Loes Claessens is an independent graphic design studio based in Amsterdam. Since 2013 the studio is working for various commissioners in the cultural field such as museums, institutions, publishers and artists. Loes Claessens has a strong focus on typography and editorial design and is interested in making books, exhibitions and identities.
We do not offer internships until winter 2023.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Parallel-Parallel Exhibition
ITGWO posters w/
Roosje Klap
The ÖFF, Zurich, CH
3 June 2022
1 MOP Cinema
Hotzone: sounds for architecture
Vondel CS, Amsterdam, NL
21 January 2020
Waag 25 years: the festivities. Polyopera at
The Big Maker Party
Waag, Amsterdam, NL
30 November 2019
HEEL @ Museumnacht 2019
Polyopera at Lima Limo
National Holocaust Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2 November 2019
MODESHOW '19. Nobody remembers a shapeshifter
Casco, Amsterdam, NL
29 June 2019
Nonoki
Interactive installation
and presentation
Museo Universitario Del Chopo, Mexico City, MX
24, 25 April 2019
Nonoki @ LAABF'19
Los Angeles Art Book Fair installation
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, US
11, 12, 13, 14 April 2019
De Grote Macaulay Culkin Avond X Cinetol by De Internet Gids
Live performance of Hotzone '00
Cinetol, Amsterdam, NL
1 February 2019
Eternal Love Triangle
WT x Sandberg Institute
Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, NL
18 January 2019
Printed Matter NYABF '18
"Boiling Room for Hot Reading"
Boiler Room, MoMA PS1, New York City, US
21, 22, 23 September 2018
Cryptonomicatharsis
WT End of the Year Show 2018
Mediamatic, Amsterdam, NL
30 June 2018
The Opening & Closing Reception
Sitterwerk Kunstbibliothek, St. Gallen, CH
4 May, 2018
Printed Matter NYABF '17
Fruits of Fraud
Werkplaats Typografie
Boiler Room, MoMA PS1, New York City, US
22, 23, 24 September 2017
Plantasia #3
De Ruimte, Amsterdam, NL
July 2017
Telemagic: Midnight TELEShopping
Para-Tech-Fair, WORM UBIK, Rotterdam, NL
21 April 2017
EPM.FM @ Bijlmerbajes
Lola Lik, Amsterdam, NL
20 January 2017
ARTFAQ by DDG
Exhibition: Friends Only,
The Internet is Present #3
Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam, NL
25 November 2016
RAAR @ Club Gusto
Live Radio performance
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s-
Rotterdam, NL
8 October 2016
WELTFORMAT 16
Poster Festival
Lucerne, CH
24 September–2 October 2016
HEAD LIGHTS / TALENT NIGHTS
Laser-projection + Performance of
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s-
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
12 May 2016
RELEASE: fount magazine issue #1
Berlin & Dortmund, DE
6 May 2016 & 29 April 2016
Fauna #2
Performaning & VJ-ing
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s- & Cyanne van den Houten
HOOP, Den Haag, NL
11 Maart 2016
[kɔn] No. 2 Verfall
KON-paper & Blank Poster Exhibition
Einstein-Kultur, Munich, DE
13 December 2015
Off Screen #4 2015
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
26 November 2015
EPM.FM
Goede Vrijdag, Utrecht, NL
30 October 2015
CONVERSA #43 at
Mevrouw BOK
Conversas, Rotterdam, NL
30 September 2015
“Best Of..” Drempelprijs Expo
Kunst in het Witte de With Kwartier
Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
11–13 September 2015
Zefir7 – De Nieuwe Lichting
STROOM & BNO
Den Haag, NL
10 September 2015
Critical Mass Night
Hofpoort, Rotterdam, NL
11 July 2015
Finals 2015
Graduation exhibition
Hofpoort,
Rotterdam, NL
8–12 July 2015
Public/Private Expo WDKA
Gelderseplein 46
Rotterdam, NL
17–19 December 2014
Unravel the Code II
John Hopkins University & MICA, Baltimore, US
11–13 December 2013
FREE?! a one-day journey into the cultures of sharing
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
29 November 2013
WORM-up event 'Free Culture'
in collaboration with Piet Zwart Institute
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
13, 14 & 15 November 2013
Parallel-Parallel Exhibition
ITGWO posters w/
Roosje Klap
The ÖFF, Zurich, CH
3 June 2022
1 MOP Cinema
Hotzone: sounds for architecture
Vondel CS, Amsterdam, NL
21 January 2020
Waag 25 years: the festivities. Polyopera at
The Big Maker Party
Waag, Amsterdam, NL
30 November 2019
HEEL @ Museumnacht 2019
Polyopera at Lima Limo
National Holocaust Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2 November 2019
MODESHOW '19. Nobody remembers a shapeshifter
Casco, Amsterdam, NL
29 June 2019
Nonoki
Interactive installation
and presentation
Museo Universitario Del Chopo, Mexico City, MX
24, 25 April 2019
Nonoki @ LAABF'19
Los Angeles Art Book Fair installation
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, US
11, 12, 13, 14 April 2019
De Grote Macaulay Culkin Avond X Cinetol by De Internet Gids
Live performance of Hotzone '00
Cinetol, Amsterdam, NL
