & LOOP Settings

October 2022

The sculptural pieces LINK and LOOP exhibited in monumental colour settings....MORE

Knits & Exhibition

Temperature Textiles

October 2021

Communicating Climate Change through textiles. Temperature Textiles range from knitted blankets, to scarves and socks and are designed to carry climate data and to provide warmth to the user....MORE

Field Frames

September 2021

Field Frames started as an exploration into how harmony can be created between colours. It allowed us to reuse the smallest residues of Planum that have been remains of the previous projects. ...MORE

Textile Design

Quarantine Quilts

September 2021

Being in the midst of the pandemic, Raw Color investigated on how to work with limited resources and how to transform a crisis into a possibility. This optimistic mindset reflects in the way they approached the this project....MORE

Photography

Invertuals – The Circle

October 2019

For the 10th anniversary a photos series of rubber band portraits have been made that refer to the individual designers work through the use of colours, band sizes and materiality....MORE

Installation

Chroma Columns

September 2020

The soft pliability of knitted textiles collides with the hard mechanics of engines and electronics in Chroma Columns, an installation developed KNIT! by Kvadrat Ferbik....MORE

Photography

Elbow Sock

March 2020

Sneezing and coughing into your elbows and not into your hands is one of the advises to avoid getting and spreading the Coronavirus. Elbow Sock is a contribution to Create Cures a public welfare activity initiated by a group of designers...MORE

Light Installation

Spot Colour

April 2019

For Spot Colour, beamers project circles in different coloured and various sizes onto fluorescent painted steel shapes. Vibrant colour combinations and luminous compositions appear....MORE

Product | Graphic | Exhibition Design

Props & Prints

Oktober 2018

Raw Color developed a set of objects that represent each a different aspect of colour, such as density, proportion, shade, translucency and blending....MORE

Product

Hue Boxes

October 2017

Hue Boxes is a series of acrylic containers. The boxes are constructed from frosted multicoloured sheets....MORE

Graphic Research

Solids & Strokes

October 2017

Solids & Strokes is an exploration into silkscreen printing and its possibilities to create a diversity of colour combinations. Basic composition of solid rectangles and stroked rectangles are overprinted onto each other....MORE

Photography

Invertuals - Fundamentals

October 2017

9 different masks are constructed with a selection of over 800 objects from 45 different participants. The objects are derived from the individual collections of the participating designers....MORE

Art Direction & Curation

Dutch Invertuals
Fundamentals Exhibition

October 2017

This exhibition takes the viewer on an inspiring journey into the foundations of the design process. By doing so, they shed a new light on Dutch Invertuals and the various designers it has worked with over the past nine years. ...MORE

Product

Graphic Time

September 2016

Graphic Time is a series of abstract clocks. These kinetic objects are graphic interpretations of functional time pieces. A diversity of prints, perforations and colours create a combination of movement and ever changing compositions....MORE

Photography

Leaves

June 2016

For the exhibition BAL! at the Royal Palace of Soestdijk 40 artist and designers have been invited to create a new work inspired by the different locations of the palace. The fascination for plants of both Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard were the starting point for this photo series....MORE

Installation

Chromatology

April 2015

Chromatology is an installation based on paper shredders, each connected with a motion sensor and fed by coloured paper rolls. The machines are triggered by the pure presence of the viewer in front allowing to activate each machine separately and influencing the colour mixing of the falling paper rain....MORE

Textile

Interline Panels

October 2014

Raw Color created vertical textile panels that enable the user to generate a more or less transparent surface. By sliding the panels horizontal and vertical stripes shift into each other....MORE

Photography & Video

Invertuals 4 - 'Cohesion'

October 2014

Invertuals is a photo series created for the group Dutch Invertuals. All participants are covered with perforated sheets in front of them. ...MORE

Installation

The Fans

August 2014

The starting point for the installation was the combination of two phenomena, colour and its physical quality and on the other side it is the element of motion and its dynamic nature....MORE

Installation - Website

Feeds per Minute

April 2014

The installation captures the news that spreads all over the world per minute. Algorithms determine the colour of the headline based on positive or negative interpretation. The visual output of 'Feeds per Minute' creates a new concept of time measured in events....MORE

Video

Wool Testlab

October 2013

For the video three playful settings focus each on one of the wools properties. Unlike material testing in industrial production this 'Wool Testlab' interacts with the material in a rather unusual way....MORE

Film

Liquefied White

September 2013

This movie is a reminiscence of light shaded vegetables and their textures. The composition arising from the white liquid allows the viewer to experience the graphical qualities of its elements....MORE

Textile

Tinctorial Textiles

April 2013

Tinctorial Textiles is a new step in the research on natural pigment. 13 curtain panels executed in semi translucent wool overlap to create colour blends between each shade....MORE

