I am a graphic designer, reacting on global changes. An imagemaker, creating impact with images. An educator, encouraging students to reach beyond limits.
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2021
Graphic designer
The world is changing – culturally, socially, politically, economically, environmentally… As a designer I have the urge to react on these changes and translate these inaccessible, invisible, incomprehensible changes into an understandable visual story.
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Educator
The world is constantly changing, so is design. As an educator, I currently work at the St. Joost School of Art & Design (Breda & Den Bosch, The Netherlands), where I help students to critically look on the changing world, discover the dynamic design practices and find their own position and role as a designer…
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Image maker
I think in images. Creating images gives me the possibility not only to form an experience, but to communicate a message to people from all over the world independent of their cultural background. I am fascinated by the idea that I can create an impact using only simple tools like paper, pens and paint. As…
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Inter-cultural city park: Beijing – Breda – Den Bosch
Workshop: 2017, inter cultural hybrid parkA 5-day workshop organised for the CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing) and Akv St’Joost (Breda and Den Bosch) students. The area of focus were three parks, in Breda, Den Bosch and in Beijing. The places were chosen because of their similar recreation purpose, but due to the different…
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Clean space – workshop
Workshop: 2017, Clean space workshopA 5 day workshop for students. Students were engaged to conceptualize and design a campaign to give attention to the problem of space debris. I invited artists from the European Space Agency artist in residence program and an analog astronaut to give inspirational speeches, and feedforward on the projects.
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Visual storytelling
A 4-day blended workshop on visual storytelling for students. In this workshop the students created their own visual story. It was a visual adventure where visual experiments and intuitive work were standing in the foreground. The story and concept were shaped by making images and experimenting with images. I invited several speakers (illustrators, animators, designers…
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How do I write a design research question?
An effective design question has an idea-finding potential. It offers the chance to answer the question in a variety of ways. It invites many new ideas, possibilities and actions. It frames the topic, problem and the aim, but gives a lot of freedom for innovative thinking.
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Ladder of abstraction
Ladder of abstraction is one of my favourite methodes, that I use with my students on a regular basis. This method can be used to: explore a still unknown subject, argue a design statement, break through designers’ blocks, and give new directions for further design research. Ladder of abstraction is a method that allows you…
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Teaching critical design thinking
I teach the 2nd, 3rd year students and accompany the 4th year graduation projects. My focus lies on tutoring and supervising of projects from the conceptualisation to implementation. The lessons and activities are build on the five steps of design thinking: Empatize Visualising own design process. Considering the phasing of the projects, what will be…
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