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| title | date | publication | theme | kind | translation |
| Gert Dumbar Gentleman Maverick of Dutch Design with: Leonie ten Duis |
2024/10 | Valiz | 1graphic design 33 |
monograph | |
| Rumble in the ruruhouse Documenta 15 review with: Sjoukje van der Meulen |
2022/04 | Metropolis M 09 | 8art10 |
review | nl |
| Paglen meets Agre Imaging systems and grammars of action |
2020/11 | Camera Arts | 2design general 22 |
essay | |
Man as 'aggregate of data' |
2018/07 | AI & Society | design ethics | essay | |
The Swing of the Real |
2018/01 | Onomatopee | 8art 09 |
essay | |
Critical Meshing |
2017/03 | Sandberg Institute | 2design general 21 design education |
essay | |
Creative Civil Servants |
2017/02 | unpublished | 2design general 20 design education |
essay | |
| Visual language for Ethical Design ZHdK “Fragestunde”, Zürich, April 5th |
2016/04 | unpublished | 2design general 19b design education |
lecture | de |
| The Utrecht Manifesto Closing statement of Utrecht Manifest, biennial for social design Design Issues, Vol. 32, 2016, #2, p. 37–42 |
2015/09 | Utrecht Manifest, Design Issues |
2social design 52 | manifesto | Designers do not determine what a thing does Interview Peter Paul Verbeek |
2015/09 | NAI010 publishers | 2social design 52 | interview |
| Interview with Joep van Lieshout On his design for a cabin retreat for artists and researchers at Chocó, Colombia |
2012/11 | Más Arte Más Acción | 2social design 51 | interview | |
| Reflections on Utopia and Now Musings during a residency in Chocó, Colombia |
2012/11 | Más Arte Más Acción | 2social design 51 | essay | |
| Research between practice and theory Design as research methodology with: Evert Ypma |
2012/09 | Graphic Design Festival Breda | 2design general 19a
design education |
commentary | |
In Memoriam Ed Annink |
2012/09 | Items 22 | 1graphic design 32 | in memoriam | e |
Nostalgia for a Future Past |
2012/03 | De Gids | 6visual culture 10 | essay | nl |
| Romancing the Next Nature Natuur veroorzaakt door mensen |
2011/11 | Items 21 | 2design general 18 | commentary | |
Richard Sennett: |
2011/08 | Items 20 | 2design general 17 | interview | |
| Off the beaten track R&D is mapping uncharted territory |
2011/06 | NAI publishers | 2design general 16 | essay | nl |
Watching, formerly Reading |
2011/05 | Valiz / Graphic Design Museum Breda | 6visual culture 10 | column | nl |
All Color is Virtual |
2011/05 | Artez Press / Terra | 6visual culture 10 | essay | nl |
Unadulterated Functionalism |
2011/04 | Wallpaper | 1graphic design 31b | column | |
| De gewone man en de kunsten Hakken in cultuursubsidies: puberale symboolpolitiek |
2010/10 | site | 7cultural politics 06a | column | |
| Tuin der Letters Het laboratorium van de organische typografie |
2010/07 | Items 19 | 1graphic design 31a | essay | |
| Graphics in Concert Introduction Chaumont catalogue |
2010/05 | Pyramid | 1graphic design 30 | column | |
| Ik gooi nooit wat weg Boekbespreking Swip Stolk |
2010/02 | Items 18 | 1graphic design 29 | review | |
| Shaping Voices – The Poetics of Design Introduction to Shapeshifters reader |
2010/01 | Shapeshifters / Oogachtend | 2design general 15 | essay | |
| Wat is een boek? Interview Mevis & Van Deursen |
2009/12 | Items 17 | 1graphic design 28 | interview | |
| Point of View Interview Pierre di Sciullo |
2009/01 | Items 16 | 1graphic design 27 | interview | |
| Break the seals! Flexibility as design principle |
2008/05 | Torino Design Capital | 2design general 14 | column | |
