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The fourth edition of Pissebedvogel Magazine is made by Charlie Bakker. She travelled to Polen recently and wrote a short but interesting story (dutch) about her trip.
Black & White, size A5, 12 pages + cover, limited to one hundred hand-numbered copies.
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“A Happy Family” by Marilou and Jelle.
Happy family is the weirdest collection of living objects, evaluated animals and all the stuff they have been collecting over the years.
Black & white, size A5, 12 pages + cover, limited to one hundred hand-numbered copies.
“Diagonals” by Steven van der Wel.
Old artwork from various ancient books cut and pasted into a new visual language.
Black & white, size A5, 12 pages + cover,
Limited to one hundred hand-numbered copies.
“So Much Fun So Little Time” by Superoboturbo.
About his days struggling with time, as the dark side of ambition.
Black & white, size A5, 12 pages + cover,
Limited to one hundred hand-numbered copies.
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McFetridge is a artist based in Los Angeles California. Understatement is central to the impact of his work, inviting participation.
This Frech lady started as a illustration artist, but now she is very busy with photography.
She is obsessed with feathers, you can see her exposition “Dead Or Alive” at the museum of art in New York.
Follow the life of the flamboyant fashion photographer Terry Richardson.
They have a special thought about this special thing.
Her installations are colorful and sometimes a little bit psychedelic.
He is an artist living and working in Baltimore, great work.
It’s a part of an art edition mobile phone called PixCell via PRISMOID, designed by Kohei Nawa.
This story is still very interesting, with it’s doubtful ending.
He lives and works in Berlin, thats where he makes all his paintings.
The vintage faded style of the pictures is fantastic.
Ruth van Beek makes interesting Artefacten, while living in Koog aan de Zaan, together with her fine looking works on her neat and fun website.
Rollo Press™ is a small print studio located in Zürich. The only printing machine available is an old Risograph GR 3770.
Sigurður Oddsson or Siggi Odds or Siggi Oddsson, you can choose.
ALAKAZAM! Some interesting images here. be sure to check out the ‘other products’ section for Helmut the Hotdog Man.
If you want the full experience of this animated work, you’ll have to click here to see her Precipitation piece.
This chair is a combination of traditional tube bending with the newest 3D laser-technology.
We SO like the website and the artwork of Misaki Kawai. Worth a visit!
Deniz Ozuygur’s pieces appear to be completely unconnected explorations.
Bob is a well-known calligrapher who worked for 40 years in New York City.
Wolfgang Weingart is an internationally known graphic designer and typographer.
Henryk Tomaszewski was a mime, choreographer, director, stage manager and the founder and director of the Wrocław Mime Theatre. Some of his nice posters here.
American artist Jeff Koons unveiled his Art Car designed for BMWat the Pompidou Centre in Paris last night.
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Beyond being a collection of seats, Roeland’s Otten’s alphabet chairs are more about what you want to (literally) communicate with the furniture you’re sitting on.
This is a beautifully designed website. The visuals for the homepage were created by Simon Duhamel, but the entire project was over seen by Nolin.
Daan is an energetic illustrator, she makes great drawings. Take a look at her blog.
Each of the crystal formations are made out of Compact Discs, made by Kia Neill.
Large-scale color photographs from 2005 to 2006 reflect the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerade in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa. Photo’s made by Phyllis Galembo.
Collages by San Francisco based multidisciplinary artist, Brion Nuda Rosch.
Go and say hi to the Cabinet of Natural Curiosity!
Museum studio is based in Stockholm, Sweden and working worldwide.
The ill-studio is a French group of collaborators devoted to fine arts.
Tobias Röttger is a Berlin-based graphic designer and illustrator working in all fields of visual communication.
I just discovered this enormous website, it looks like ALL the websites of the world are on that single page!
Jarvis studied Illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1995. Since then he has gone on to establish himself as a graphic artist of international repute.
Mask based on Apple’s Photo Booth filter, by Mark Pernice.
I so like this guys jacket.
Some images from Iceland over the past few days.
Erwin Wurm.
Jorge León is a graphic designer based in Las Palmas.
