Daniel van der Velden

Advising researcher Design

dvdveld@dds.nl

www.metahaven.net


Daniel van der Velden is a designer and writer living in Amsterdam. Together with Vinca Kruk and Gon Zifroni, he is a partner in the design research collective Meta haven, based in Amsterdam and Brussels.


Daniel van der Velden is advising researcher in the Design Department.




1971

NL


Studies

1996 – 1998

Researcher Design. Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL.

1992 – 1996

Graphic Design. Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, NL.


Teaching positions

since 2007

Critic for MFA Design. Yale University School of Art, New Haven, US.

since 2007

Tutor. Design Department, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL.

2004 – 2006

Editorial design. ArtEZ Academie Arnhem, Arnhem, NL.

2003

Guest teacher Writing. Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL.

2001

Guest teacher Graphic Design. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, US.

2000 – 2004

Typography and Editorial design. Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, NL.


Professional activities

since 2008

Advisory board member. Internationales Forum für Gestaltung Ulm (IFG), Ulm, DE.

since 2007

Metahaven full-time practice.

since 2003

Co-founder of Metahaven. Amsterdam, NL.

1998 – 2007

Design studio in collaboration with Maureen Mooren. Amsterdam, NL.


Editorials

2008

HTV De IJsberg. A democratic brand paradox, 72. Designer and guest editor-in-chief.


Organised events

2009

North by northeast* (*and south). (20 February). With Žiga Testen. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2007

Regimes of representation. Art and politics beyond the house of people. (11 January). With 4Space, Ruxandra Balaci, Nicolas Bourriaud, Jonathan Dronsfield, Vinca Kruk, Metahaven, Chantal Mouffe, Marcus Steinweg. Organised by Jan van Eyck Academie. Bucharest, RO: Museum National de Arte Contemporana (MNAC).

Research on research II. In: Opening week 2007. (8 – 12 January). With Fiona Raby, David Reinfurt. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2006

The museum of conflict. Art as political strategy in post-communist Europe. (12 September). With BAVO, Calin Dan, Wouter Davidts, Jonathan Dronsfield, Maria Hlavajova, Metahaven, Mihnea Mircan, Edi Muka, Matthias Pauwels, Alina Serban & Florian Waldvogel. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.


Books/catalogues

2008

White night before a manifesto. Eindhoven, NL: Onomatopee.

2006

Annelys de Vet (Ed.). De publieke zaak van de grafisch ontwerper [The public role of the graphic designer].


Book contributions

2008

Interview: Forward to Sandberg. In: Masters of Rietveld. Dutch design education in the 21st century by the Sandberg Institute. pp. 44-48.

Public art as interruption or anamorphosis. On the possibility and critical potential of a creative engagement with present-day ‘public space’. An interview and (in)conclusive remarks. In: Benda Hofmeyr (Ed.). The Wal-Mart phenomenon. Resisting neo-liberal power through art, design and theory, pp. 143-157. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2003

Zero visitors. Daniel van der Velden in conversation with Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Nicolas Bourriaud. In: Annie Fletcher (Ed.). Becoming oneself. Four conversations on art and institutional creativity today. Utrecht, NL: Basis voor Actuele Kunst (BAK).


Articles

2009

Branding the superstate abyss. A conversation with Metahaven. In: Kaleidoscope, 3, pp. 16-21.

(12 June). Een sexy hek om Nederland. Cultureel supplement. In: NRC Handelsblad, pp. 4-5.

Inward model (2009). We lived in Financial Times. In: Muhtelif. With Metahaven. Visual contribution.

2008

We. In: Form, September/October. 

We need visual strategies against the conquest of the world as a fixed, conformist image. A conversation with Regula Stämpfli. In: HTV De IJsberg, 72, pp. 8-9.

Crypto logo Jihad. Black metal en de esthetiek van het kwaad. In: Metropolis M, 3, pp. 30-37.

2007

Meta haven. Imagination of engagement. In: Regimes of representation. Art and politics beyond the house of people, pp. 1-2.

2006

CC./BCC. map. In: The creativity. With Vinca Kruk, Metahaven.

Hybriditeit van de post-publieke ruimte. Logo parc en de Zuidas in Amsterdam. In: Open, 11, pp. 112-123.

Designers and the political. An interview with Daniel van der Velden. In: Idea, 320.

