Nine Fluitsma graphic design
temporary site

Derde Kostverlorenkade 35
1054 TS Amsterdam
06 543 435 97
mail@ninefluitsma.nl

Nine Fluitsma studied Graphic Design at The ArtEZ Academy of Arts Arnhem. After graduating in 2004 she started her own studio, Floortje/Fluitsma, together with Floortje Bouwkamp. Since November 2008 she works on her own as an independent designer.

Kostgewonnen
Identity for a group of creatives working in the same building
2008 (in the making), Floortje/Fluitsma
Visual identity for a group that is connected but also very divers. The whole is the guild, but every studio has their own personal shield with objects relating to their work.

Papercuts
for GreyTones (book and exhibition), part of the Dutch Design Week
2006, Floortje/Fluitsma
Theme: The Human Freak Show. Organic structures and poem cut out of paper and re-applied on the body, showing both the beauty and horror of the world behind our skin.

Report on 'Dualisme'
for Gemeente Apeldoorn
2006, Floortje/Fluitsma
Publication about the process of 'dualisering' in the city council politics. The book shows a staged poster campaign with only the word 'dualisme' in the city of Apeldoorn.

Everyday Typeface
self-initiated
2005, Floortje/Fluitsma
A letter design everyday for over a period of five weeks. A few results are shown here.

Everyday Photo
self-initiated
2007, Floortje/Fluitsma
A series of five photo's every week for over a period of five weeks and showcased it on our website. A few series are shown here.

Digging on IJburg
for Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and ArtEZ Academy of Architecture Arnhem
2006, Floortje/Fluitsma, in collaboration with Remco Oude Alink
Book for annual collaboration project, each year in a different place and with a different material. This year it was an empty island full of sand. Important became the loss of scale, this is why each project is presented on three scales.

Stacking laths
for Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and ArtEZ Academy of Architecture Arnhem
2007, Floortje/Fluitsma
The project was about developing a stacking method for 1200 laths without using any joining materials. The repeating, stacking and making rhythms with the same object is translated in the design for the book.

Dijkhuizenatlas
for M3H Architects
2007 (ongoing), Floortje/Fluitsma
An Archive-like book that can be self-printed and grow. The differences between the several studies and projects M3H did on riverlandscapes and dike-houses are used for the design. Every type of 'media' in the book (for instance; graphics, maps, newspaperclippings) has it's own kind of paper.

Picnic Printed
for Boomerang Media, during Picnic Festival
2008, Floortje/Fluitsma
Daily newspaper made on the spot for a festival about new media, technology, art and science. The design of the newspaper emphasizes the rarity and use of old media (printing) at a new media event.

City Vibes
for Amsterdam Tourism & Convention Board
2009, production by Boomerang Publishing, in Dutch, English, French and German
City guide of Amsterdam with 100 nice adresses spread across seven parts of town, interviews with locals and stories about the history of the city. The content needed a flexible design, that is why the grid is ispired by an equalizer. The blocks can shrink and grow.

Compression
self-initiated
2004
Some results of a larger study about compressing time, movement and information.