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Report from the symposium

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March 26, 2012
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In a few lines I tried to cover the basic things discussed at the symposium. If I left out important information please feel free to contribute!

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In a period of democratization and economic crisis, all speakers agreed on advising the new designers to expertise and find their niche audience. Daniel van der Velde commented on today’s reality where many people believe that design is easy and fun to do and is considered more as a hobby, than as a profession. “Find your way to manage your budget and create space for self-initiative projects, to establish your identity as a studio.” he said, like Metahaven did with Wikileaks and Sealand.

Irma Boom advised us strongly not to compromise, to follow our vision and not to focus on the average reader. In her case, she sees herself as a designer who tries to preserve the form of the book. “Pdf and e-books are easier to have, distribute and link, but they don’t have this quality of correct and long lasting information, as books. A book is a complete entity.”

On the other hand Thomas Castro from Lust, showcased their project for mobile tablets “Architecture xyz app”, which for me is the equivalent of the book in the digital age. Is a whole entity, but is also dynamic. As Lust state in their website “The tablet computer promises to be more than the missing link between printed and digital media. It is a platform on its own where design, interaction and content need to be redefined.”

So the question comes to whether the man should follow the machine or the machine the man. Wim Crouwel answered that by showing the “New alphabet”. He also explained about his systematic approach, which stems more from his inspiration from architecture than from graphic design. And this is where Jan van Toorn agreed.

Jan van Toorn used the reference of Rem Koolhas to explain that “Culture is re-definition, re-interpretation and re-invention. A way of exploring and mapping the world again and again and telling stories about it – comment it on the way it is, or seems to be.”

In all cases, except maybe Irma Boom, the speakers highlighted the importance of having a “laboratory” next to the studio, in order to experiment, stress the limits and bring the graphic design discipline forward.

Design Game workshop

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March 17, 2012
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Workshop for the graphic design master students from St.Joost Academy and Pratt Institut USA.

St.Joost Academy Symposium: Wim Crouwel, Jan van Toorn, Irma Boom, Lust, Metahaven

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March 17, 2012
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Some pictures from this event that took place on 13th of march 2012.

Academie St. Joost, Breda, NL. Organized by Matthias Noordzij.

Amsterdam Art and Design Book Fair

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November 24, 2011
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With (new) titles of 010 , Alauda publications , A , Coen Slichting Book Import , De Harmonie ,Foam Publishers , Frame Publishers , IDEA BOOKS , Jap Sam Books , KesselsKramer Publishing ,Lebowski , NAi Publishers / Publishers , TAB , publishing the Outside , 99 Publishers ,Booksellers Linnaeus , Post Editions , hazazaH , Photographers Federation , Footnote Publishers, Re: and Valiz .

more info here

 

Dutch design week

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October 23, 2011
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Hey guys, I ve been yesterday at the dutch design week, a nice way to take a break and fill with inspiration! And nice city too! I will go again next Saturday to check the rest, because there are plenty things to see. The website is chaotic, so I am attaching here my to see list, in case you have no time to search what is happening