The Nation Magazine Cover Archive is a non-commercial ‘hobbysite’ devoted to helping keep inspirational magazine design alive.
You are the sweetest girl I have ever met! By Brusse.
This is Estonia based design company HMF. They specialize in developing unique, untraditional fonts.
Super Mario Kart features the Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, and Star Cup in the two engine classes.
He works and plays as hard as he can, all the time, anywhere and everywhere.
TSA was created to attract and share strange and exceptional art from around the world.
Jeff Koons is an American artist known for his giant reproductions of banal objects.
A spiralling sculpture designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor has been chosen as the monument to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Hearthwarming: the Collected Labors of Phillip Fivel Nessen & Co.
Have a look at the new Trapped in Suburbia website.
Today I bought this cool Disney knitting book.
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolist painter. His work inspires me.
He creates large geometric configurations from carefully folded and stacked second-hand clothing.
Emilio from California made this cool Patches. More of them/ his work over here.
It’s a mixture between the posion apple in Snow White and the garden of Eden fruit.
The french design studio zim and zou recreated a gameboy using nothing but paper.
She is recognized as one of the first designers to embrace computer technology as a design tool starting.
William Klein is a photographer and filmmaker. He did allot photojournalism and fashion photography.
Barney Bubbles was a radical graphic artist, whose work primarily encompassed the disciplines of graphic design, painting and music video direction.
“Take a W-Ride” is the title of Walter Van Beirendonck his Fall Winter 2010 collection.
For the upcoming Italian exhibition in March, he made a funny wheelchair. It’s called ‘Loveseat’ and it rocks!
Carly Waito makes beautiful oil paintings, see her blog.
Second-hand shop Piekfijn sells allot of crazy cool stuff, they have it all.
This is one of the first sewingcafes in the Netherlands, you can eat a sandwich or repair your pants.
Artists and students can have their designs realized at the textiellab.
Beecroft’s work is a fusion of conceptual issues and aesthetic concerns.
Martin always drew busy and militarily correct battle scenes.
I so like this painting of a clown in front of Bombed Rotterdam.
Weird people with funny nature outfits, this is great. Made by Timo Vaittinen.
Sander Plug works as a freelance graphic designer and artist.
Master of the manuscript Letman (Job Wouters) makes fascinating illustrations.
Interview with Keiichi Tanaami, by a guy with sunglasses.
HunterGatherer has earned international recognition for its spare, but inventive projects.
Daphne Kuilman is just graduated, and ready for new assignments.
He collects various objects and from them he creates new letters.
16 years ago my grandpa gave me a (s)watch with Dinosaurs on it. Now my Mom just gave me this one.
Father Futureback, thanks for the pissebedvogel!
Karl Maier obsesses over three things: patterns, puzzles and pencils.
Victor Moscoso created a lot of psychedelic rock and roll posters.
The battle between the two sides. Can you find the turtle?
Richard Sweeney is an artist and designer-maker based in Huddersfield, England.
The Gerrit Rietveld Academy updated their website a while ago.
She makes really cool illustrations, have a look at her site.
Freelance illustrator and artist from tokyo, I do like the work “the last thing we do”.
Patricia combines graphics of the city into her photographs.
Nick van Woert lives in Brooklyn and you can see his work at the gallery Grimm in Amsterdam.
Mark Andrew Webber makes great lino’s and ice sculptures.
Jill Greenberg has now 8 pages of fashion in the vice magazine.
Dan’s work explores visual communication in a Post-modern context.
The posters use various brackets to represent Tom Selleck, Freddie Mercury and Hulk Hogan.
Arie and Ellie are inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 14 years.
Jess Atkinson is a designer based in Toronto, Canada.
Of the past.
In Stockholm you can find all cool vintage stuff.
If you find one call me.
This creation by Patricia Waller is so cute, even when there is blood on it.
I found paintings from Wiley Wallece, the are pretty amazing and bizarre.
I keep finding these Euro’s with diamonds glued onto them. I’m not sure, but I think my girlfriend has something to do with it.
Simon Evans created a poster showing everything he has.