Textile

Index Collection - Towels

October 2012

The Index Collection is for sale
Indexing colour in the technique of weaving was the departure point of this research. The Index Collection is series of tea towels and blankets. The total collection consists of 3 different colour series. ...MORE

Textile

Index Collection - Blankets

October 2012

The Index Collection is for sale
Indexing colour in the technique of weaving was the departure point of this research. The Index Collection is series of tea towels and blankets. The total collection consists of 3 different colour series....MORE

Identity

Raw Color Identity

Augustus 2012

The most important focus point was colour, material, tactility and combining these into a system. 5 different shades were blend from two PMS-tones. Within the each tone different intensities are created. Business cards contain 100%, compliment cards 80%, envelopes 60% and the letter 40% of the original shade. ...MORE

Installation - Textiles

Cryptographer & Encoded Textiles

April 2012

A personal message is more and more often sent digitally. Intangible, floating in the air, only readable on a screen. The Cryptographer generates pattern by translating words to a code. Bleached into fabric the message becomes tangible....MORE

Book

Babel on demand
Sophisticated Geometry

May 2012

For the annual Graphic Design Festival in Chaumont, we've been inivted to participate in the book project Babel on demand. ...MORE

Installation - Research

D/struct - with Lucas Maassen

October 2011

developed for MU - After the Bitrush
After music and film it is about time to trade other products in the digital realm. Their shared conceptual-aesthetic approach led Lucas Maassen and Raw Color to research how a physical product can function in a digital environment. ...MORE

Photography & Video

Temporary Trees - with Mkgk

October 2011

developed for Make a Forest & MU
For Raw Color and studio Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters trees are anything but static. They ever changing life forms that determine how we experience light, shade, wind and changes of the seasons. ...MORE

Photography & Video

Invertuals 3 - 'Untouchables'

October 2011

Dutch Invertuals are responding to the prevailing spirit of uncertainty and the downside of freedom. Raw Color created the photo-series for this years exhibition expressing each participants vulnerability....MORE

Installation - Research

Paper Shades

May 2011

Five carefully selected shades of wood are simplified to its smallest fibre. The dust, originating from one plank, is transformed into a pile of paper. ...MORE

Installation - Research

Paper Wood

October 2010

Raw Color simplified the ingredient of 'medieval wood' to its smallest fibre. This element, originating from one plank, is transformed into a pile of paper. ...MORE

Installation

Liquid Palette

October 2010

Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
What is the nature of a colour and what is the connection to its physical state. Based on the ongoing research of deriving pigments from vegetables, the aim was to showcase the liquid condition of the colour before it is fixated to the medium of paper or textile....MORE

Agenda

Raw Color Agenda 2011

January 2011

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Textiles

Raw Textiles

September 2010

Based on the ongoing research this was actually the first time that we examined the application of the dyes on textile. We deepened ourselves in the old techniques of dyeing textile with natural pigments and their possibilities. After dyeing the silk for several days it resulted in 18 unique shades that were created by pure and mixed vegetable dyes....MORE

Poster - Research

Absence of Presence - Groot Grafiek

November 2010

developed for Grafisch Atelier Daglicht
Daglicht is a workplace for silkscreening and other printing technique's based in Eindhoven. Different artist and designers from Eindhoven and Rotterdam were invited to use the workshop during one year to experiment with their print making techniques. The only given fact was the format everybody had to work with; 120x160cm....MORE

Photography

Colour Stills - Sight Unseen

January 2010

A series of still life's that tries to capture the characteristics and associations of certain color shades. For example, reddish is represented as tensed, explosive and dynamic, skin shades are shown by softness and purity. ...MORE

Photography

Invertuals 2

March 2010

Invertuals is a photo serie created for the group Dutch Invertuals, used as press-material during the Salone del Mobile, Milano 2010, all the participants are covered up with big foam volumes. ...MORE

Textile - Installation

Exposures 2 - Textiles

October 2009

part of the exhibtion Dutch Invertuals
Fascinated by the idea of shaping a textile by the pure usage of light, we developed 'Exposures' a photosensitive fabric based on the blueprint technique. The 'gradient machine' is especially designed for the production process and exposes the textile in horizontal lines to the daylight....MORE

Installation

Exposures 1 - Machine

October 2009

part of the exhibtion Dutch Invertuals
Fascinated by the idea of shaping a textile by the pure usage of light, we developed 'Exposures' a photosensitive fabric based on the blueprint technique. The 'gradient machine' is especially designed for the production process and exposes the textile in horizontal lines to the daylight....MORE

Photography

Invertuals 1

September 2009

Invertuals is a photo serie created for the group Dutch Invertuals, used as press-material during the Dutch Design Week Eindhoven 2009, all the participants are covered up with different textiles. ...MORE

