Xinyuan Qu

Graphic Design & Typeface Design
Brooklyn, New York

Currently working at Pentagram,
and studying at Type@Cooper.

Previously at Gretel.

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Last Updated 01. 2025
© Xinyuan Qu, 2025

Koning

Recognition: Excellence of Typography, Communication Arts, 2025
                        Excellence of Type Design, NewOne Awards, 2024
Instructor: Ryan Bugden
Koning is a display serif typeface revived from old Dutch hand lettering on a banner for Louis Napoleon, King of Holland (1806-1811), displayed in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. I was intrigued by its sturdy yet subtly grotesque characteristics.
Specimen is set with Simon Mono by JP Haynie and Robert Janes, Dinamo