Mark Newport is an artist and educator living in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Newport’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including solo exhibitions
Home of stop-motion artist PES. Watch the films, get news, and download the free Fireplace Holiday Screensaver
Roel Wouters is a conditional designer who lives and works in Amsterdam. Since 2002, he has been running Xelor, his own studio. Studio Xelor works across all media, and mostly in the field of arts and culture.
Walter Van Beirendonck is a Belgian bearded fashion designer.
Simon Wald-Lasowski is a photographer, graphic designer and art director.
Allison Schulnik makes amazing videos. Especially the videoclip she made together with Grizzly Bear for their song ‘Ready,able’.
Angela Singer works primarily with discarded old hunting trophy taxidermy, recycling it into new sculptural forms that explore the human animal divide.
Berlin designer arndt menke- zumbragel is the creator of this unique bicycle made using wood.
Encyclopdia pictura made this video for grizzly bear.
Kate Moross is a designer and illustrator based in London. She specializes in design and art direction for the music industry.
Portraying herself every once in a while, but mostly friends and idols, Elza Jo complements her photos with fabric, marker and other materials and media.
Ray Harryhausen is a legend in the world of dimensional stop-motion animation.
Using wood and found materials, Fosik creates figural, eclectic and intricately designed three-dimensional pieces that intrigue and provoke.
I can’t get enough of this 4 second loop mady by one of my friends Rogier Wieland.
First monograph of Atelier van Lieshout, great book. You can order it here.
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Sad movie about a family that lives next to the highway, here you can read an interview with the film maker Ursula Meier.
I just saw the Back to the Future Trilogy again, and damn you Sinterklaas for never bringing me that Hover Board I asked you for. Year after year after year.
In this movie June Havens finds her everyday life tangled with that of a secret agent who has realized he isn’t supposed to survive his latest mission. As their campaign to stay alive stretches across the globe, they soon learn that all they can count on is each other.
Read Keith Haring’s Journals where Shepard wrote the introduction.
Plastic Beach is a great new album by the Gorillaz. Say hi to Snoop Dogg and Bruce Willis in their latest Music Videos!
Music Video for the song ‘This Too Shall Pass’ from the new ‘OK Go’ album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” available here.
My friend Rachel showed me this book, and I was very impressed! The very handy basics of bookmaking, well and foolproof illustrated. Get it here.
I am currently reading the dutch translation of the book ‘Concerning the Spiritual in Art ‘, and was amused by his honest way of describing things. Lot’s of comparisons with apes Apes in the first lines of the books. Read it on the beach!.
Such a nice day. Such a great sound. Not that new, but o-so-fine! The album ‘Careless Love’ by Madeleine Peyroux.
Just bought the new Album ‘Mmmmm’ by Roos Jonker, and it’s delicious. Unbelievable.
A unicorn, a rainbow spitting zebra and what looks to be a horse sprouting a third eye are engaged in group sex on the illustrated cover of CocoRosie’s second album.
Sixty leading calligraphers in one book.
A project by Rob Matthew and Tom Edwards, and the first ever zine to be published by It’s Nice That. Perfectly described by the artists as “Tom gave drawings to Rob and Rob tried to make them into photographs.”
Robin Hood. Go and see it, if the only other option is Sex and the City 2.
It’s here. Video calling, 960 – 640 resolution (!!!), Multitasking, Sexy, HD-Video Recording (720p / 30 frames per second).
A designer’s freedom, 250 images of his work together with a dvd made by Lex Reitsma.
(de)signed black on white. 50 years visual statements.
This issue is a profile of young graphic design studios established within 3 years who entered a realm of small studio scene.
LOGORAMA is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short.
New Album. I’m a huge fan of their first album, I’ve just bought it and it’s playing, it has that same mystical bright clear Band of Horses sound, without a lot surprises so far.
The most comprehensive DVD collection ever assembled of all 26 short films by the legendary Czech Surrealist filmmaker-animator Jan Svankmajer.
“De gelukkige huisvrouw” with Carice van Houten as a crazy mother.
People rarely say what they mean, a book by Paulien Cornelisse.
Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
A beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman.
An ordinary high school day. Except that it’s not. By Gus van Sant.
Besides all the clothes Viktor & Rolf design, they have also released a children’s book.
