Bali, 4 March, 2020 At Outpost, a co-working space in Ubud, Ton gave a presentation entitled “What about Branding?” which provided a glimpse into the world of branding and design with some of the following topics: A very brief history. What makes a brand tick?. Brand architecture. The power of design. Brand management. The event was attended …
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Article written for the BNO (Dutch Designers Association) about being a designer in Southeast Asia.
Ton was invited to be a member judge for the Kyoorius / D&AD design awards India chapter for Kyoorius Design Yatra, held in New Delhi, India.
Introduction Business of Design Week Hong Kong 2008 / Local Dutch exhibition graphics and collateral. As part of the Business of Design Week a small group of Dutch designers in Hong Kong established “Local Dutch”. This brochure and exhibition had as main objective to introduce the group. Pimpin’ Dutch Everyone has cherished objects that are …
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At the first Kyoorius Exchange held in Mumbai, Ton gave a portfolio presentation of design team works.
Ton gave a presentation about Wayfinding in the urban environment. Other presenters were Ng Seksan (Malaysia), Chris Lee (Singapore) and Daan Roosegaarde (The Netherlands).
As Dutch creative director at Design Team Malaysia, Ton was invited to give a lecture at this design seminar “Face to Face” in an exchange between ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ approaches to design challenges.
I studied Graphic & Communication Design at Avans University of Applied Sciences (Academy voor Beeldende Kunsten St. Joost) in Breda, The Netherlands. Principal lecturers: Henk Cornelissen, Jan Begeer, Chris Brand, Wim Smits, Geert Setola, Tom Klinkowstein. Following a selection of works in random order.
In 1983, while studying Graphic & Communication Design at St. Joost Academy of Fine Art (now Avans University of Applied Sciences) we were given the assignment ‘The Life of a Designer in 2003’ by multi-media teacher Tom Klinkowstein. I rendered this concept: ‘a super powerful computer could be programmed to create and ‘print’ a three-dimensional …
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