Kommerz – identity, strategy, and editorial design

Kommerz is an interdisciplinary design agency based in Utrecht and Schiedam, founded by Bram Nijssen and Marcel van den Berg in 2010. In our combined practice we aim to be at the intersection of graphic design, technology, and the liberal arts.

We work for national and international clients in the varied domain of culture, and sectors such as care and welfare, and education and science. Kommerz specializes in graphic and editorial design, copywriting and content strategy, and web design and web development. Our self-initiated projects include the online television platform Volksrekorders (2006-2010), the sample poem The Substitutes (2008-present), and the magazine Non-Issue (2013-present).

Clients
▪ Abvakabo FNV
▪ CG-Raad Nederland
▪ Corpus (Bulegoa z/b, Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius, If I Can’t Dance, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Playground Festival, Tate Modern)
▪ CNV Publieke zaak
▪ Deelgemeente Charlois
▪ Deutschlernen.nl
▪ DW B / Dietsche Warande & Belfort
▪ EKA / Estonian Academy of Arts
▪ If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution
▪ Gemeente Rotterdam
▪ Gemeente Utrecht / Beyond
▪ Gerbrand Burger
▪ GGD Rotterdam
▪ HKU
▪ ICS adviseurs / Projekt Lern-Raum
▪ KesselsKramer
▪ Manifesto NYC
▪ Maurice Bogaert
▪ NAi Publishers
▪ Niet Normaal Foundation
▪ O&O Fonds GGZ
▪ Performance Platform (Dasarts, If I Can’t Dance, NBprojects, School for New Dance Development, Veem House)
▪ Niet Normaal Foundation
▪ O&O Fonds GGZ
▪ Performance Platform (Dasarts, If I Can’t Dance, NBprojects, School for New Dance Development, Veem House)
▪ PSi / Performance Studies International
▪ Quoc Thang
▪ Rikkert Paauw
▪ Rob Hornstra
▪ Rotterdam Vakmanstad
▪ Root bv
▪ Theater Kikker
▪ Tresoar Leeuwarden
▪ Universiteit Utrecht
▪ Valerie van Leersum / Over het IJ Festival
▪ Vandejong / Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
▪ Vesselina Nikolaeva / The Red House
▪ Vlisco

▪ PSi / Performance Studies International
▪ Quoc Thang
▪ Rikkert Paauw
▪ Rob Hornstra
▪ Rotterdam Vakmanstad
▪ Root bv
▪ Theater Kikker
▪ Tresoar Leeuwarden
▪ Universiteit Utrecht
▪ Valerie van Leersum / Over het IJ Festival
▪ Vandejong / Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
▪ Vesselina Nikolaeva / The Red House
▪ Vlisco
Presentations
▪ Academiegalerie, Utrecht
▪ Beijing Design Week
▪ Beurs voor Kleine Uitgevers, Amsterdam
▪ Corrosia, Almere
▪ Das Spectrum, Utrecht
▪ DEV9T, Belgrado
▪ Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
▪ Druksel, Gent
▪ Expodium, Utrecht
▪ Falkeandcharlotte, Amsterdam
▪ Filmfest Dresden
▪ Goethe Institute, Rotterdam
▪ International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno
▪ Web Biennial, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum

Presentations
▪ Academiegalerie, Utrecht
▪ Beijing Design Week
▪ Beurs voor Kleine Uitgevers, Amsterdam
▪ Corrosia, Almere
▪ Das Spectrum, Utrecht
▪ DEV9T, Belgrado
▪ Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
▪ Druksel, Gent
▪ Expodium, Utrecht
▪ Falkeandcharlotte, Amsterdam
▪ Filmfest Dresden
▪ Goethe Institute, Rotterdam
▪ International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno
▪ Web Biennial, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum
▪ Lost & Found, Waag Society, Amsterdam
▪ Museum Meermanno, Den Haag
▪ Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
▪ Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
▪ Perdu, Amsterdam
▪ Pecha Kucha, Club 11, Amsterdam
▪ Pecha Kucha, LiveBuild, Tivoli / Spiegelbar, Utrecht
▪ Poetry International, Rotterdam
▪ TAC, Eindhoven
▪ TENT, Rotterdam
▪ Spreadfest, Sign, Groningen
▪ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
▪ Stranded FM, Utrecht
▪ UrbanFestival, Zagreb
▪ Vechtclub XL, Utrecht
▪ Zinedepo, Motel Spatie, Arnhem