Haute Couture Voici Paris, places the history of the haute couture.
Some graphic design studios show their work in this book.
Lost is an American television series about a number of people who after a plane crash stranded on a mysterious tropical island.
Dumbo is the fourth of the classic Disney film. The story is based on the eponymous children’s book by Helen Aberson and Harold Perl.
The book, L’imagier des gens, consists of a number of portraits of people according to their occupation or job.
Actually quite a good movie of John Lennon’s childhood, compared to the lot of hero-spoiling-music-movies from the last decade.
Great to see a good acting Leonardo Dicaprio in a movie without sinkerdy sinking shiperdy ships.
Chloe is Okay. Funny how she is supposed to be the more attractive one, but can’t for one moment compete against Julianne Moore.
A Single Man is a romantic tale, about the seemingly smaller moments in life. This movie, and the house of the main character in the movie, are both well worth visiting.
EMPTY is a magazine about creativity, in all its forms. It’s really that simple.
Font Family’s content is based on graphic material that is strongly influenced by experimental fonts!
This book is about the story of a unique friendship between man and bunny.
19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny.
There is only one world to describe Mr. Fox, and that word is ‘Fantastic’.
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It’s a brand new allrighty Spoon album. Can’t wait to see them in Paradiso tomorrow.
Spinvis makes songs that I don’t mind getting stuck in my head all day.
Play All Day documents a collection of design products and concepts for children.
I must say there are some pages in this book that actually maked me think. It also made me hungry. hmm. crisps.
“But that’s enough about my vagina, let’s talk about yours.”
My face is always laughing, when I read about the ransome part…
A collection of 100 postcards, each feauturing a different Penguin cover.
they are in the cinema’s right now.
Please if you guys from that Steve Jobs thing read this, send us one of those.
I bought this book from Christien Meindertsma
a few weeks ago, she spent the last three years researching al the products made from one single pig. It’s really great!
A wonderful message in a world that is sometimes too busy with appearances.
Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children.
Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children’s picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak.
Vampire Weekend Released their album ‘ CONTRA’ a couple of days ago, and I’m happy to have it on vinyl.
Keith Haring was famous in the 1980’s for his art, which was a mixture of graffiti and pop art and used bright colors and simplistic images, as well as social and homoerotic themes. This book was going to be published before his untimely death.
One of my closest friends gave me this book once, and I couldn’t prevent laughing out loud – a lot – while reading.
Bandit and the Sleeping-over Monkey released their new album not too long ago.
What sort of products are made in the TextileLab and how these products are established can be seen in the presentation ‘TextileLab – behind the scenes’ on the PlatForm of the Entrance Building. (Textielmuseum, Tilburg, NL, 04 Juni – 26 September 2010).
Giuseppe Penone was the youngest member of a group of Italian artists whose work was collectively named arte povera the critic Germano Celant during the late sixties. One of the features of their art was the use of commonplace and inexpensive materials, such as rags, earth, branches and coal. (De Pont, Tilburg, NL, 29 May – 26 September 2010).
The vertiginous combinations of natural and artificial elements used by German artist David Schnell produce the desired illusion of both speed and depth (GEM, The Hague, NL, Jul 10 – 07 Nov 2010).
16 artists go head to head with 16 vintage primary school maps. Opening party with BBQ, music & cheese, bring your own food, friends and swimmingpants! (Ship of Fools Gallery, The Hague, NL, Jul 16 – 27 Aug 2010).
Mesh Print Club is a New Screen print Atelier based in Rotterdam! Check their site for FAQ’s about signing up and availability.
Our sweet friends from Sabotage are working very hard organizing this amazing benefit night, to raise money for their friend Amarantha Molenaar, who suffers from Cancer. Lot’s of great names from Amsterdam are performing or helping out! (Club Spoken Word, Amsterdam, NL, July 28 2010).
Atelier Van Lieshout is inaugurating the Submarine Wharf with the spectacular exhibition Infernopolis. In the 5000m2 space Atelier Van Lieshout has created a terrifying setting in which medical instruments, vacuum pumps, silos, skulls, skeletons, and giant sperm cells and bodily organs are the main protagonists (The Submarine Wharf, Rotterdam, NL, may 26 – sep 26 2010).
