Herman
Kossmann

Kossmann.dejong, exhibition architects, is an Amsterdam-based multimedia design studio specializing in exhibition and interior design. The agency was founded in 1998 by Herman Kossmann (1958) and Mark de Jong (1960), both graduated in architecture at the Technical University in Delft. Kossmann.dejong has grown into an agency with over 20 employees. Alongside temporary and permanent museum interiors, the studio also designs interiors for visitors centers, clubs, hotels and large-scale events. The subjects of their exhibitions range from architecture, history of psychiatry and childrens books, art for teenagers and micro-organisms.

Kossmann.dejong is currently working on the new Maritime Museum in Helsingr (Denmark), the Historisches Museum Frankfurt (Germany), MicroZoo for Artis (the Netherlands) and the Maritime and Beachcombers Museum Texel (the Netherlands). The most recent projects the permanent exhibition Laurens Church, a monument full of stories in the Laurenschurch in Rotterdam and a multimedia story about the UNESCO World Heritage Canal area in Amsterdam for Het Grachtenhuis.

The studio has won many national and international awards including a red dot design award 2011, three Dutch Design Awards, the IDEA Gold 2009 & IDEA Silver 2011 the International Design Excellence Awards, a Gold and Bronze ID Award 2010, the I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review 2009, the FX Awards London 2009 and a D&AD Award 2008.

In 2010 Kossmann.dejong, in cooperation with Frame Publishers, has published Engaging Spaces, a valuable and timeless sourcebook for everyone interested in the field of exhibition design.

* IDA 09 - INTERIOR DESIGN - Gold Winner - Office Category
* IDA 09 - INTERIOR DESIGN - Gold Winner - - Category
* IDA 10 - INTERIOR DESIGN - Gold Winner - Other Category
* IDA 10 - INTERIOR DESIGN - Bronze Winner - Other Category