At Ihsan Ishan Design, we create museum branding rooted in scholarship and research. We distill the voice of your institution and its exhibitions into design systems that connect audiences emotionally and intellectually.
Spanning exhibition branding, typography, pattern, illustration, print, digital, and exhibition design, we translate narratives into clear, cohesive visual systems that create context, meaningful engagement, and lasting impact.
Our work helps museums communicate with depth, coherence, and purpose, ensuring that each exhibition and program is experienced as thoughtfully as it is presented.
Museum Branding &
Exhibition Identity
The Steins Collect:
Matisse, Picasso, and
the Parisian Avant-Garde
A Story of Discovery:
Extensive research by Sangeetha Kowsik uncovered an early 1900s map of Paris, which was meticulously redrawn and hand-illustrated to trace the location of Gertrude Stein’s residence during that period.
Archival research also revealed a historic stamp, which was carefully redrawn and integrated into the exhibition’s visual identity.
The typography was inspired by the artists Stein championed, while the
hand-illustrated map became the
central graphic element anchoring
the exhibition’s branding.
Branding and Typography design for China Institute Special Exhibition “Dreams of the Kings”
BRANDING & CUSTOM PATTERN DESIGN FOR THE
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART’S
COSTUME INSTITUTE : SCHIAPARELLI & PRADA, IMPOSSIBLE CONVERSATIONS
BRANDING & TYPOGRAPHY DESIGN FOR EXHIBITIONS
BRANDING, ILLUSTRATION, TYPOGRAPHY, AND CUSTOM
PATTERN DESIGN FOR
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART GUITAR HEROES SPECIAL EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION BRANDING & TYPOGRAPHY DESIGN FOR VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS