exhibition in Cooper Hewitt New York
Exhibition in Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum New York

From Graphic Design to Image Culture

I’m from a Graphic Design background. I was educated in Graphic Design when there were, as yet, no computers. No InDesign for easy type setting, no Photoshop for manipulating pictures. No Illustrator to create smooth logos.

My design work has a highly recognisable style that I have developed over time. I worked as designer from 1990 onwards. Initially, much of what I did was for the theatre world and that quickly moved into the field of new media and internet. The future of our (technological) culture and the culture politics associated with it has had considerable influence on my work. My recognisable style tends towards a sort of pamphlet aesthetic which I applied in the context of new developments in the media. The consequences of design software that introduced standards in design were always a fascination for me. It is the very opposite of the artistic power that an individual can use to make something exceptional. The standardisation in making image changes the position and significance of art and design. Original styles, developed in the 20th century are the new materials for artists. A completely new visual language has emerged based on referencing, mixing and manipulating existing material.

Below are a few of my (graphic design) works, demonstrating that strong recognisable style.

Poster for Next Nature
Poster for Next Nature 2006
Covers voor boeken van Peter Sloterdijk voor uitgeverij Boom
Covers for books by Peter Sloterdijk for Boom Publishers
Covers for Berenschot, Volker Grassmuck and Kevin Kelly
Covers for Berenschot, Volker Grassmuck and Kevin Kelly
Covers for Pascal Bruckner and Tim Berners Lee
Covers for Pascal Bruckner and Tim Berners Lee
Covers for 'De Waag' and Shaphiro & Varian
Covers for ‘De Waag’ and Shapiro & Varian
Cover for "User" from Peter Lunenfeld, MIT Press
Cover for “User” from Peter Lunenfeld, MIT Press
How to turn your creativity into money. Oil painting
How to turn your creativity into money. Oil painting
Poster for university of Leiden, 2009
Poster for university of Leiden, 2009
Leaders Net 3, NOS 2000
Leaders Net 3, NOS 2000
Website for VPRO 1997
Website for VPRO 1997
Visual Power Show L.A. website in 2008
Visual Power Show L.A. website in 2008
Design for the International Browserday Paradiso, 2000
Website design for the International Browserday Paradiso, 2000
Website Browserday New York 2001
Website International Browserday New York 2001
Website design for XS4ALL, the first webhost organisation, 1997 (?)
Website design for XS4ALL, the first webhost organisation, 1997 (?)
Logo XS4ALL, 1996
Logo XS4ALL, 1996
Information Decoration Typography Scarf, 2008
Information Decoration Typography Scarf, 2008
Beware of Software vest, for sale at Droog.com
Beware of Software vest, for sale at Droog.com