Design Commissions
Graphic designer Marc Hollenstein designed a house style for Sonneveld House, the modernist villa and museum managed by Het Nieuwe Instituut, and the projects that take place there. His contribution includes a website, flyers, banners, web covers and display graphics in the house.
Sonneveld House
Sonneveld House is one of the best-preserved houses in the Dutch Functionalist style. The villa was designed in 1933 by architecture firm Brinkman and Van der Vlugt for Albertus Sonneveld, a director of the Van Nelle Factory. The architects designed a total concept in which architecture, interior and furnishings are perfectly coordinated and reinforce one another.Sonneveld house is managed by Het Nieuwe Instituut, but has its own visual identity.
Sonneveld House - Interventions
In 2016 Het Nieuwe Instituut invited three internationally renowned artists to make a work in Sonneveld House. Santiago Borja installed an observatory on the roof. Eva Rothschild placed monumental sculptures, which can be seen as an alternative form of architecture, in various sites throughout the house. The French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster made an audio work for the house. The series of interventions was curated by Erich Weiss.
In 2013 and 2015 the Dutch designers Richard Hutten and Petra Blaisse were invited to respond to Sonneveld House's architecture and interiors.