Today, she develops her design practice around the research and restoration of forms of ancient knowledge—sourced from folklore, traditions and peasant societies—rooted in ecology.
This research translates into designed solutions or radical outlets for the society, to counter its geo-political failures and disruptions.
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identity design
typographical work,
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Plays with
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EDUCATION↘
NOW, MA Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, NL
2021, BA Graphic Design, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, NL
INTERNSHIPS↘
2020/2021, The Grey Space in the Middle, NL
EXHIBITIONS↘
2021 — From Where We Know, Graduation Show, KABK, NL
2019 — Event/Horizon, Celestial Vault, Kijkduin, NL
2018 — Work in the Future, The Grey Space in the Middle, NL
2018 — Utopian Cultural Heritage, The Grey Space in the Middle, NL
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Risograph
12.5x25cm
This project was presented at KABK's Graduation Show of 2021. It presents a starter' set of functional gardening tools realised as a visual platform—together with a seasonal zine, they host a reactivation of the repressed archive of the cult's culture.
Whilst the majority of humanity indulged in a motionless state amidst the environmental crisis, many come up with ever-new solutions to try to slow down the inevitable—oftentimes looking at the past for an inspirational reference.
Down to Earth (Backyard Sessions) aims to restore the lost value of sustainable self-production by revisiting the methodology of the Benandanti (Good Walkers)—an agrarian cult from Friuli, Italy's north-eastern region, prominent during the 16th and 17th centuries—whose central mission was to care for the Earth’s fertility.
The urgency for today’s society lies in a radical change of its habits, which is why this project wants to open a dialogue with its audience to actively discuss the reclamation of individual craft production and renewed traditional approaches to Nature.
Typefaces: Nahtural by Felix Hdez
Graphic Design BA Thesis, 2020/2021
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Book and poster design of my bachelor thesis, a research on a dormant agrarian cult of Friuli, the north-eastern region in Italy, and a speculation on a modern society operating on a eco-moral code.
B. There should be no word to define those like us.
So much has changed. Back in our time we used
to care for the little things four times a year,
wielding bundles of fennel, we fought against the
dark witches in the name of Mother Earth and
its fertility.
Remember boy, fertile is the soil as long as our
relationship with it is one of mutual respect and
exchange. But we were not bound to last, young
man. There has always been someone bigger than
us, bigger in the eye of a lost society, someone
bigger running on the path of power, promising
shiny destinations to whoever followed.
3. And in the end, did you follow too?
B. No, we did not follow. Instead we've been
relegated to the Archives, repressed within our own skins. We have been sent to the afterlife, accused of an all time favourite: heresy.
Web design
Commissioned
Web design for DISPARI, an artistic duo of photographers Filippo Ciriani and Daniël Siegersma.
⤷ dispari.eu
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First edition: risograph, silkscreen cover
Second edition: printed at Newspaperclub
Design of Silent Canary, a photographic project by Filippo Ciriani.
First edition of 50, autonomously produced, handbound.
Second edition of 300.
[LAUGHTER], 2021
BA Thesis of Signe Grønlund
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Tabloid, p.64
Newspaper design of Signe Grønlund's fashion bachelor thesis.
Walking the Pavement, Sharing half the Characteristics, 2022
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Digital print
Map and folder design of Anna Theunissen's photography bachelor thesis.
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Digital print
A4, p.496
Re-design of 1 out of 37 sections of the New Laresse Encyclopedia of Mythology.
Ian Scheufler, Sondi, Linea Lan Cai Fabricius, Radek Gòrniak, Olga Elliot Schou, Karoliina Parnanen, Yana Abrasheva, Matas Buckus, Ocean Albin, Tereza Novakova, Sjors Rigters, Matteo Pellegrini, Malik Saib-Mezghiche, Aurora and Adriana Navarro Villacampa, Eva Horvath, Kilia Robustella, Eunji Lee, Mika Schalks, Fabiola van der Berg, Chloé Thiebaut, Saskia Smith, Ralph Bruens, Katla Taylor, Agata Brudlo, Sacha van Alfen, Soyun Park, Daniela Damaschin, Ada Popowicz, Erica Cheng, Sonia Nikolaeva, Aliz Soos, Handi Kim, Ivi Apostolatos, Merel Meijer, Kristiana Maria Sproge.
A STUNT OF MIRRORS, 2019
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Digital print
A0 + A5, p.64
Broadsheet and booklet design of A Stunt of Mirrors, a bachelor photography thesis by Filippo Ciriani.
Self printed and produced, edition of 5.
ceramics
textile
printed matter,
logos,
posters,etc.
*for info see caption under image
Fictional poster for a booklaunch, 2024
God Games, 2019, ceramics, in collaboration with Sjors Rigters
Untitled, 2018, textile, in collaboration with Katla Taylor
2023, shirt design for Boulderhal De Campus, The Hague
2019, Risoprinted postcards
2023, Hot Sauce shirt design, silkscreen printed
A Finger in Every Pie, 2020, Identity and logo design of Fine Arts Collective, ft. Aliz Soos