| 99 months Design strategies for raising awareness of climate change |
2008/01 | Fabrica | 6visual culture 09 | essay | |
Representation inhabits reality |
2007/12 | Dai Nippon, Tokyo | 1graphic design 26a | essay | |
| The applied art of art Design criteria govern art in Venice and Kassel |
2007/11 | Items 15 | 6visual culture 08 | essay | nl |
| Nouveau Dutch Design How Dutch are the young Dutch designers? |
2007/04 | Émergence | 1graphic design 26b | essay | fr |
| "Je ne cherche pas, je trouve" Jan van Toorn designs with found footage |
2007/03 | Étappes: | 1graphic design 25 | essay | fr |
| "Smart, meaningfull, fresh" 10 years of KesselsKramer in Rotterdam's Kunsthal |
2007/02 | Form | 6visual culture 07 | review | |
| De Beyerd, visie of marketing pitch? Een nieuwe vormgever voor hèt grafisch ontwerpmuseum? |
2007/01 | Items 14 | 1graphic design 24 | column | |
| Middelmatige communicatie Vormgeving voor musea |
2006/12 | Kunst in de Provincie K&V Noord Holland |
1graphic design 23 | essay | |
| In discussie met de openbare mening Martijn Engelbregts Dienstcatalogus |
2006/11 | Open 06 | 8art in public space 06 | review | e |
| De letterbouwer De materiële typografie van René Knip |
2006/11 | Addmagazine | 5designers' profiles 14 | profile | fr |
| Grootgruttersvormgeving Grafisch ontwerp in verkiezingstijd |
2006/11 | De Helling, GroenLinks |
1graphic design 22 | essay | |
| Mooie bloemen, geen tuin Recent Frans grafisch ontwerp voor het publieke domein |
2006/07 | Items 13 | 1graphic design 21 | essay | |
| Het primaat van de zichtbaarheid Recensie boek Camiel van Winkel |
2006/05 | Metropolis M 08 | 6visual culture 06 | review | |
| Revenge of the symbols Symbolism only works meaningfully within its own codes. Outside of these, it explodes, with considerable collateral damage. |
2006/05 | Open 05 | 8art in public space 05 | essay | nl |
| Form = Function Interpretatie is het centrale begrip in een visuele cultuur als de onze, waarin beeld steeds vaker syntactisch wordt ingezet. |
2006/05 | Jaarboek ABK Groningen |
6visual culture 05 | essay | |
| If it ain't broke, upgrade! Launch van 'the upgrade' in Amsterdam |
2006/05 | - | 2design general 13 | lecture | |
| "De BNO is er voor de biotoop" Interview Annnelys de Vet |
2006/04 | BNO Vormberichten |
2design general 12 | interview | |
| Strange Attractors Intro to the work of two 'decorationalists' |
2006/01 | I.D. magazine | 1graphic design 20 | review | |
| Sensitive Modernism Modernist values and contemporary design |
2005/11 | Yearbook Duch Design |
2design general 11 | essay | nl |
| Catalysts! The cultural force of communication desig Essays accompanying my exhibition in Lisbon, sept / nov |
2005/09 | EXD05 | 1graphic design 19 | essays | |
| Bruce Mau's Discovery Channel Bespreking van het boek bij de tentoonstelling |
2005/05 | Items 12 | 2design general 10 | review | |
| What about it? Review of Jeroen Boomgaard's report on public art at Amsterdam's Zuidas |
2005/04 | Open 04 | 8art in public space 04 | review | nl |
| John Maeda : Creative code Seven years of experimentation in digital interactive media at MIT |
2005/03 | Form | 4interface and webdesign 11 | review | |
| Joes Koppers Profiel van een interfaceontwerper |
2005/01 | Items 11 | 5designers' profiles 13 | profile | |
| Wim Crouwel : de vormvoorbereider Oeuvreprijs Fonds BKVB |
2004/11 | Fonds BKVB | 5designers' profiles 12 | essay | |
| Massive Change Q&A with Bruce Mau on his exhibition in Vancouver (extended version) |
2004/10 | ID | 2design general 09 | interview | |
