Graduation Project I often wonder about a lot of things. I see beauty in everyday objects, moments, and even the smallest situations, and like to take time to study them. Through this curiosity, I find joy in the discovery of their look, feel, sound and experience. In What Happens When Nothing Happens I carefully capture and […]
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With this novel, Lyanne van den Berg graduated in 2018 as a Creative Writer at ArtEZ. I had the honour to design her book, and got to work with Eline Veldhuisen who monotyped the cover illustration. The story is told from two different perspectives. I decided to give them both their own chapter opening style. One of […]
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This project is a collaboration with illustrator Femme ter Haar. Sexuality is a topic that can be difficult to talk about between kids and their parents, and it often doesn’t happen until puberty kicks in. At this stage, it can be very awkward and uncomfortable for teenagers. Because of that, we think it’s better to […]
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This is the thesis I wrote prior to my graduation project What Happens When Nothing Happens. It is about standing still, carefully looking at things and wonder. It’s a search for who I am as a graphic designer, and a summary of my research about stress and burn outs that seem to happen more and […]
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The title of this book is best translated as ‘Corridors of thoughts’. It has been a very personal project. I wrote little visual poems about things I experienced, things I saw, things that frustrated me, and things I admired. About people, feelings and observations. Because it was so close to myself, I wanted to make […]
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This book about video art in the public domain covers two languages: Dutch and English. I’ve separated the languages by using two different fonts and by placing all the Dutch text on the left pages and all the English text on the right pages. For all the titles and other ‘formal’ text I used a […]
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This book is a collaboration with Marije Bredewold. We are both fascinated by the moon, so we decided to make a book about it. For centuries, people all around the world have been inspired by the moon, such as artists, musicians and filmmakers. But the influence of the moon reaches much further; scientists have based the […]
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This project was a seminar lead by Lennart Kok and Sue Doeksen. Through ‘Black & White sessions’ we made quick sketches with different materials about words that were written on paper. One of the words I received was ‘stilte’ (silence). After a few sessions and a riso print workshop we had the opportunity to create a final art work, […]
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This is a collage triptych I made about a person I met in Berlin. The different layers represent his different sides I discovered, from the first confident and slightly arrogant impression he gave me with his look and attitude, until a more hidden personal side I found after researching about him and his art.
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‘Everything you didn’t know (anymore) about punctuation’. This leaflet is about the use of punctuation, ligatures, accented letters and special characters. Riso printed on 200 grams BioTop paper in a circulation of 100, and on show and handed out at the typographic exhibition ‘Z&’. In collaboration with Heleen Swart.
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This is a photo series I made for my book What Happens When Nothing Happens. As the title suggests, it’s about everything we see when we look up: a sky full of wonders.
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Screen printed white tote bags, with mountains on them. 100% cotton. For sale for €10, Send me an email or fill in the contact form to order one.
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