Last week I was given the opportunity to present the research approach for my project ‘The garden is a process’ during the Memory of the Designed Landscape-symposium at the Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam. ‘The garden is a process – Building green and social …
I am pleased to give a presentation on the universal approach of Information Design at the ‘Inter-World-View 2023: Mutual Learning of Civilizations’ at the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China. I believe it is important for every (creative) discipline to …
In August I spent three weeks in Transylvania (Romania), researching for my project ‘Our craft is our heritage‘. Taking the crafts of the Transylvanian Saxons as a starting point, I am investigating the cultural connections between the Netherlands, Germany and …
I designed a webplatform for Dutch artist Natascha Hagenbeek. As a forecaster, she signals societal developments yet to come, and reveals those that counterbalance fixed systems and bring positive change to our world. Natascha Hagenbeek works on short-term and long-term …
I am working on a new research project in which I will investigate the historical development of a special complex and garden – Geuzenhof, Amsterdam (NL). In ‘The Story of Geuzenhof’ I will link historical and current events on building …
I wrote the first article on the research for my project ‘Our craft is our heritage’. Starting with the basketry skills of the Roma community in Europe I am presenting contemporary artisans, artists and designers who modernise this craft. These …
I am working on a new project: – Our craft is our heritage – Ons ambacht is onze nalatenschap – Unser Handwerk ist unser Vermächtnis– Meșteșugul nostru este moștenirea noastră Taking the crafts of the Transylvanian Saxons as a starting …
I interviewed Dragoș Alexandru on his exceptional photo documentary of Bucharest (RO). The interview is part of my long-term project Archiving family memories and dreams (English/Deutsch) on cultural heritage and customs, family legacies and dreams, migration and trauma. You can …
I gave a presentation on how to communicate an infinite narrative, at the Conference Disclosing Future – Rethinking Heritage. Taking my research project The Infinite Narrative as starting point, I described how complex stories can be effectively communicated and increase …
I developed the method Systematic Storytelling for communicating storylines of high complexity. During the last half year I applied this method in two projects: Building up the overal storyline systematicallyfrom large to small and vice versa For Follow the Money, …