The condition of graphic design. With Maureen Mooren. In: Idea, 316.

Research & destroy. Een pleidooi voor grafisch ontwerpen als onderzoek. In: Metropolis M, 2, pp. 36-39.

2005

Theory rocks. Beeldcultuur hunkert naar reflectie. In: Metropolis M, 1, pp. 24-37.

2004

Bart de Baets, Arjen Oosterman. Architects phone architects. In: Archis (special issue: Archis is Atlas), 2, pp. 12-15.


Articles on web

2009

Europe sans: History, politics, and protocol in the EU image. In: E-Flux, 5. With Metahaven. Published on: http://www.e-flux.com/journal/view/53.

2005

Dialoog tussen Daniel van der Velden en Annelies de Vet. With Annelys de Vet. (1 July). Published on: on http://www.annelysdevet.nl/onderzoek/discussie/index.htm.


Reviews

2009

Cases. Castillo/Corrales, Dexter Sinister, Club Donny, Uqbar foundation, Metahaven, No lab in RMB city. In: Metropolis M, 1, pp. 65-71.

Rick Poynor. Borderline. Metahaven undertakes its own research and makes visual proposals that suggest a new role for graphic design in public life. In: Eye, 18(71), pp. 22-29.

2008

Kristjan Mändmaa. (31 October). Disaini ja rahvaste saatusest. In: Sirp.

Marina de Vries. (1 October). De nieuwe monumenten voor Europa komen er niet meer. In: De Volkskrant. 

Rick Poynor. Critical omissions. In: Print, October, pp. 33-34.

Annett Busch. Re-search the search engine. In: Springerin, 1.

Alice Twemlow. Some questions about an inquiry. In: Design observer. Published on: http://www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=32924.

2005

Toshiaki Koga (Ed.). Design liberated. In: IDEA arta+societate, 309.


Interviews

2009

Gabrielle Kennedy. The relationship between design and populist politics. (2 July). In: design.nl. Published on: http://www.design.nl/item/the_relationship_between_design_and_populist_politics.

2007

Tsila Hassine, Vinca Kruk, Frédéric Martel, Daniel van der Velden & Gon Zifroni. A problem called France. In: Forum on Quaero. A public think tank on the politics of the search engine.

Ruedi Baur, Tsila Hassine, Vinca Kruk, Daniel van der Velden & Gon Zifroni. Design et la république mondial. In: Forum on Quaero. A public think tank on the politics of the search engine.

Tsila Hassine, Brian Holmes, Vinca Kruk, Daniel van der Velden & Gon Zifroni. Excerpts from a conversation with Brian Holmes. In: Forum on Quaero. A public think tank on the politics of the search engine.

Étienne Balibar & Daniel van der Velden. Excerpts from a conversation with Étienne Balibar. In: Forum on Quaero. A public think tank on the politics of the search engine.

2005

Emily King. The European design show. Interview with Maureen Mooren and Daniel van der Velden. With Maureen Mooren. Published on: http://www.designmuseum.org/design/maureen-mooren-daniel-van-der-velden.

2004

Conversation. In: De Avonden. Hilversum, NL: VPRO.


Conferences

2009

Vox populi. De populistische verbeelding. (26 May). Organised by Jan van Eyck Academie & Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW). Amsterdam, NL: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW).

2008

Politics of designing. (September). Copenhagen, DK: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

2007

Transformations of public space. (15 – 16 February). With Katja Gretzinger, Matthijs van Leeuwen, Matteo Poli & Gon Zifroni. Amsterdam, NL: Stedelijk Museum CS.

2006

Art and the city. A conference on postwar interactions with the urban realm. (11 – 12 May). With Katja Gretzinger, Matthijs van Leeuwen, Matteo Poli & Gon Zifroni. Amsterdam, NL: Het Trippenhuis.

2005

Logo parc. (16 November). Organised by Jan van Eyck Academie; het Lectoraat Kunst en Publieke Ruimte & Premsela Foundation. Amsterdam, NL: Gerrit Rietveld Academie.