Photoseries

Stuffed - Peep

October 2008

This photo-series is playing with the perception of stuffed birds. The written word is a reference to the former voice text of every bird, the peeping....MORE

Booklets

This is basic - Books

October 2008

part of the installation This is Basic
The booklets were sketches and starting point of 'This is Basic' at the same time. They are based on paper planes, their relation and interaction with each other. The contrasts of cut papers planes form new compositions every time you turn a page. ...MORE

Posters

This Is Basic - Posters

October 2008

The big pop-up shapes are triangles, circles and squares, by unfolding the poster the shapes open up and become three-dimensional. This transformation highlights the effect of shadow and reflection on the surfaces and shades....MORE

Photoseries

This is Basic - Photos

October 2008

part of the installation This is Basic
Part of 'This is Basic' research is the photoseries. Here the focus is on the structure and spatiality of paper. By means of shadow, reflection, lines and color arises an abstract image. Through the exposure appears a color gradient and reflections which normally stays unnoticed. Paper doesn't feel like paper anymore. ...MORE

Installation

This is Basic

October 2008

Planes, shadows, hues and reflections are subject of this research. For this study we have chosen for paper because this material has all appropriate qualities we were looking for. ...MORE

Textile

Formation

September 2008

We were invited to team up with Seterie Argenti, a family business that is specialised in digital printing on textiles. Since they have a rich history in the textile industry, they created a huge archive of prints and fabrics, including works for international fashion labels....MORE

Photography

Raw Color 3

April 2008

A series of photography created as a reaction of the earlier research done on the color cards. This is a further examination on the visual structure of the vegetables. It also illustrate the mixing ratio of the color card research. ...MORE

Poster Series

Raw Color 2

March 2008

Trying to apply some of our strongest pigment we made some juice cartridges. These inkjets prints are done with (C) Red Cabbage, (M) Beetroot en (Y) Pumpkin. Caused by the irregular juice flow, the ink jet created unique stripe pattern in every print. The examples shown are the very first try outs. ...MORE

Exhibition

Raw Color 1

March 2008

A visual research about vegetables and their powerful color. Vegetables are dismantled and purified to their visual essence 'RAW COLOR'. The harvested color is captured by a new process preserving their intensity on color cards. ...MORE

Exhibition

100% SAP

October 2007

100%SAP is a project about the power of natural color. Vegetables are transformed to a natural ink to feed a new printing process. This process enables the viewer to watch the posters print slightly grow. A 3-D ingredient returns as 2-D icon. ...MORE

Installation

Compressed Cylinders

May 2023

Standing free in the public space, Compressed Cylinders brings colour to the environment as a moving work of abstract art. Compressed Cylinders is commissioned by BlowUp Art Den Haag 2023 and exhibited in Museumkwartier Den Haag....MORE

Animation

3d studies for Compressed Cylinders

May 2023

These 3d studies have been generated during the design process for the inflatabels project Compressed Cylinders....MORE

Spatial Design

Stage – Hollands Licht

April 2023

Hollands Licht commissioned Raw Color to design their first presentation at Euroluce during Salone del Moblile in Milan. The stand stages their collection on flexible backdrops made from Forbo Linoleum that comes on a roll....MORE

Art Direction & Graphic Design

Jianze Identity

Raw Color developed a graphic identity of Jianze which plays with the principle of empty and full space. Jianze is a Chinese home and lifestyle design focused brand....MORE

Art Direction & Graphic Design

Pode Magazine

November 2022

Art Direction and Graphic design for the 2023 catalog of Dutch furniture company Pode, an ode to all attention paid to the Pode photography in recent years....MORE

Product Design

LINK for Sancal

July 2022

Challenging the conventionalism associated with resting and socialising: why can't a seat be a piece of art when is not in use?...MORE

Product Design

LOOP for Sancal

July 2022

Raw Color seeks to create new ways of sitting. The LOOP soft seating range offers a selection of special finishes that break the loop....MORE

Art Direction

Collection Palette
for Hollands Licht

June 2022

The Dutch lighting brand Hollands Licht has commissioned the studio to develop a distinctive colour palette for their products...MORE

Exhibition & Graphic Design

Keith Haring: Grace House Mural

March 2022

The exhibition Keith Haring: Grace House Mural present the early works by the celebrated American artist Keith Haring. Thirteen wall panels of the Grace House mural are shown in Europe for the first time....MORE

Product Design

Mesh for Pode

September 2021

In the Mesh table series, Raw Color plays with densities and material combinations....MORE

Creative Direction

Durables – De Ploeg

January 2022

Studio photography and Art Direction for location photography of the Durables collection by de Ploeg...MORE

Identity

Circulair Warenhuis

The studio has developed a graphic identity for Circulair Warenhuis. Circulair Warenhuis aims to give second hand and waste materials a new life...MORE