| Chris Keulemans Interview met Chris Keulemans over boek en website 'De Amerikaan die ik nooit geweest ben'. |
2004/10 | Items 10 | 4interface and webdesign 10 | interview | |
| A Zen garden along the Zuidas On 'Droog Water', an artwork by Diederik Klomberg |
2004/10 | ING / K&B | 8art in public space 03 | review | nl |
| Dutch type Review of Jan Middendorp's compendious book |
2004/09 | Form | 3typography 06 | review | |
| De Barbaro's van de Zuidas Over opdrachtgeverschap voor kunst in de openbare ruimte van de Amsterdamse Zuidas |
2004/09 | Open 03 | 8art in public space 02 | essay | |
| Gespräch Weingart, Müller+Hess Three type users talk about their choices (German only) |
2004/06 | Die Gestalten Verlag |
3typography 05 | interview | |
| Crossing frontiers of understanding lecture at ICOGRADA conference, Saõ Paulo, Brazil |
2004/04 | Icograda | 2design general 08 | lecture | |
| Das war einmal New engagement in architecture, art and design |
2003/11 | Open 02 | 6visual culture 04 | review | e |
| Just use it! Users as adicts or activists |
2003/08 | De Balie | 7cultural politics 06b | essay | |
| De kunst is net zo virtueel als mensen Essay over virtualiteit, naar aanleiding van AVECOM.REAL |
2003/07 | Avecom.real | 8art 08 | essay | |
| Deep Sites Chapter introductions: click the chapter titles on the cover |
2003/04 | Thames&Hudson | 4interface and webdesign 09 | essays | |
| Being John Thackara Doors of Perception, 7: Flow |
2003/01 | Items 09 | 4interface and webdesign 08 | review | |
| Kunst. Openbaar. Ruimte. Een begripsbepaling van 'kunst in de openbare ruimte' |
2002/11 | Open 01 | 8art in public space 01 | essay | e |
| 10 stellingen van een ontwerpintellectueel Hugues Broekraad onderscheiden met de Grafische Cultuurprijs |
2002/10 | Metropolis M 07 | 1graphic design 18 | recensie | |
| Shadows over Manhattan Funlab project for post-911 New York |
2001/10 | Ad!dict | 6visual culture 03 | project | |
| Designers are authors Graphic design as visual language |
2001/09 | unpublished | 1graphic design 17 | lecture | |
| The long march Design and "the long march through the institutions" |
2001/09 | Adbusters | 7cultural politics 05 | essay | |
| Down with the singing waiters! What's the message of experience design? |
2001/05 | Waag Society | 2design general 07 | essay | nl |
| Reduce to the max Introduction to Swiss contemporary graphic design |
2000/09 | Benzin | 1graphic design 16 | essay | nl / de |
The new culture? |
2000/08 | Groene Amsterdammer |
7cultural politics 04 | essay | nl |
| The erotics of type Typography has always been employed to evoke eroticism |
2000/06 | Sex Appeal | 3typography 04 | essay | |
| De toekomst als kunstwerk The influence of ICT on culture |
2000/04 | Infodrome | 7cultural politics 03 | essay | |
| Mars calling Earth Making a design magazine in the real world |
2000/02 | DotDotDot | 2design general 06 | essay | |
| Elke kunstenaar is een ontwerper Autonomous artis obsolete - art has become design |
2000/01 | Metropolis M 06 | 8art 07 | essay | |
| An ideal design is not yet Authorship and idealism in graphic design |
1999/11 | De Balie | 1graphic design 15 | essay | nl |
| First Things First 2000 Designers, use your skills for worthy causes! |
1999/09 | Eye 22 | 7cultural politics 02 | manifesto | |
| Piet Schreuders Interview |
1999/09 | Eye 23 | 5designers' profiles 11 | interview | |
| Style = content Should one overturn hierarchies of verbal and visual form? |
1999/09 | Eye 21 | 1graphic design 14 | editorial | |
| Mode(s) d'emploi 11 young graphic designers from the Netherlands |