Hollandse Nieuwe! (KABK, The Hague, NL, Jun 26 – Jul 07 2010).
There will be a group show opening at June 11 at WWA Gallery. Curated byIndustrial Squid, “I Believe in Unicorns” assembles a group of optimistic talents who fearlessly employ rainbows, joy, candy-colors, and yes, even the shining beacons of hope and goodness that are unicorns.
During the summer months, while the Groninger Museum is temporarily closed for renovation, the Museum will display a selection from its own collection in the former Groninger Museum building on the Praediniussingel (Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL, May 30 2010).
The vertiginous combinations of natural and artificial elements used by German artist David Schnell produce the desired illusion of both speed and depth (GEM, Den Haag, NL, Jun 10 2010).
The ‘future fashionistas’ of the class of 2009|2010 proudly present their spectacular graduation collections (WdKA, Rotterdam, NL, Jun 10 2010).
TodaysArt, TAG, Teletekst is Dood, PIP, Shoot Me Film Festival, VillaNuts, Langweiligkeit, Haagse Skate Unie, Paard van Troje and The Generator joined forces to Squat the ASTA Building in the Center of The Hague and are looking for volunteers to help! Fill in this form!
Jelle and Marilou have this fun expo in Rotterdam that’s definitely worth a visit! (CBK, Rotterdam, NL, Jun 06 – Jun 25 2010).
Schrank8 proudly presents its third exhibition. The cabinet will be invaded by the graphic beauty and terror of Michiel Schuurman. (Schrank8, Amsterdam, NL, Jun 11 2010).
New artist run space opens it’s doors next week with a group expo containing Superoboturbo and Styrmir Gudmundsson. (Horizonverticaal, Haarlem, NL, jun 04 2010).
All students of the Textile and Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Will Show Their collections.(KABK, Den Haag, NL, jun 03 2010).
The Illustration Biannual is a new Dutch event that aims to show the power and variety of illustration in a versatile program, full of visual elements. (The Toneelschuur, Haarlem, NL, jun 05 2010 / 11:0 – 18:00).
Graphic Design Festival Breda is a biannual festival on graphic design.(Public spaces, Breda, NL, May 8 – 30 2010)
SOUP expo, with work of Sue Doeksen, Jellyfish & Superoboturbo! (Alley Gallery, Hasselt, BE, May 8 – Jul 7 2010)
Work of 75B (NL), Anthony Burril (UK), Buro Destruct (CH), Christopher David Ryan (US), Gorrila (NL), Karl Meier (AUS) and more at the More is a Bore expo! (Ship of Fools, The Hague, NL, May 7 – Jun 25 2010)
Her enigmatic images of dogs, rats, rabbits, skeletons, cats and babies are meticulously detailed and show the surprising possibilities of clay.(Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL Jan.16 – 18 april 2010).
This exhibition brings big international names together, like Allan Sekula, Christian Boltanski, Cindy Sherman David Goldblatt, Ed van der Elsken, Sophie Calle and Victor Burgin.(Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL Juni 05 – Juli 09 2010).
A broad selection of works by the American artist Charlie Roberts. The exhibition will include an overview of his drawings, a large number of the ‘totems’ he created for Sonsbeek 2008 and a brand new installation (Kade, Amersfoort, NL feb 27 – apr 25 2010).
Three Days of Magazines, workshops, Lectures and over 100 independent magazines. (Villa Sonsbeek, Arhnem, NL, 16 17 18 april 2010 )
Twan Janssen is an actor who plays the role of the artist Twan Janssen (Heden, The Hague, NL, Mar 21 2010 )
big overview exhibition, called ‘CATCH OF THE DAY’ by David Bade. (GEM, The Hague, NL, mar 20 – jun 6 2010)
Draad zoekt naald is an exhibition of 3rd year students of the Willem de Kooning Academy, where textile products starting with the heart.(Intermezzo, Dordrecht, Nl, Mrt 18, 2010)
There’s gonna be interesting stuff to see. (Hotel Theater Figi, Zeist, Nl, Mrt 5, 2010)
A group exhibition by 14 young artists and creatives.(Streetlab, Amsterdam, Nl, Mrt 5, 2010)
The ninth Rotterdam Museum night is bigger than ever. (Streets of Rotterdam, Nl, Mrt 6 from 20:00 till 02:00).
