Clear visual communication, branding and spatial design. Applied art but not an artist. Based in Amsterdam and additionally working overseas in China, Russia and Taiwan

The studio is founded in 2016 by Johan Nijhoff. Johan studied design at St Joost, the university of art in Breda, Holland. After his study he worked at various studios and in 2010 joined as senior designer Lava, an internationally recognized design agency based in Amsterdam and Beijing.

After the experience of working in Russia for several times he moved to Beijing in 2014 and contributed as creative director to the successful new company Lava Beijing. From 2014 untill 2016 he was also part of Lava’s management Team. In 2016 he went back to Holland and started his own design studio based in Amsterdam.

Together with architect Jos Blom he co-founded Novemberbravo, a multi-disciplinary initiative that combines visual communication, architecture and scenography.

In 2017 he started together with Jojo Lai ‘Boom! Let's build your brand’, a self initiated serie of workshops in Taiwan for young entrepreneurs. 

His design focusses on the development of visual identities, branding and spatial design such as exhibitions and 3D-experiences. Throughout the years his work has been published by several national and international magazines and design blogs. In 2014 his poster for Moscow Design Museum was included in the permanent collection of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and its visual identity won an award at the prestigious D&AD Awards in London.

Johan worked for: Dutch Ministery of Foreign Affairs, Beijing Design Week, French and Dutch Embassy in Beijing, Moscow Design Museum and China Productivity Centre in Taipei.