Walk along Nyhavn.
Thirteen houses, one logo. Every house is a door into the work.
Harbour: the sheltered water where boats come in.
A place to come home to.
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
The old harbour, with its painted houses and wooden boats. The first Havn Kaffe opened here, in a former boathouse.
Short enough to shout across the water.
Fishermen said havn and meant home. We kept the word plain enough to print on a cup.
Six ideas, one cup.
We drew the harbour six ways. Anchors and boats said sea, not coffee. The cup with steam kept the quay in the picture.
Built on one stroke.
- One thicknessThe bowl, the handle and the steam share a single stroke.
- Two circlesBoth have radius 20, shifted by two units, which softens the base.
- Three wispsThey lean like swells, at 34, 45 and 56 along the rim.
A cup with three wisps of steam.
One line draws the cup, and the same line rises as steam.
The cup steps aside.
What is left is only the steam: three soft lines.
Steam lies down and becomes the harbour.
Three swells on the water. The name and the symbol say the same thing.
A word with the cup inside.
Inter SemiBold, pulled in by four percent so the letters read as one word. Its round forms echo the cup.
Room to breathe.
Keep one cup-width clear on every side. Below 80 pixels use the mark alone. At 16 pixels it still reads as a cup.
Four ways to wear it.
Cream on cobalt is the main one. The rest keep the same shapes and change only the colour.
Keep it honest.
A few things the mark never does.
Painted like the harbour fronts.
Cobalt is the water and the painted houses. Cream is the foam and the cups.
The mark at work.
One line, held in a hand
One stroke draws the cup, so it prints cleanly on paper. On the quay the sleeve is the first thing people see.
Roasted by the water
The beans are roasted a few steps from the quay. The first cups go to the fishermen and to whoever walks past.
The wall behind the counter
The same blue climbs the tiles behind the machine. Regulars learn the room by that one colour.
Small things, same mark
A tote, a beanie, a mug and a stack of cards. On the beanie the mark shrinks to one stitched cup.
Order from the quay.
Pick a drink, set it up, watch the timer, collect the stamp.
Good morning
Flat white
On its way
- Client
- Havn Kaffe
- Scope
- Logo, packaging, signage, app
- Type
- Inter SemiBold
- Year
- 2026