Art Direction & Graphic Design

Catalog Hollands Licht

February 2021

Art Direction and Graphic Design for the catalog of Dutch lighting company Hollands Licht....MORE

Identity

Moods Identity

The studio has developed a dynamic graphic identity that supports the diversely themed Moods boxes. ...MORE

Aad de Haas – Exhibition

September 2020

Raw Color defined a palette of shades to create the fitting backdrop for each topic. The exhibition features work from different decades created by Dutch artist Aad de Haas....MORE

Product Design

Tonal for Harmony

January 2020

TONAL is a signature tile collection designed exclusively for HARMONY by Raw Color. The pattern allow to create a well balanced wall composition between dark and light tones....MORE

Textile Design

Planum for Kvadrat | Febrik

January 2020

Planum is a knitted upholstery textile with a refined expression and a smooth, soft surface. It comes in curiosity-inspiring colours crafted by Dutch Design Studio Raw Color....MORE

Graphic Design

Simone Post Identity

December 2019

The identity of Simone Post builds up the logotype in segments that allow its deconstruction into patterns and compositions, aligned in fixed position with a diversity of colour combinations. ...MORE

Photography

Pure Spiritual – Heimtextil

November 2019

As part of Heimtextil 2020, Raw Color created imagery reflecting the Pure Spiritual trend. To address a renewed bond with nature, organic matter, raw materials and pure textiles are selected which show nature’s traces, organic structures and irregularities....MORE

Design Research | Product Design

Perfume Blotter for Puig

June 2019

Research & Development for alternative concepts of the paper perfume blotter, commissioned by the Spanish fragrance editor Puig....MORE

Creative Direction

De Ploeg Campaign

May 2019

Creative Direction, Photography and Graphic Design for a folder campaign series of Dutch curtain textile manufacturer De Ploeg. ...MORE

Photography

Woven Bottom A/W '19

March 2019

The concept for the Autumn/Winter 2019 series presents pants on models that are wearing morph suits in the same colour as the backdrop of the setting. The person disappears while the pants get noticed because of their contrast....MORE

Product Design

Dash for Harmony

February 2019

Dash is all about proportions and colour combinations. With its grid-like pattern, random compositions can be created that combine different shades and different lengths. ...MORE

Exhibition Design | Graphic Design

Basquiat - The Artist and his New York Scene

January 2019

The exhibition is the European premiere of the early work and life of visual artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and his contemporaries. The studio took care of both the exhibition design and the graphic design of the publication....MORE

Textile Design

Vertisol - Hatching, Density and Rows

December 2018

Hatching, Density and Rows are the names of the three textiles that have been designed for Spanish weaving company Vertisol. For the window covering collection a range of 8 colour chips have been developed to create the characteristic shades for the yarns....MORE

Creative Direction | Graphic Design

Thread for TextielMuseum

November 2018

Creative Direction, Strategy and Graphic Design for Thread, a magazine published by TextielMuseum. As the name suggests the reader follows the thread that starts within the museum....MORE

Exhibtion Design

Embassy of Health

October 2018

Chronic Health is the title of this years Embassy of Health. The exhibition presents the possible future of Healthcare. The studio developed the exhibition design of the show for more than 1.000 sqm....MORE

Photography

Woven Bottom S/S '19

October 2018

Each season 5 different colour trends for woven bottom are defined by Stijlinstituut Amsterdam. These trends and colour scheme support the visual communication between yarn producer Invista and the fashion brands....MORE

Art Direction & Graphic Design

Baars & Bloemhoff Colour Book

August 2018

For Baars & Bloemhoff a new concept for the omnipresent sample book of solid coloured HPL (High Pressure Laminates) has been developed. As 'colour curators' the studio has rearranged more than 300 samples that are normally arranged by the individual producers. ...MORE

Window Display

Selfridges

January 2018

Selfridges collaborated with Dutch Invertuals to design a window display in their London store. For this a reintperetation of the 'Fundamentals' masks has been done....MORE

Art Direction & Graphic Design

Arco - We tell stories 01

January 2018

We tell stories 01 is is the first in series of publication for Dutch furniture brand Arco. The newspaper format strives to tell stories that are connected with Arco, rather then being a product catalogue....MORE

Exhibtion Design

TextielMuseum Pop-Up

October 2017

The briefing for the pop-up exhibition of TextielMuseum and TextielLab was the present the diverse aspects of the institution to the audience during Dutch Design Week. ...MORE

Art Direction | Graphic Design | Photography

Matter Revealed - Broeinest

October 2017

The studio took the role as Art Directors of the magazine and exhibition themed Matter Revealed....MORE