Come and see the colorful work of Superoboturbo! (Artifac, Den Haag, Nl, Mrt 6 – Mrt 27 2010).
Register free for this meeting! Speakers: Niels Shoe Meulman, Underware, and Rosa Maria Pipslab Koolhoven. (Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, NL, 3 mar 2010).
Only 24 tickets left for the Blood Red Shoes Gig! (Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL, Mar 17 2010).
Kandinsky and Der Blaue Reiter (GEM, The Hague, NL Feb 6 – May 24 2010).
Letterlab is a laboratory where children can find out about letters (Graphic Design Museum, Breda, NL 01 jan – 01 jan 2010).
This small museum has the most vintage bags you will ever find. (Tassenmuseum, Amsterdam, NL).
Absurdism is our Religion, group expo with Jeroom, Gummbah, Craoman and many others! (Ship of Fools gallery, The Hague, NL Mar 5 – Apr 30 2010)
Bold Monday is a relatively new, independent foundry, founded in 2008 by Paul van der Laan and Pieter van Rosmalen (Zefir 7, Den Haag, NL Feb 11 2010)
Several famous designers show their new collection at the Fashion week (Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL 27 Jan – 31 Jan 2010).
The work of Léopold is ill-fated, gruesome, awkward and makes your bones itchy (GEM, The Hague, NL Nov 14 – Feb 7 2010).
Amongst others, mutiples by Joseph Beuys, paper dresses from the 1960ies, radio’s from the 1940ies-70ies, glass designs by A.D. Copier and Wilhelm Wagenfeld, unique historical film fragments and more…(Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL, Oct 4 – Feb 14 2010)
The Groninger Museum presents a major solo exhibition of the work of Bernhard Willhelm and Jutta Kraus on the occasion of their tenth working anniversary (Groninger museum, Groningen, NL, 13 Dec – 11 Apr 2010).
Unknown aspects of design, fashion and sexuality from the Middle East revealed (Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL, Dec 5 – Mar 7 2010).
Sixty sculptures by artist Carolein Smit (Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL, Jan 16 – Apr 11 2010).
A new loan of a David Hockney painting (De Pont, Tilburg, NL, Jan 9 – May 16 2010).
The International Film Festival Rotterdam offers a quality selection of worldwide independent, innovative and experimental cinema and visual arts (Rotterdam, NL, Jan 27 – Feb 7 2010).
Carsten Höller specializes in carefully conceived
experiments that play with the physical experience and the messages
transmitted to the brain (Boijmans, Rotterdam, NL, Feb 6 – Apr 25 2010).
Work of the Japanese, poetic fashion designer Akira Minagawa and his fashion label mina perhonen (Textielmuseum, Tilburg, NL, Oct 24 – Feb 28 2010).
Bode, Botlek and Erosie (Ship of Fools, The Hague, NL, Dec 11 – Jan 29 2010).
Her posters can be found everywhere in The Hague right now. We always liked the combination of typography and illustration in her work, and decided it was time for a short conversation. Nice to meet you, Susan!
Q: Sit you right?
A: Yes! With a cup of hot milk with honey and a lot of chocolate cookies around me.
Q: You like Smarties don’t you?
A: Yes I do! I like smarties during my breakfast, lunch and evening meal. What I like the most, is sort them by color, put them in straight lines and eat the smarties starting with brown, then blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink and last but not least ‘purple’. Not my favorite color but purple has the best taste.
Q: How are things in The Studio (KABK)?
A: The Studio is a good place to get your first work experience after you finish studying graphic design at the Royal Academy (KABK). The Studio is housed inside the academy so you know your surroundings which is really nice and safe. Working in The Studio lasts for one year, after that, the academy chooses two new students from the graduating year of graphic design. I worked this year with Thijs, he is more technical as a graphic/web designer and I am the illustrative/graphic designer. We are a good team and we make a lot of dirty jokes. The best thing is that after a year you have a whole bunch of printed work like ‘De Nieuwe K’ the school paper, event-styles like the ‘Open Dag’ and the ‘final exam exhibition’ which also includes the final exam book, that was a really big job.
