De Balie

De Balie is a center for culture and politics, which hosts debates, seminars, theater and films, aimed at cultural, political and social issues. De Balie asked Lava to develop its identity, maintaining its existing logo.

De Balie highlights important developments in society: Lava took this fact as a starting point and translated it to an identity where De Balie literally underlines what is important. The content of each message is guiding for the typography and the type of underlinement.

An important identity carrier is the poster. De Balie constantly responds to current events, so communication on a current topic has to be designed at very short notice and often without budget for photographic material. The style has strong links to the history of the political pamflet. Lava uses the time and budget constraints to create a unique aspect of De Balie's visual communication.