Spatial Graphics

Alphabet, Bold and Triangle for Chaumont

May 2017

Alphabet, Bold & Triangle are three different graphic proposals to be discovered in public space. Each proposal is represented by two transformer houses....MORE

Textile

Blend for Nanimarquina

April 2017

Remaining true to their spirit of research regarding colour, the Dutch studio Raw Color presents its first collaboration with nanimarquina. Blend plays with the visual perception of colours. Solid surfaces interact with surfaces that are constructed from lines....MORE

Exhibition Design & Photography

Arco Colours & Materials

January 2017

In 2017 Arco introduced the renewed colour and material palette for their products. A wide range of wood, stain colours, lacquers and powder coats are defined. Under Arco's guidance Raw Color teamed up with Studio Linse to develop a spatial presentation of the renewed shades....MORE

Art Direction & Exhibition Design

Broeinest 8:1 - Exhibition

October 2016

Materiality and colour can be considered as the foundation of our living environment. It is the combination of these two ingredients that create the feeling of intimacy and tactility. Eight different trend worlds invite the visitor to step inside to experience the difference atmospheres....MORE

Art Direction & Graphic Design

Broeinest 8:1 - Magazine

October 2016

Art Directed by Raw Color, set design and graphic design have been created for the exhibition Broeinest 8:1, held during Dutch Design Week 2016. A magazine accompanied the presentation....MORE

Graphic Design

Transitions II - Baars & Bloemhoff

October 2016

Following a successful first edition of Transitions, Baars & Bloemhoff is once again inviting six designers to imagine and shape its decorative materials in Transitions II. ...MORE

Photography

Frame Magazine - Sense Portraits

June 2016

Frame Magazine commissioned the studio to shoot a portrait series of Ronald Hooft. As a columnist Hooft reports about the world of design, art and architecture and his encounters....MORE

Graphic Design & Art Direction

Arco Identity

April 2016

Arco is a contemporary furniture brand that designs, develops and produces. Creative Director Jorre van Ast leads the family business in the fourth generation. The branding and identity is based on the local production and documentation of the surrounding, the factory and the people....MORE

Video

Eindhoven - Share The Vibe

January 2016

The Eindhoven brand is a symbol of energy. The focus on the energy was the point of departure to create a setting that is somewhere between scientific experiment and creative experience. This is embodied by a viral classic, 800 mentos released 80 lites of soda composed as the logo of Eindhoven. It resulted in an energy burst and a big mess....MORE

Book Design & Photography

Transitions - Baars & Bloemhoff

Oktober 2015

The publication and photo series created for the Transitions project depart from the constructive material sheets that are used by the six participating design studios. The binding of the booklet refers to the characteristics of stacked sheets by folding the spreads on different positions throughout the publication....MORE

Book Design & Photography

Working People Light II

August 2015

The Philips Lighting Design team held three workshops in Berlin, London and Paris discussing the future of comfort and well-being in the office environment. To illustrate the abstract topics like comfort, privacy or balance, a series of photographs has been developed to guide through the book. ...MORE

Identity

STRP Identity

March 2015

STRP brings together art, technology and experimental pop culture. The graphic identity refers to the visual characteristics of digital crafts such as programming and coding, resembling RGB colours and monospace typography....MORE

Photography & Video

Heimtextil Colour Trends 2015/2016

January 2015

Raw Color was commissioned to visualise the colours selected by the Heimtextil international trend team by producing four videos and stills to illustrate the ranges....MORE

Identity

Febrik Identity

September 2014

Febrik is a new Dutch brand of interior textiles founded by Renee Merckx and Jos Pelders. The horizontal line is defined as the main graphical element. It adjusts according to the format that is applied, it can be stretched or compressed, repeated and split....MORE

Book

Trick or Trait - Maartje Folkeringa
Onomatopee 99

August 2014

Maartje Folkeringa's work plays the non-verbal forms of communication in our social interaction, our behaviour and the symbols we use to express our worth....MORE

Photography

Febrik - Collection 2014

April 2014

Febrik is a new Dutch brand of interior textiles founded by Renee Merckx and Jos Pelders. The photo series of is part of Febrik's new identity. The setting is based on half open boxes that are painted in the gray coulour scheme of the identity....MORE

Book

TextielLab Yearbook 2013

March 2014

The TextielLab publishes this yearbook to feature the most interesting projects being developed at the Lab during the past year. The 2013 edition is designed as a follow up of the yearbook of 2012 based on the ingredients of the identity of the TextielMuseum....MORE

Photography

New Window x Lex Pott

February 2014

New Window is an online platform and design label that gives an insight into the making process of art and design. The campaign photo series of the Diptych project refers to the black frame used in the New Window identity....MORE

Graphic Design

TextielMuseum Flyer

January 2014

This is a selection of flyers as part of the TextielMuseum's identity. The colour palette is based on 5 hues that are used in a variety of intensities. By mixing and multiplying several layers new colours appear....MORE

