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12/2011

'HABIBI' wins Best Film, FIPRESCI Prize, Best Actress, and Best Editor at the
Dubai International Film Festival 2011 in the Arab Muhr Competition.



10/2011

At Lava, Man Kit has recently been working on the visual concept and graphic items for IMPAKT FESTIVAL 2011, which will be held in Utrecht from 2 - 6 November.



09/2011

The official 'HABIBI' trailer is online. Enjoy!



09/2011

'HABIBI' screens in competition at Reykjavik International Film Festival on September 23, 2011 and has its Asian premiere at Busan International Film Festival in October 2011.



08/2011

Man Kit designed the official film poster for 'HABIBI'.



08/2011

'HABIBI' will have its world premiere at Venice Film Festival 2011 and its North American premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2011. For
more information go to Venice-days.com and TIFF.net.




07/2011

This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chinese immigration to the Netherlands. In commemoration, Man Kit designed and donated the logo for the Chinese 100 Years in the Netherlands Foundation. The foundation used the logo in their 'Dance of the Lion' in the Dam Square, Amsterdam, where 100 Chinese lions performed.






05/2011


New York


05/2011


Cannes


05/2011



The Humanity House brand wins Silver in the category 'brand implementation'
at the European Design Awards 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania.


02/2011

'HABIBI' has completed its succesful campaign on Kickstarter.


12/2010

'HABIBI' is picture locked. Next step is sound mixing and color correction.
For more information go to habibithefilm.com or go to the Facebook page.




12/2010

Humanity House is open! The Humanity House, initiated by the Dutch Red Cross,
is a museum that tells the story about normal people under extraordinary circumstances. At Lava, Man Kit worked on the visual identity, launch
campaign and interior of the museum. For more information go to humanityhouse.org and facebook.com/humanityhouse.


Humanity House opened by HRH Princess Margriet.


Public opinion researcher Maurice de Hond.


For the official opening everybody opened the Humanity House collectively by putting the key that they have received with the invitation in the lock.


The entrance ticket is a visitors permit, which is part of the museum experience.


The filing room.


The opening is a wrap.

Photo credit: Humanity House


11/2010

Man Kit designs the press kit and poetry book with stills from the film for 'HABIBI'.


10/2010

'HABIBI' has been selected to show sample scenes at Doha Tribeca Film
Festival in Qatar. For more information go to dohafilminstitute.com and habibithefilm.com




10/2010

The limited edition 'HABIBI' film poster which Man Kit designed with the
support of Reza Abedini is now available. Reza Abedini, the internationally
renown graphic designer/artist who is famous for his modern Arabic
typography, has designed the title for our film which is now featured on
our limited edition A1 print (24x33 inches). If you choose to purchase
this print, funds from the sale will go directly into finishing our film.
All purchases are tax-deductible and instructions for how to purchase are
as follow:

Make a tax-deductible donation of $40 or more via Women Make Movies.
At the Women Make Movies site, scroll down the list of film names and choose
'Habibi Rasak Kharban'. Your donation includes the cost of shipping the
poster.




10/2010

The book 'Ja, ik zit!' [Yes, I'm Sitting!] was presented during the 10th year anniversary of BOS [Buddhistic Broadcast Foundation]. The book contains
stories of young Buddhists who talk about combining Buddhism with their
daily life. Man Kit designed the bookcover at Lava.




09/2010

At Lava, Man Kit is working on the branding and visual identity of Humanity House, an initiative of the Dutch Red Cross. Humanity House is a museum which also function as an education and debate centre that focuses on humanitarian
issues.




07/2010


Beirut | Lebanon


06/2010


Placencia Village | Belize


06/2010

Man Kit is attending the IFP Filmlab in NY with filmmaker Susan Youssef.
Go to the article.




05/2010

Lava became European Design Agency of the Year 2010.




05/2010

Man Kit has been working closely with filmmaker Susan Youssef these few
months on the edit of the feature film 'HABIBI'. He also designed the
official 'HABIBI' website. Check out habibithefilm.com




05/2010

At Lava, Man Kit worked the past half year on the visual identity for the Museum of National History and its live events. The Dutch Museum of National History will get its permanent location in a few years. In the meantime,
the museum will start its communication of live events and online activities under the name INNL. At the end of December 2009, INNL was presented to the press. In the course of 2010, more and more items will be launched to the public. Here's a small selection of work and some links:
innl.nl
automatiek INNL












Photo credit: Museum of National History


12/2009

Man Kit has been asked to design five theme guides in four different
languages for GNP+, the Global Network of People Living with HIV.


