Chaauuumont
Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 05:36AM | in news 
I was incredible surprised and honored to learn that my Pulchri poster for autumn 2009 is selected for the Festival international de l'affiche de Chaumont!
Anne
Just got a message from my old friends at Studio Dumbar that the series also won a Red Dot... Who could have guessed.
Stand up inspiration
Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 04:00AM | in news 
I'm proud to announce that this May I will be presenting the 3 day European Design Conference in Rotterdam! The conference is part of the European Design Festival, that takes over the city for four days, with exhibitions, designwalks, debates, and the European Design Award show. The conference will feature 15 amazing speakers from all over Europe.
Delft Design
Monday, April 19, 2010 at 11:42AM | in news 
Delft's new city identity by Studio Dumbar is nominated for an ADCN award!
Happy new year
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 03:25PM | in news 
To celebrate the persian new year (Nowruz) on the 21st of March, I created two lifesize illustrations with colleague Reza Abedini at OrientationLab.
views on the west
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 06:54AM | in exhibitions, news 
From the 17th until the 20th of March, Theater Zeebelt in The Hague presents the 'Views on the West' festival. On the 20th, I will interview Rajesh Dahiya -creative director of Indian design agency CoDesign- on the project, the power of stereotypes and the (im)possibilities of nationbranding.
Career in design
In the December Issue of Vormberichten, the magazine by the Association of Dutch Designers, Kitty de Jong interviews me on my career and new job at OrientationLab: our mission and what's in store for 2010. You can download the article as a pdf. Dutch language only.
On design awards
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 02:58AM | in news 
TrendBook Dutch Design Week 2009 CoZsusana Skalska commissioned a short opinion piece on design awards for the Dutch Design Week Trend Book 2009. "The design award is an ambiguous phenomenon. At worst, it is an industry on its own, with high entry fees and a barrage of usual suspects. At best, it is a democratic celebration of the intelligence, relevance and beauty of design..." Read more
New pulchri poster
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 07:42AM | in news 
This week, you can see my new pulchri poster on the streets of the hague. The poster is the last in a series of four designed at Studio Dumbar. Each poster was made with a different photographer.
Hello's and goodbye's
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 03:00AM | in news After working at Studio Dumbar as a senior designer and projectleader for four years, I will join the new international design agency OrientationLab, founded by Paul Hughes (Lava Graphic Designers) and Reza Abedini, as design director. OrientationLab is multi-disciplinairy, working in the fields of graphic design, research, and product design, specialised in bridging the cultures of the east and the west.