1999/06 | Fonds BKVB | 1graphic design 13 | essay | nl |
| Sampling the modern inheritance Modernism, style, structure, content |
1999/05 | Eye 18 | 1graphic design 12 | editorial | |
| doors of perception 5 The Doors on 'play' |
1999/05 | Eye 19 | 4interface and webdesign 07 | review | |
| What your see is what you think 1st International Browserday student's proposals for the next generation of browsers and beyond |
1999/05 | Eye 20 | 4interface and webdesign 06 | review | |
| Trial & error Interaction makes 'problem solving' playable |
1998/12 | Eye 17 | 4interface and webdesign 05 | editorial | |
| Words on screens Typographers, the screen needs your attention! |
1998/10 | - | 3typography 03 | lecture | |
| Push and pull Graphic design, advertising, and the quest for cultural significance |
1998/09 | Eye 14 | 1graphic design 11 | editorial | |
| Design interactive education Teach contexts, not just tools |
1998/09 | The Education of a Graphic Designer |
2design general 05 | essay | |
| FUSE'98 conference Review |
1998/09 | Eye 16 | 3typography 02 | review | |
| Oliviero Toscani : commercial art Toscani's and Benetton's programme |
1998/09 | Eye 15 | 5designers' profiles 10 | review | |
| Haags plat De Mondriaan kwestie en Rick van der Ploeg's ideeëngoed |
1998/09 | NRC Handelsblad | 7cultural politics 01 | essay | |
| Rescue meaning designers should adopt an editorial point of view |
1998/06 | Eye 11 | 1graphic design 10 | editorial | |
| Post Tool : serious doodling Interview |
1998/06 | Eye 12 | 5designers' profiles 09 | interview | |
| Steven Johnson : Interface culture technology transforms the way we create and communicate |
1998/06 | Eye 13 | 4interface and webdesign 04 | review | |
| The reader's terms Designers and the printing process |
1998/05 | Jan van Eyck Academy |
1graphic design 09 | poetic | |
| A rhetoric of images Overcomming the 'class struggle' between images and words |
1998/03 | Eye 08 | 1graphic design 08 | editorial | |
| Sink or swim in the meltingpot AIGA biennial conference, New Orleans |
1998/03 | Eye 09 | 1graphic design 07 | review | |
| Steve Heller : Design literacy A connoisseur's pick |
1998/03 | Eye 10 | 1graphic design 06 | review | |
| Crossings Musings on economic firewalls between cultures |
1998/02 | AIGA journal | 6visual culture 02 | column | |
| Official anarchy Dutch graphic design |
1997/11 | The Low Countries | 1graphic design 05 | essay | |
| The oldness of new Does graphic design need redefinition? |
1997/09 | Eye 05 | 1graphic design 04 | editorial | |
| The diaphanous machine Clarity, consistency and new ways of navigating the web |
1997/09 | Eye 06 | 4interface and webdesign 03 | essay | |
| Mieke Gerritzen : keep it simple Interview |
1997/09 | Eye 07 | 5designers' profiles 08 | interview | |
| Website graphics - chapter introductions Themes in global web design |
1997/08 | Mediamatic 2 | 4interface and webdesign 02 | copy | |
| A civil house style Studio Dumbar's redesign of the Dutch Police identity |
1997/07 | Ministerie BiZa | 1graphic design 03 | essay | nl |
| Learning to read and write images Graphic design is a 'meta-discipline' |
1997/06 | Eye 01 | 1graphic design 02 | editorial | |
| The aesthetics of transience Subjectivity and impermanence in graphic design |
1997/06 | Eye 02 | 1graphic design 01 | essay | |
| Steve Heller : Type in the digital age Heller's 'faces on the edge' |
1997/06 | Eye 03 | 3typography 01 | review | |
| Stop worrying and learn to love the web Getting over low-res |