Identity

AOO
Altrescoses Otrascosas Otherthings

September 2013

AOO is a new store and brand in Barcelona started by Marc Morro and Oriol Villar. The letters AOO represent the words Altrescoses - Otrascosas - Otherthings in catalan, spanish and english....MORE

Photography

Arco - Local Wood

December 2013

Local Wood comes from the region around the Arco factory in Winterswijk. The concept for the photoshoot was to generate transparency of the product by showing the places the wood passes till it is transformed into a table. ...MORE

Photography & Film

Arco - Balance Table

September 2013

Raw Color was commissioned by the dutch furniture label Arco for the reissuing of the Balance table. The shoot focused on the table's graphical elements and the four new colours: natural, grey, deep green and rosa. ...MORE

Identity

De Intuitiefabriek

July 2013

For the development of the new identity of De Intuitiefabriek the material feel was an important ingredient. The aim was to design 'pieces of material' that represent the tactility and detailing of their products....MORE

Graphic Design

Words Don't Come Easily...
Centre for International Light Art

September 2013

For their temporary exhibition the second version of the communication strategy is used that implements the 'set of rules' composed from gradients and bright colours. ...MORE

Textile

TextielMuseum - Towels & Linnen

June 2013

For the collection of the TextielMuseum a series of tea towels and table linen is developed that will communicate the new identity....MORE

Book

TextielLab Yearbook 2012

April 2013

Every year the TextielLab publishes its yearbook, featuring the most interesting projects being developed there during the past year. The 2012 edition is designed as a continuation of the identity that was introduced earlier....MORE

Textile

Raw Color Ribbons for Santa & Cole

April 2013

The studio was commissioned to develop new colour schemes for the woven ribbon of the spanish design label Santa & Cole. These ribbons are wrapped around a steel frame to become the lampshades of the existing Tripode series....MORE

Photography & Graphic Design

Ontour 'Gardeners United' S/S 2013

February 2013

In this collection functional workwear is combined with classy sportswear creates. These features are also represented in the photography by vegetables and sport ball stacks. ...MORE

Identity

TextielMuseum & TextielLab
Identity

January 2013

The basic icon of the institute represents the T, M and L that are overlapping. In the icon the weight can shift as well to either TM or TL representing TextielMuseum or TextielLab. Departing from the icon it serves as the basic element to construct a big variety of patterns....MORE

Video

Unbloom for TheOneMinutes

October 2012

Being aware that a flower's bloom is only a temporary state these videos speed up the visual decay of different flowers by transforming them into black and white versions of themselves. ...MORE

Book

The Essence of Light
Centre for International Light Art

January 2013

The book 'The Essence of Light' features the collection of the museums' installations. Starting from the floor plan as the basic structure, the book takes the reader through the space. Executed on different papers contrasting each other....MORE

Graphic Design

Lightlines (Un)real
Centre for International Light Art

September 2012

The exhibition Lightlines (Un)real is the kick off for the new graphical language of the museum. A set of visual ingredients is defined such as gradients, bleed, mirrored typography These are used in the first design and will return in the follow ups....MORE

Spatial Graphics

De Etende Mens
Designhuis - Premsela

June 2012

For the exhibition 'De Etende Mens' the exhibition graphics are designed by Raw Color. Panels are developed inspired by commercial signing and supermarket shelves. ...MORE

Graphics

Daphna Laurens - Cirkel Collection

March 2012

Daphna Laurens initiated the collaboration with Raw Color as part of an ongoing concept; the Dutch designers will commission various designers and artists to create a collection of posters representing their pieces....MORE

Book

Livable Cities - Philips Design Probes

May 2012

For the Research Department of Philips Design Probes we designed the book for the project 'Livable Cities'. This department is investigating the future, focusing on a certain theme linked with social aspects. Due to this approach the process and research are of high importance and are documented in a book. ...MORE

Photography

Nowness
Martin Creed x Pierre Gagnaire

March 2012

Eindhoven-based design duo Raw Color toast the opening of Martin Creed's grand overhaul of London's Sketch restaurant with graphic still lifes dedicated to the restaurant's new menu. The Sketch Founder's Artist-Inspired Dishes Reassembled into a Bold Still Life Series....MORE

Box

Nest 2011 Box - Onomatopee

February 2012

The Nest 2011 series entitled Comfort Zone & Disillusion is compiled within the box-set, containing the 4 publications plus a textual compendium - in collaboration with the Royal College of Art's Critical Writing in Art and Design course...MORE

Book

Nest#9 - Jozua Zaagman - Onomatopee

January 2012

This booklet can be seen as an atlas compiled from a bottom-up perspective, featuring hands on maps and statistics, and insight text into the place and position of this very conduct....MORE