Q: Illustration or Graphic Design?
A: Illustrationnn!!
Q: Can you tell us more about your last years final exam?
A: My final exam was a good year. Hard work but also a lot of fun. In the last year you can really do your own thing and you can choose your favorite teachers to discuss your work. My final exam was about ‘De Tic’ kind of OCD I think. I have some but I also know now what kind of tic’s my friends, family, classmates and even the teachers have. Very amusing I can say!
Q: We don’t like clowns, just like you. What’s your reason?
A: I was six, maybe seven and I was secretly watching TV in my parents bed… and guess what was on? ‘IT’, the horror movie from ‘the master of horror Stephen King’ and now, I can’t even trust Bassie!
Q: Have you ever done some tattoo designs?
A: No!I get the best tattoo designs by Ian Saunders, my master of tattoos!
Q: Shall we trade drawings, and if yes, what’s the subject of the drawing?
A: Yes! I like! uhmmm… a subject… maybe the Zoo, straycats or pink horses. I like animals, when they’re not for eating.
Maurice Ajanaku is a young designer, who spent 15 years in each of his parents country, Nigeria & Holland. He loves travelling the world and started a blog to share his experiences. Now the site is a place where multiple writers from around the globe do the same.
Q: What is ajanaku?
A: AJANAKU is a dynamic online magazine, where more than 10 writers over the globe share their daily passion and inspiration with all the readers. Every day is a surprise for both AJANAKU and the readers, on which subjects the articles of the day will be about.
Q: So you organise party’s?
A: AJANAKU has to date only organized one party, which was actually a fund raiser for the kids in Stepping Stones, a orphanage in Nigeria. Along with that we support and co-host parties we believe in.
Q: You like bikes isnt’it?
A: Personally I love bikes, especially my custom-made single-speed bike, made from a old Koga Miyata frame! But living in Holland you got to have a soft spot for those 2-wheeled, man-powered machines.
Q: What is it about hotels, that you adore so badly?
A: I adore the experience, the service, the design, but most of all being in another country!
Q: What is your blog all about?
A: AJANAKU is all about spreading Inspiration, creativity, and just good old fun to all those who visit.
Q: Do you believe in the design scene in The Hague?
A: I really believe in the high level of designers and creatives in The Hague, but feel that we need to combine our powers to show the rest of the world what we are made of.
Vruchtvlees is an ambitious and creative collective, comprising Roman Stikkelorum, Rindor Golverdingen and Michael Danker.
Q: So you like vruchtvlees?
A:yeah we do! If you translate Vruchtvlees roughly, it means ‘fruitmeat’. It has a certain contradiction in it which we like.
Q: You guys have a fashion label?
A:We do. We released 2 collections which contained mostly t-shirts. Our next collection will consist of more garments, and has more sophisticated look.
Q: What do you like about ice cream?
A:The fact that it’s soft and wet. When it’s summer we feel like dipping our nose in it, or other parts of our body.
Q: What is natuurschoon all about?
A:Natuurschoon is a really serious project by Michael Danker where he questions the relation between human and nature. He took photo’s in the woods like they were made in a photostudio, took surrealistic pictures of flower bouquets and collected related citations in a white typographic book.
Q: Which youtube video makes you laugh?
A:Do you know the video about a small rabbit who likes to take a dip in the pool? His name is Baxter he seems really relaxed and enjoying the fact that he is floating.
Q: You shoot a lot of pictures?
A:Not only pictures.
Q: Vruchtvlees also produces mixtapes?
A:We do! We recently released a new mixtape by a really talented DJ/producer called Rubix. We like to share our passion for new music by releasing mixtapes. We make the artwork and use our network to promote the mixtape.
Karin Langeveld runs a small design studio and art gallery together with Cuby Gerards, besides this she is a teacher at the Utrecht School of the Arts.
Q: We heard you play bass?