1997/06 | Eye 04 | 4interface and webdesign 01 | essay | |
| Eerst de bouwstenen Pleidooi voor academisch onderzoek naar ontwerpgeschiedenis |
1996/12 | Items 08 | 2design general 04 | review | |
| P. Scott Makela Profile |
1996/12 | Items 07 | 5designers' profiles 07 | review | |
| Karel Martens Interview |
1996/10 | Items 06 | 5designers' profiles 06 | interview | |
| Details Gebouwen bewegen |
1996/07 | Stichting Welstandszorg Noord Holland | 2architecture 03 | essay | |
| Designkritiek in Nederland Frederique Huygens' overzicht van design publicaties |
1996/04 | Items 05 | 2design general 03 | review | |
| Chris Dercon : Still novel Cinema is revived in new media |
1996/04 | Metropolis M 05 | 8art 06 | review | e |
| Studio Dumbar The official face of the netherlands |
1996/01 | Graphis | 5designers' profiles 05 | profile | |
| Europa is een boekenkast Ik ben opgebouwd uit 4000 jaar verhalen en geschiedenissen |
1995/12 | De Balie | 6visual culture 01b | essay | |
| We do not need new forms... A new mentality in design focusses on processes and contexts instead of products |
1995/09 | - | 2design general 02 | lecture | |
| Heinz en Valentine Edelmann Dubbelinterview |
1995/09 | Affiche | 5designers' profiles 04 | interview | |
Voorbij het object |
1995/05 | Items 04 | 2design general 01 | essay | e |
| April Greiman: the way of the mouse Interview, with english summary |
1995/05 | Items 03 | 5designers' profiles 03 | interview | e |
| Melle Hammer : hark en piano Interview |
1995/03 | Items 02 | 5designers' profiles 02 | interview | |
| Marianne Brouwer : Heart of darkness Kröller-Müller exhibition |
1995/01 | Metropolis M 04 | 8art 05 | review | |
| Wim Crouwel Afscheid als directeur Boymans van Beuningen |
1993/12 | Items 01c | 5designers' profiles 01 | interview | |
| 371 gezichten van D66 Wedstrijd voor het verkiezingsaffiche van D66 |
1993/12 | Items 01c | 1graphic design 00c | review | |
| Dialogue between two souls Introduction to Remko Scha's 'artificial' art algorhythm |
1993/10 | Artificial | 8art 04 | poetic | |
Frans Haks |
1993/01 | Items 01b | 6visual culture 01a | interview | |
Whistling in the dark |
1992/09 | Mediamatic 1 | 9music & audio 01 | essay | nl |
| H.W. Werther : Double distance Kruithuis, Den Bosch exhibition |
1991/12 | Metropolis M 03 | 8art 03 | review | |
| Anthon Beeke: De geest moet wapperen! Interview |
1991/10 | Art i | 5designers' profiles 00 | interview | |
| Remy Zaugg Witte de Wit exhibition, Rotterdam |
1991/04 | Metropolis M 02 | 8art 02 | essay | |
| Sjoch: een substituut Een nieuw logo voor Leeuwarden |
1991/03 | Items 00c | 1graphic design 00b | essay | |
| Seymour Likely Art is money |
1990/06 | Metropolis M 01 | 8art 01 | review | |
| Het zondagse spiegelbeeld Nieuwe logos voor de overheid with: Carel Kuitenbrouwer |
1989/06 | Items 00b | 1graphic design 00a | essay | |
| Verantwoord bloot Mart. Spruijt kalender 1988/89 |
1988/08 | Items 00a | 1graphic design 00a | review | e |
| No subsidy? No problem! Dutch video art and government support |
1987/01 | Mediamatic 0b | 8art 002b | essay | |
Talks on Talking Back |
1985/11 | Mediamatic 0a | 8art 002a | interview | |
| Notes of a listener Essay on radio- & record art |
1985/08 | Talking Back to the Media / Sound by Artists |
9music & audio 00 | essay | |
Points of View on Design Education |
1984/03 | AGI/Gerrit Rietveld Academie | 1graphic design 000 | essay | nl |
Lilia Prado Superstar |
1984/02 | De Appel | 8art 001 | interview | |
Lilia Prado Ready-made |
1984/01 | Metropolis M 01 | 8art 000 | review | |
| max bruinsma |