The 15th and the 16th of April the international jury of the :output competition, the biggest competition for students in design and architecture in the world, will take place in Pakhuis de Zwijger. In an extra, international edition of What's Up? we interview the members of the jury.
What's Up? is a monthly show&talk that shines a light on the best of Amsterdam's Creative Industry. Guests with various skills are invited to present their most recent and innovative projects. What's Up? covers a broad spectrum of disciplines: from fashion and industrial design to film and photography, from advertising and music to architecture, from graphic design to gaming.
Moderator of the evening is Max Bruinsma (Items)
(de voertaal deze avond is Engels)
The guests are:
Fons M. Hickmann, GER, Graphic Design
Director of the studio Fons Hickmann m23 in Berlin
Professor at the University of The Arts Berlin in Graphic Design.
Emphasis is placed on the development of complex communication systems and corporate design as well as book, poster, magazine and web design. The studio has been awarded numerous internationally renowned accolades, and the works have been represented at every international design biennial. Fons Hickmann and his studio were invited to exhibit at the opening of the world’s first ‘Graphic Design Museum’, in Breda in the Netherlands.
Astrid Piber, NL, Architecture
Director/Senior Architect at UNStudio
Astrid Piber graduated from the Technical University Vienna in 1997. She joined UNStudio in 1998 and left the office the same year to obtain her Master of Science in AAD at Columbia University, New York, returning the following year. She has gained more than ten years experience as a design architect on urban projects and international competitions, including the project for Ponte Parodi, Genoa, and the Port master plan in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. The realized projects Galleria Luxury Hall West (Seoul, 2003-2004) and Star Place Luxury Shopping Plaza, Kaohsiung (2006-2008) and the Galleria Cheonan (2008-2010) initiated her interest and further involvement with mixed use and retail projects in Asia. Currently she is involved with projects in the design stages, such as the project of Raffles City Hangzhou (2008-2014), the Scotts Tower Singapore (2010-2012) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (2010-2014). She became a member of UNStudio's Management Team in 2006 and a Partner of UNStudio in 2008.
Keetra Dean Dixon, USA, Graphic Design
Associate Professor at the Maryland Institute College of the Arts
Keetra Dean Dixon is a designer and artist who often works under the handle FromKeetra. Keetra divides her time between pubic installations, exhibits and commercial projects. Her work has been recognized on several fronts including a presidential award, a place in the permanent design collection at the SFMOMA, and the honorable ranking of ADC Young Gun. She has been featured in numerous publications and exhibits, including feature articles in Etapes Magazine, commissioned works for the '09 U.S. Presidential Inauguration and the '10 UK Design Event. Dixon's first solo exhibit opened its doors in November 2009 in London's Kessel Kramer Gallery: KKOutlet. She has acted as Design Director with the LAB at Rockwell Group for installations featured at '08 Venice Architecture Biennale and '10 01SJ Biennial. Keetra's commercial design continues to attract media giants such as The New York Times, Nike, Swatch, Sony & MTV.
Dixon developed many of her core objectives during her 2004 - 2006 masters studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her work has gained notoriety for its friendly, sincere absurdism. Her objects of social agency aim to involve the viewer as an active participant. The pieces create or exemplify heightened emotional moments and often rely on context or unique interactions to complete the work's narrative. Her work often utilizes typographic messaging partnered with material studies as an investigation into the fallibility of communication, understanding, and intention.
Florian Pfeffer, NL, Ger, Graphic Design
Director at one/one and :output foundation
Professor at the Karlsruhe Design University
Florian Pfeffer is a designer, curator and Professor. With his one/one offices in Amsterdam and Berlin, he develops interdisciplinary design projects around the globe: flashmobs, electronic operas, interactive installations and images from Saudia Arabia to Buxtehude. Florian Pfeffer is Director of the :output foundation, which gives young talent from the areas of design and architecture a stage.
Peter van der Jagt, NL, Industrial Design
As an Industrial Designer he designed numerous products for companies such as Droog Design, Authentics, KesselsKramer and Moooi. For a year now, Peter is, together with ErikJan Kwakkel, the proud owner of the tile factory DTILE. This factory must become a platform for new design and an innovator for ceramic building material. His work has been exhibited in the Walker Art Centre, SFMOMA, NAI, Design Museum London and Kunsthal Rotterdam.