Graphic Design

De Krabbedans - Brabants Talent

January 2012

The art platform De Krabbedans showcased the exhibition Brabants Talent. Three young female artists were selected to react on the work of Ester Tielemans. Since this was the starting point for the artists it was used as the starting point for the graphic design language. ...MORE

Book

Copy Nature - Onomatopee

October 2011

This collaboration between artists workshop, Beeldenstorm, and Onomatopee presents 10 talented designers who add cultural extra value by developing the economic durability of raw materials, both personally and sincerely, through experimental production methods: metal + sentiment!...MORE

Book

Nest#8 - Onomatopee -
Nacho Carbonell

September 2011

Nacho Carbonell works within a culture of free-time and luxury, and seeks there the boundaries of a semi-fundamental / authentic experience. His work balances on the borderline between nature and culture. ...MORE

Photography & Lookbook

Ontour - A/W 2011 - On Strike

August 2011

For the lookbook Autumn / Winter 2011 collection "On Strike" the question was to create images that capture the spirit of their collection that is inspired by activists protests and underground resistance....MORE

Identity

Franke Elshout / Food Design

September 2011

For the food designer Franke Elshout we designed their visual identity. Since she is a part of Keukenconfessies the aim for her own identity was to link to Keukenconfessies identity. Basically this is the inversed version....MORE

Book

E'ven Schilderijen

September 2011

Initiated by Jan Willem Renders, the exhibition 'E'ven schilderijen' was focusing on thirty contemporary painters from Eindhoven. For the book we focused on the different formats of the painting. All paintings were represented in scale drawings with specific structures displaying the painting medium and carrier....MORE

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Nest#7 - Onomatopee -
Willem Claassen

June 2011

By optically relocating spatial function, Willem Claassen produces a functioning experience of open-end architectonics and objects. This lays bare a spatial or mental disillusion: nicely and autonomous! ...MORE

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Merkx+Girod

May 2011

The Amsterdam based interior Architect studio Merkx+Girod assigned Raw Color as graphical partner to participate into the design process of the pilot store of the The Royal Dutch Touring Club....MORE

Book

Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst / Overview 2002 - 2011

March 2011

In the 2011 the Museum stopped its activities. For this reason a book was commissioned to give an overview of the museums' activities from 2002 - 2011. The cover is a 8 page unfold-able timeline that is structured by year and colour....MORE

Website

De Fabriek - Website

February 2011

De Fabriek (Factory) Eindhoven is one of the oldest art spaces in the Netherlands. Their website was renewed with a clear focus on the archive of 30 years of material. ...MORE

Book

Nest#6 - Onomatopee - HeyHeyHey

March 2011

heyheyhey (Erik Sjouerman and Elske van der Putten) defy all categorical definitions. They could be labelled graphic designers, street artist, intervention artists or product designers....MORE

Annual Report

Daglicht 2010

March 2011

Daglicht is a workplace for silkscreening and other printing technique's based in Eindhoven. For the annual report of 2010 we did the design of the booklet. ...MORE

Book

Nest#5 - Onomatopee -
Yasser Ballemans

February 2011

For Nest#5 'Manifestation, A plea for sense / making imspressions' we designed a book for Yasser Ballemans. The work of Yasser is focused on creating 3 dimensional volumes from a 2 dimensional material....MORE

Flyer

Invitation - Groot Grafiek

November 2010

For the project Groot Grafiek, we were asked to design the invitation for the exhibition in CBK Rotterdam and De Krabbedans Eindhoven. Different artist and designers from Eindhoven and Rotterdam were invited to use the printing workshop during one year to experiment with their print making techniques....MORE

Photography

Flow - Kleurenwaaier

September 2010

Flow was a group exhibition during Dutch Design Week 2010 about movement, transformation and change. The exposed work was reaching from mechanical art installations to half translucent glass pieces. We were searching for an image giving the suggestion of motion and covering the nature of the exposed pieces. ...MORE

Book

Nest#4 - Onomatopee -
Erwin Thomasse

January 2011

For the Nest#4 edition '38 under par and 11 holes-in-one' we designed a book for Erwin Thomasse. Characteristic to his work is a visual language that is seemingly sensational, citing trendy pop cultural eclecticism: whatever works does the trick: fast, short-tempered and bombastic....MORE

Booklet - Annual Report

Kunstlicht in de Kunst 2009

April 2010

For the year 2009 we designed the annual report of the museum. The design is based on a clear basic grid, that helps to enhance the overview of the exhibitions, artists, visitors, events and other information of that year....MORE

