All work

Exhibition

Orrery Museum of Light

Exhibition graphics and spatial identity for a museum devoted to the science and poetry of light.

Client

Orrery Foundation

Discipline

Exhibition

Location

Copenhagen

Year

2025

Orrery Museum of Light, cinematic project image 1, Mordant design studio template

The story

Orrery Foundation

The brief

The Orrery Foundation was opening a museum in a converted harbour warehouse. The collection runs from early lenses to contemporary light art.

Our approach

We built a quiet graphic system of thin rules and numbered stations that guide visitors without competing with the work. Wall text uses one weight and two sizes. Colour appears only where the light itself is coloured.

The outcome

The system now runs across signage, catalogues, tickets and the museum's digital guide.

The walls had to step back so the light could speak.

Orrery Foundation

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Ferro Line, cinematic project image 1, Mordant design studio template

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