Mediamatic
  •  
  • Program
    • Living Labs
    • Events
    • Projects
    • Recent
  • To see
  • Restaurant
  • Mediamatic
    • About
    • Venue / for Rent
    • People
    • Jobs & Internships
    • Houserules
    • FAQ
    • Contact & Route
  • Shop
Search Menu
Log in
en

  • Joost van Grinsven

    freelance designer (web design & graphic design)

    Currently working as a freelance designer (web design & graphic design). Most recent project: The Rijksmuseum online exhibition 'Accessorize!' A website where you can discover the history of...
  • Interaction
  • Photography
  • print
  • Urbanism
  • Typography
  • Design

  • Visual Identity

    Georgia

    Here you'll find the Mediamatic Huisstijlhandboek (styleguide) with some good examples, and insightful remarks. Based the works of Abel van Gijlswijk, Mediamatic's star designer. Few key points to...

  • Mapping for Tourists

    MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide

    Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map Amsterdam-Noord, pars pro toto for The Netherlands. The artists lived and...

  • Report! Portfolionight

    Meer dan 30 masters uit de reclame, fotografie en grafische hoek, 4 rondes, stapels portfolio's en een zaal vol creatief talent tijdens de Portfolionight op 21 september 2011.
  • 40 m2 / 7 - 20 p.

    Straatkamer

    Meeting room with a private atmosphere

    The Straatkamer is a quiet space with a pleasant private atmosphere, making it the perfect setting for brainstorming sessions, meetings, or presentations.
  • 2010

    Living on the edge

    Interview with Caroline Woolard, curator of the Brooklyn pavilions

    For her second pavilion in the Amsterdam Biennale, Caroline Woolard curated Temporary Services into the Brooklyn Pavilion. They organized a one-off newspaper, focusing on art labor and economics in...

  • What's On Folder Design

    Where to find the files, how to use them

    In the What's On folder we inform our visitors about what is currently happening at the Biotoop. We show them what is Mediamatic, what we are doing, and guide them through our art installations. The...
  • Press release

    Hema threatens with legal action

    because of the El Hema exhibition

    EXTRA: Mediamatic will meet with the Hema B.V.'s Director of Marketing on Friday the 27th of July. In a letter postdated the 23rd of July 2007, the Hema has changed their tone of voice ('The Hema...

  • Mediamatic Travel

    Networked travel agency

    What better way to discover a city than through its contemporary art treasures? Mediamatic Travel is a network of locals waiting to show you around the backside of their cities. From contemporary...

  • 37 Pavilions

    First ‘user generated’ biennale

    Here we have collected the proposals for the city pavilions in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 that were sent to us by the curators. We also show what each pavilion looks like after it was built. Find...

  • Project proposals

    Participating artists and the design team

    Mapping for Tourists resulted in Noord. These pages are snapshots of the artists' progress, as documented in July of 2010. Visit the Noord web space for the final results.

  • The Mediamatic Sluisdeurenloods

    A cultural landmark

    The Sluisdeurenloods or 'Canal Lock Gate Warehouse' was originally built at the end of the 19th century, before being dismantled, moved, and reconstructed at Dijkspark in 1957. The building is now...
  • Proposal by: Mario Mimoso

    Floating Havens

    Project Proposal: Regenerating city life

    Floating Havens is a project aimed at regenerating life inside the urban landscape. Using Amsterdam’s canals as a way to gain land to the crowded and congested city streets, we want to dedicate these...
  • Daniel Bouw 20 Jan 2010

    Appels en peren

    uiteindelijk past alles bij elkaar, als het maar inspirerend is

    Een programma samenstellen voor Kom je ook? is een zoektocht in verschillende netwerken en langs vele wegen. De mogelijkheden blijken eindeloos, maar een focus op innovatieve en participatieve...

  • On the Urban Typography workshop

    fabbing communication

    Urban Typography: what does your city say to you and what do you say to your city? This workshop encouraged participants to express themselves through words and text in their urban environments...
  • Previously on view in the Amsterdam Biennale: Caroline Woolard

    Brooklyn Pavilion, NY

    October 17 - November 2009

    From October 17 until the end of November, curator Caroline Woolard presents the first Brooklyn Pavilion with 'Security Lifestyle' by Adriana Young. More information is here: www.betterthanliving.com...

  • El Hema late nite

    Final touches before the opening

    Amsterdam - August 23, 2007: The shelves were being stocked, poster-size photographs were carefully being hung in the windows, the last designs were still being finalized, the media was buzzing...

  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    Our location from 2011 till 2014

    Mediamatic has moved on average every 3 years. Mediamatic is a gallery, project space, aquaponics farm and cafeteria. In December 2011 we moved part of our activities to the Van Gendthallen on...
  • Project: Rob Appels,

    Design for Amnesty

    Constructing a design for a display window for Amnesty International

    In our search to realize a display window design for Amnesty International we found out about Fablab. We do this as volenteers and try to keep the constructing low budget. Fablab is a great help in...
  • Project:

    De Nieuwe Standaard

    matchmaking T-shirts

    T-shirts for all the arabic and dutch people!

  • Sur Place

    Exhibition on Urban Bike Culture

    Bring your bike for a ride through Mediamatic Bank and discover the rich culture that grew around a simple vehicle: the fixed gear bike. Sportsmen, riders, messengers, collectors, artists and other...

  • Printed travel guide

    for free available at the Noord exhibition

    September 10, 2010 the travel guide was launched. The Noord travel guide was distributed as a supplement of Het Parool. The printed version is available at the Noord exhibition till November 9, 2010.

  • The Taste of Elder

    Together with  Brouwerij Oedipus   and artist   Zeger Reyers , we follow the seasons with the elder tree. We brew four different seasonal beers with local ingredients from this everyday shrub in...

  • Jarr and his Finish Flag

    What have people been bringing to our resistance archive?

    In this ongoing series, Objects and their People, we'll be writing about our favourite resistance objects, anecdotes and people. Keep up with what is happening in the Pièce de Résistance exhibition...

created Joost van Grinsven modified Joost van Grinsven

  •  Contact & Route
  • Colofon
Design by Mediamatic - Powered by Ginger