A: I try to play bass, but I’m afraid at the moment my guitars feel really neglected.
Q: What is Trapped in Suburbia?
A: It’s a small design agency that I run together with Cuby. You know, the agency with the difficult name!
Q: And Elvis and Luuk are working there?
A: I wish they would! Unfortunately the only design they make is made out of red hairs and turds.
Q: You’re also Teaching?
A: Yep! I teach typography at the HKU.
Q: What’s for diner tonight?
A: Risotto with mushrooms
Q: Favorite band?
A: Wow! Difficult I’d say Bloc Party, or Yeah Yeah Yeah’s or the Pixies, maybe … ,Jimi Hendrix, O he is not a band. Then I’d think Arctic Monkeys!
Q: And who are the ship of fools?
A: It’s a bunch of people focussing on art and humor and we try to show modern graphics in our gallery.
Rob Mientjes designs type and interfaces and likes to read and write stories. He studies Graphic Design but that’s just a ruse.
Q: Best morning?
A: Waking up next to my belle and then get out real slow.
Q: Why vinyl?
A: 1: Dirt cheap. 2: Aesthetics. 3: Big pictures.
Q: Last photo you took?
A: With my medium format camera, a terrible hand-written sign about pizza. With my iPhone, the label of an art piece.
Q: Your nicest books?
A: For different reasons: Jimmy Corrigan, by Chris Ware; Infinite Jest, by Dave Wallace; Nooit Meer Slapen, by W.F. Hermans.
Q: Last dream?
A: The most recent dream I had featured a burglar, meteors and wet laundry. Make of that what you will.
Glenn Kessler is currently studying Graphic Design (third year) at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. He is a big fan of all things that are dark, clean and abstract. No room for bright colours or things that are too happy.
Q: favorite band?
A: Hard to pick one, lets say The Knife and Joy Division.
Q: what about Nottingham?
A: Nottingham is a brilliant city where I lived for a half year during my exchange. Good times!
Q: Who do you believe in?
A: Dr. Sigmund Freud. He was just such a brilliant man.
Q: Why graphic design?
A: I think that graphic design should be used more in like a fine art way. More abstract work and let people think about it. Thats something I try to do with my work.
Q: Biggest mistake you ever made?
A: When I broke my friends guitar. His face. Fuck!
Charlotte Greeven is a second year’s fashion student at the Royal Art Academy in The Hague. She would love to be like one of the characters in Toon Tellegen’s books and has seen all Studio Ghibli’s movies four or five times.
Q: Favourite food?
A: Pumpkin risotto. Beetroot risotto. Green pea risotto.
Q: Bird you don’t like.
A: Don’t know; I do like the New Guinea bird of paradise’s special dance.
Q: About your bow ties?
A: I make them for myself and for iLoveVintage.
Q: In ten years, you.
A: Work and live with my special friend in Tokyo, Paris, and at the Entrepotdok in Amsterdam.
Q: I like your shoes?
A: They were ordered from the U.K., but first I had to try a pair of pink patent leather thigh boots, to be sure about the size.
Viktor Hachmang is currently studying Graphic Design at the Royal Academy in The Hague. He is a fan of Google Images, central heating, Japanese psychedelia, ketchup chips, Jan Bons, Beefheart and Matisse.
Q: What does your hair look like?
A: Like a Lego man haircut.
Q: What do you have hanging on your wall at home?
A: At the moment, there’s a Brigitte Bardot picture disc and a Joseph Beuys poster.
Q: Cool movie?
A: I recently watched Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky. Chinese are mental.
Josie is studying graphic design (third year) at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.
Q: Cool movie?
A: The science of sleep, Michael Gondry.
Q: What does your hair look like?
A: I always like to do things with my hair so now I have an egg-cup on my head and a whisker.
Q: Best morning?
A: When I have time to make sandwiches, and reach the trainstation on time without rushing/ falling/ running/ hitting cars.
Q: What words do you use often?
A: The answer on all questions: It will not go.
Q: Best youth reminder?
A: Not liking / having Money, Deadlines and Relationships.
Q: Your wish dream?
A: A big atelier, with a large desk containing everything you need as a designer, no restrictions!