1 February 2019
Eternal Love Triangle
WT x Sandberg Institute
Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, NL
18 January 2019
Printed Matter NYABF '18
"Boiling Room for Hot Reading"
Boiler Room, MoMA PS1, New York City, US
21, 22, 23 September 2018
Cryptonomicatharsis
WT End of the Year Show 2018
Mediamatic, Amsterdam, NL
30 June 2018
The Opening & Closing Reception
Sitterwerk Kunstbibliothek, St. Gallen, CH
4 May, 2018
Printed Matter NYABF '17
Fruits of Fraud
Werkplaats Typografie
Boiler Room, MoMA PS1, New York City, US
22, 23, 24 September 2017
Plantasia #3
De Ruimte, Amsterdam, NL
July 2017
Telemagic: Midnight TELEShopping
Para-Tech-Fair, WORM UBIK, Rotterdam, NL
21 April 2017
EPM.FM @ Bijlmerbajes
Lola Lik, Amsterdam, NL
20 January 2017
ARTFAQ by DDG
Exhibition: Friends Only,
The Internet is Present #3
Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam, NL
25 November 2016
RAAR @ Club Gusto
Live Radio performance
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s-
Rotterdam, NL
8 October 2016
WELTFORMAT 16
Poster Festival
Lucerne, CH
24 September–2 October 2016
HEAD LIGHTS / TALENT NIGHTS
Laser-projection + Performance of
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s-
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
12 May 2016
RELEASE: fount magazine issue #1
Berlin & Dortmund, DE
6 May 2016 & 29 April 2016
Fauna #2
Performaning & VJ-ing
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s- & Cyanne van den Houten
HOOP, Den Haag, NL
11 Maart 2016
[kɔn] No. 2 Verfall
KON-paper & Blank Poster Exhibition
Einstein-Kultur, Munich, DE
13 December 2015
Sitterwerk Kunstbibliothek, St. Gallen, CH
4 May, 2018
Printed Matter NYABF '17
Fruits of Fraud
Werkplaats Typografie
Boiler Room, MoMA PS1, New York City, US
22, 23, 24 September 2017
Plantasia #3
De Ruimte, Amsterdam, NL
July 2017
Telemagic: Midnight TELEShopping
Para-Tech-Fair, WORM UBIK, Rotterdam, NL
21 April 2017
EPM.FM @ Bijlmerbajes
Lola Lik, Amsterdam, NL
20 January 2017
ARTFAQ by DDG
Exhibition: Friends Only,
The Internet is Present #3
Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam, NL
25 November 2016
RAAR @ Club Gusto
Live Radio performance
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s-
Rotterdam, NL
8 October 2016
WELTFORMAT 16
Poster Festival
Lucerne, CH
24 September–2 October 2016
HEAD LIGHTS / TALENT NIGHTS
Laser-projection + Performance of
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s-
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
12 May 2016
RELEASE: fount magazine issue #1
Berlin & Dortmund, DE
6 May 2016 & 29 April 2016
Fauna #2
Performaning & VJ-ing
-m-e-n-t-a-x-i-s- & Cyanne van den Houten
HOOP, Den Haag, NL
11 Maart 2016
[kɔn] No. 2 Verfall
KON-paper & Blank Poster Exhibition
Einstein-Kultur, Munich, DE
13 December 2015
Off Screen #4 2015
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
26 November 2015
EPM.FM
Goede Vrijdag, Utrecht, NL
30 October 2015
CONVERSA #43 at
Mevrouw BOK
Conversas, Rotterdam, NL
30 September 2015
“Best Of..” Drempelprijs Expo
Kunst in het Witte de With Kwartier
Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
11–13 September 2015
Zefir7 – De Nieuwe Lichting
STROOM & BNO
Den Haag, NL
10 September 2015
Critical Mass Night
Hofpoort, Rotterdam, NL
11 July 2015
Finals 2015
Graduation exhibition
Hofpoort, Rotterdam, NL
8–12 July 2015
Public/Private Expo WDKA
Gelderseplein 46
Rotterdam, NL
17–19 December 2014
Unravel the Code II
John Hopkins University & MICA, Baltimore, US
11–13 December 2013
FREE?! a one-day journey into the cultures of sharing
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
29 November 2013
WORM-up event 'Free Culture'
in collaboration with Piet Zwart Institute
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
13, 14 & 15 November 2013
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
26 November 2015
EPM.FM
Goede Vrijdag, Utrecht, NL
30 October 2015
CONVERSA #43 at
Mevrouw BOK
Conversas, Rotterdam, NL
30 September 2015
“Best Of..” Drempelprijs Expo
Kunst in het Witte de With Kwartier
Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
11–13 September 2015
Zefir7 – De Nieuwe Lichting
STROOM & BNO
Den Haag, NL
10 September 2015
Critical Mass Night
Hofpoort, Rotterdam, NL
11 July 2015
Finals 2015
Graduation exhibition
Hofpoort, Rotterdam, NL
8–12 July 2015
Public/Private Expo WDKA
Gelderseplein 46
Rotterdam, NL
17–19 December 2014
Unravel the Code II
John Hopkins University & MICA, Baltimore, US
11–13 December 2013
FREE?! a one-day journey into the cultures of sharing
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
29 November 2013
WORM-up event 'Free Culture'
in collaboration with Piet Zwart Institute
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
13, 14 & 15 November 2013