Avant-garde, popular media and censorship. (13 April). With Zafer Aracagök, Gideon Boie, Benda Hofmeyr, Alexei Monroe, Matthias Pauwels, Aarnoud Rommens. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

Avant-garde, architecture and responsibility. (12 April). With Gideon Boie, Kersten Geers, Bert Gellynck (respondent), Hilde Heynen, Benda Hofmeyr, Laurent Liefooghe, Bert De Muynck (respondent), Matthias Pauwels & Daniel van der Velden (respondent). Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2003

Flag Vs. Banner. (4 September).


Lectures

2009

Selling socialism. Klaus Wittkugel and the GDR. (3 August). With Prem Krishnamurthy & Daniel van der Velden (respondent). In: The global polis. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

Design, political engagement and populist politics. (28 June). With Design Negation. In: Weak signals, wild cards. Amsterdam, NL: De Appel.

Branding after branding. (4 June). Zürich, CH: Design2context. Institut für Designforschung.

Populisme als Dutch design. (26 May). In: Vox populi. De populistische verbeelding. Amsterdam, NL: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW).

Uncorporate identity. In: Art books in light. (22 May). Amsterdam, NL: W139.

Hollow shell politics. In: Opening week 2009. (12 – 16 January). Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2008

Nation branding. Tallin, EE: The Estonian Academy of Arts.

Faculty of branding. In: Archiphoenix: Faculties for architecture. Venice, IT: Venice Architecture Biennial.

Away from the centre. Stockholm, SE: IASPIS Gallery.

Icons & watermarks. In: Brno biennial of graphic design. Brno, CZ.

(Untitled). In: ISEA 2008 electronic arts festival. Singapore, SG.

Metahaven. (June). In: Urbanasymmetries.org. Delft, NL: Technische Universiteit.

Metahaven. (May). Valence, FR: Lux Gallery.

Metahaven. (May). In: Chaumont festival des affiches. Chaumont, FR.

Desearch. (May). Providence (RI), US: Rhode Island School of Design.

We. (May). In: Design blast. Karlsruhe, DE: Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe.

Academy of flows. (February). In: Low festival. Budapest, HU.

Wall. In: Dictionary of war #5. Novi Sad, CS: Kuda.org, new media centre.

The nation brand paradox. In: Opening week 2008. (7 – 11 January). Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2007

(Untitled). (31 March). In: Playing the urban. With Katja Gretzinger, Matthijs van Leeuwen & Gon Zifroni. Amsterdam, NL: De Balie.

The design of evil. (24 March). In: Towards a new visualization of secrecy? Representations of secrecy within contemporary terrorism and counterterrorism. With Vinca Kruk. Organised by Jan van Eyck Academie. Amsterdam, NL: Stedelijk Museum CS.

Statement. In: Opening week 2007. (8 – 12 January). With Katja Gretzinger, Matthijs van Leeuwen & Gon Zifroni. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2006

Can a creative engagement with present day ‘public space’ also be critical? (3 November). In: The Wal-Mart phenomenon. Resisting neo-liberalist power through art, design and theory. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

Presentation Logo parc. (13 October). With Katja Gretzinger, Matthijs van Leeuwen, Matteo Poli & Gon Zifroni. Amsterdam, NL: Gerrit Rietveld Academie.

Logo Parc. Economy, symbol and architecture on the Amsterdam Zuidas. (12 May). In: Art and the city. With Katja Gretzinger, Matthijs van Leeuwen, Matteo Poli & Gon Zifroni. Amsterdam, NL: Het Trippenhuis.

Statement. (19 April). In: Logo parc non-stop meeting. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

Design research vs. the content factory. In: Opening week 2006. (9 – 13 January). Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2005

Werkplaats Typografie presente Dutch resource. Exercices de collaboration. (8 October). In: Festival de Chaumont. Paris, FR: Galerie Anatome.

Questions & answers. (10 May). In: Insights 2005: Design and… Minneapolis, US: Walker Art Center.

White flag. In: Opening week 2005. (10 – 14 January). Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2004

Sealand = silence / Sealand = signal. (16 December). Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

White flag. In: Viper festival 2004. (18 – 22 November). Basel, CH: Kunsthalle.


Discussions

2009

Public discussion. (1 October). In: Utopian grids. Amsterdam, NL: The Sandberg Instituut.

2008

Utopolitika. (18 May). With BAVO, Société Réaliste & Lukasz Jan Stanek. Eindhoven, NL: Van Abbemuseum.

