MAINSTUDIO

EDWIN VAN GELDER
The Amsterdam-based graphic design agency 'Mainstudio' was established by Edwin van Gelder
in 2005. Mainstudio loves typography, magazines, identities, illustrations and books.
The approach is a clear idea or form solution, always playing with the context of the information and looking for something unique in every assignment. The designing areas are music, theater, fashion and art. Mainstudio works together with photographers, illustrators and art directors










Amsterdam studio specialising in cultural fields. Their work tends to be purely black and white, which offers a certain clarity. Another example of beautiful Dutch graphic design.

For my FMP i would like to do some work like this. The design of a magazine could be a possibility, as this could allow me to delve into art direction, typography and layout, but also conceptual thinking. The problem would be what the magazine would be based on and where the content would come from. This could come from possibly either collaboration with photographers, but also writers and journalists. These collaborations would probably come mainly from other students, as they would be eager to write for a magazine.

I need to do some research into what journalism courses there are.

Alot of magazines are based around a theme also, so would need to consider what the theme could be.