Book

Nest#3 - Onomatopee -
Lucas Maassen

October 2010

Publication is part of the Nest series
For Nest#3 'Conceivably the object is what it seems' we designed a book for Lucas Maassen. His work is playing with the context of what is real and what is not. Utilising exclusive materials and technologies, a secondary layer of tension of conceiving objects arises, in highly playful manner. ...MORE

Identity

Maarten Kolk / Guus Kusters

November 2010

The visual identity for design studio Maarten Kolk and Guus Kusters is created by Raw Color. Their work contains self initiated and commissioned projects, focussing on origin esthetics, production processes, flora and fauna....MORE

Book

Nest#2 - Onomatopee - P.Koole & A.Dijkstra

July 2010

Publication is part of the Nest series - showcasing emerging talent
For the first booklet Nest#2 that is entitled (Con)Textual - What do we really read? and featured the artists Anne Dijkstra and Peter Koole were presented; The two artist are both creating 'flat works' such as drawings and paintings, in which they relate to visual and inter-textual documentations. ...MORE

Identity

Keukenconfessies

May 2010

For the fooddesign studio 'Keukenconfessies' we designed their visual identity. Their work aimes at food design, with an open approach to environment and mood, always packed into a different concept. ...MORE

Book

Self Health - Philips Design Probes

May 2009

For the Research Department Probes at Philips Design we were asked to design the book for the research project Selth Health. This department is occupied with the future, concentrated on a certain theme (often social aspects) the group designers are thinking and designing ahead. Because there won't be an end product the researches are set in a book....MORE

Booklet - Annual Report

Kunstlicht in de Kunst 2008

March 2009

For the year 2008 we designed the annual report of the museum. The design is based on a clear basic grid, that helps to enhance the overview of the exhibitions, artists, visitors, events and other information of that year....MORE

Identity

StrijpX

August 2009

The core of this visual identity is the special developed dessin, composed of geometric shapes relating to the letter X. Every layer makes in a efficient way use of the C,M,Y based offset printing process....MORE

Poster

Kunstlicht - Li Hui

July 2010

The Light Art Museum in Eindhoven is focussing on contemporary art dealing in one our the other way with light. This can mean that the medium of artificial light sources is used. Besides the museums own collection, the main focus is on group- and solo exhibitions. ...MORE

Poster

Kunstlicht - Change of The Century

November 2009

The Light Art Museum in Eindhoven is focussing on contemporary art dealing in one our the other way with light. This can mean that the medium of artificial light sources is used. Besides the museums own collection, the main focus is on group- and solo exhibitions. ...MORE

Book & Poster

Kunstlicht - Neon Delight

June 2009

The Light Art Museum in Eindhoven is focussing on contemporary art dealing in one our the other way with light. This can mean that the medium of artificial light sources is used. Besides the museums own collection, the main focus is on group- and solo exhibitions. ...MORE

Photography & Booklet

Kunstlicht - Beleidsplan 2009 - 2012

January 2009

For the 'Beleidsplan' we've created a photo-series of light art objects from the museums' archive. ...MORE

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January 2015

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Exhibition, Workshop & Lecture - TW

Tapei MOCA - Natural to Next Natural & Workshop

July 2014

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Being invited as part of the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei we also visited Taiwan to give a workshop and lecture.

Publication - CN

IdN Designing for Food

January 2014

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Neon - TextielMuseum & TextielLab

December 2013

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Publication - UK

Computer Arts - Temporary Trees with MKGK

November 2013

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Publication - CN

Solo, Duo, Trio

June 2013

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2+3D Magazine Poland

May 2013

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Produced with Love

April 2013

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Multicolour

January 2013

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Geographics

December 2012

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Publication - NL

Elle Decoration

November 2012

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Stationery

November 2012

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Icon - Cryptographer

September 2012

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Publication - USA

Sight Unseen Book
Colour Stills

August 2012

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Temporary Trees with Mkgk

April 2012

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D/struct with
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April 2012

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Publication - Italy

Abitare - D/struct

March 2012

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Publication - Germany

Introducing - Gestalten

February 2012

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Publication - China

Art in Book

February 2012

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Taiwan Design Center

February 2012

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Hands on Dutch Design

January 2012

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Eigenhuis & Interieur
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December 2011

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Abitare - Dutch Invertuals Matter of time

September 2011

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Publication - China

IdN - magazine

Augustus 2011

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Publication - South Korea

Graphic

August 2011

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Publication - NL

Colour Hunting

July 2011

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Publication - NL

The Best Dutch Book Designs 2010 - Catalogue

February 2011

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Pasajes Diseno#20

May 2010

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NRC - Matter of Time

October 2010

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Lead

October 2009

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Frame

September 2009

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Blend

August 2009

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Pasajes Diseno #16

September 2009

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De Kantlijn nr. 9

December 2008

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The Truth of Basics - Onnomatopee 26

October 2008

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Form

June 2008

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