11/2009

Found this image in my old archives, love it.




10/2009

At Lava, Man Kit has designed the visual identity for Clear Village, an international initiative to build a sustainable city near the Mediterranean Sea. The visual identity serves as an open source identity which grows
parallel with the ideas for the city. In addition to the visual identity for Clear Village, Man Kit has created the online and offline magazine 'Recode'. Click here to go to the 'Recode' website.




08/2009

Man Kit will be in NY.


07/2009


Dieulivol | France


06/2009

At Lava, Man Kit has designed the dynamic logo and flyer for UNMA [Utrecht
New Media Evening] organised by the Impakt, z25.org and NetNiet.org foundations. UNMA is a networking event for experts on e-Culture.





04/2008

Man Kit designs in cooperation with Johannes Verwoerd the visual identity, flyers and posters for 'Culinair Lint': an upcoming art manifestation on June 21st that involves food and art exhibited on a 750 meter long dining table.

Man Kit designs labels for the upcoming collection of clothing designer
Gino Marengo.


03/2008

Man Kit works as a freelance designer for ARHK architects.

Man Kit works as a visualiser for GITP Research.


02/2008

Man Kit starts as a graphic designer at Lava design agency.


01/2008

The short movie 'The Piano Tuner' by Man Kit is being screened at cinema
The Hague.

Man Kit designs the visual identity for filmmaker Susan Youssef. The letters
of her name contain images from the five films that Susan had made so far.




Presentation of the FollyDOCK catalog at NAi, Rotterdam.


12/2007

Man Kit will be in NY from 16 December till 17 January.


11/2007

The design for the book 'Emotiesurfin' USA' is finished.

The VPRO Annual Report 2006 is being exhibited during Grafisch Papier Hier at Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam.

Man Kit works as a freelance graphic designer for Harlequins Interactive.


10/2007

Man Kit designs the book 'Emotiesurfin' USA' from the author H.A. Degens.

The visual identity for clothing designer Gino Marengo is finished.


09/2007

The monogram and business card for industrial designer Yuen Han Lam is finished.


08/2007

Man Kit designs the visual identity for industrial designer Yuen Han Lam.

Man Kit designs the visual identity for clothing designer Gino Marengo.


07/2007

Man Kit designs the catalog for FollyDOCK. FollyDOCK is part of Rotterdam
2007 City of Architecture.

Man Kit starts working as a freelance graphic designer.

Graduation show of 'Middle Ground' project at the Royal Academy of Art.
An exploration of the interplay between Second Life and actual reality.




06/2007

Man Kit graduates from the Royal Academy of Art with a concentration in
graphic design.

The VPRO Annual Report 2006 is mentioned in the Dutch magazine HP/De Tijd.


04/2007

The VPRO Annual Report 2006 is finished. The Annual Report shows who the
VPRO is after 80 years with a focus on the present-day identity of the organization. The cover celebrates VPRO's 80th anniversary while reflecting that individuals faced challenges within the changing organization in 2006.
The book has a dual appearance. First, the year annual is a picture gallery holding portraits of VPRO's employees. Its second purpose is revealed when
the pages, held together with Japanese binding, are torn apart to reveal the year annual data. In this way, there are two ways to look back on VPRO in
2006.


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Man Kit works on his graduation project 'Middle Ground'. An exploration of
the interplay between Second Life and actual reality.




12/2006

Man Kit designs the press kit and graphic images for the short documentary
'For the Least' by Susan Youssef. The documentary will be screening the
first time on January 20, 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival. For more information go to www.forbiddentowander.com

Man Kit follows a workshop ‘How to Build a Robot’ at Mediamatic.
The workshop is given by Ralf Schreiber and Christian Faubel.






11/2006

Bookpresentation ‘NIEUW - 20 Years of Multicultural Theater De Nieuw
Amsterdam’ in De Balie. Commissioned by Studio Ron van Roon, book designed
by Man Kit.


10/2006

Man Kit Lam and Johannes Verwoerd are nominated to design the VPRO Annual Report 2006.

Exhibition 'Ode to My Youth' in Wolvenstraat 23, Amsterdam.


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09/2006

Exhibition 'Ode to My Youth' at Metamorfosen Festival, Delft.


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