Artists’ positions and visual strategies after 9/11. (24 March). With Jordan Crandall, Brian Holmes, Metahaven, Naeem Mohaiemen & Trevor Paglen. In: Towards a new visualization of secrecy? Representations of secrecy within contemporary terrorism and counterterrorism. Amsterdam, NL: Stedelijk Museum CS.

(Untitled). (7 February). In: Research on research IV. Urban research. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2007

Artists’ positions and visual strategies after 9/11. (24 March). With Jordan Crandall, Brian Holmes, Vinca Kruk, Metahaven, Naeem Mohaiemen, Trevor Paglen. In: Towards a new visualization of secrecy? Representations of secrecy within contemporary terrorism and counterterrorism. Amsterdam, NL: Stedelijk Museum CS.

Is design research anti-professional? (8 – 12 January). With Fiona Raby, David Reinfurt. In: Research on research II. In: Opening week 2007. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

2006

Rijksvormgever: noodzaak of nonsens? (15 November). (participant). Den Haag, NL: Internationaal perscentrum Nieuwspoort.

Nieuwe beelden voor Nederland. (15 March). With Ursula Tirschner, Annelys de Vet & Rutger Wolfson. Eindhoven, NL: Design Academy.

2005

Debate on urban development. With Hans Mommaas, Christoph Schäfer. In: A future for art in Maastricht? Grafische vormgeving in de hedendaagse maatschappij. With Paul Boudens, Gert Staal. (2 December). Brussels, BE: De Beursschouwburg.

De legitimiteit van vormgeving. (22 September). With Adriaan Beukers, Mirjam Huffstadt, Jan Konings, Wouter Vanstiphout. In: Utrecht Manifest. Utrecht, NL: Louis Hartloper Complex.

Printing Matters. Kiosk XII, Modes of Multiplication. (2 April). With Shumon Basar, Christoph Keller, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Anthony Vidler. Rotterdam, NL: Witte de With.

2004

Final results Micropolis. With Wouter Davidts, Jouke Kleerebezem, Moritz Küng, Karel Martens. In: Micropolis. Louvain, BE: Cultureel Centrum.

Theorie in het kunstonderwijs [Theory in Art Education]. In: 10 jaar Sandberg Instituut afdeling Ontwerpen. (18 – 25 June). Organised by the Sandberg Instituut. Amsterdam, NL.

Discussion. (30 April). With Wouter Davidts, Jouke Kleerebezem, Moritz Küng, Karel Martens. Louvain, BE: Cultureel Centrum.


Moderated events

2007

Round-table discussion. (11 January). In: Regimes of representation. Art and politics beyond the house of people. With 4Space, Ruxandra Balaci, Nicolas Bourriaud, Jonathan Dronsfield, Vinca Kruk, Metahaven, Chantal Mouffe, Marcus Steinweg. Organised by Jan van Eyck Academie. Bucharest, RO: Museum National de Arte Contemporana (MNAC).

2006

Research on research. (10 October). In: Research on research. With Koen Brams, Mika Hannula, Suchan Kinoshita. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.


Seminars / workshops

2009

The architecture of knowledge. In: The architecture of knowledge: Public library of the future. (6 – 17 July). Rotterdam, NL: Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi).

2002

Becoming oneself. Series of conversations held on 2 & 4 June, 15 & 22 September. Utrecht, NL: Basis voor Actuele Kunst (BAK).


Solo exhibitions

2008

Affiche frontière. Solo exhibition and public space project. Bordeaux, FR: CAPC.


Group exhibitions

2009

Take on me (take me on). In: Dutch design week. (17 – 25 October). Eindhoven, NL: Van Abbemuseum.

Weak signals, wild cards. With Design Negation & Merijn Oudenampsen. (27 June – 26 July). Amsterdam, NL: De Appel.

Remain in light. With Metahaven. (25 April – 24 May). Amsterdam, NL: W139.

2008

Since we last spoke about monuments. (14 September – 9 November). The Hague, NL: Stroom.

On purpose. Design concepts. (13 September – 9 November). Bristol, GB: Arnolfini.

Forms of inquiry: The architecture of critical graphic design. (6 May – 21 June). Valence, FR: Lux Gallery.

Forms of inquiry: The architecture of critical graphic design. (17 January – 17 February). Utrecht, NL: CASCO.

2005

Now and again. De toekomst ligt in het archief. In: Utrecht Manifest. (21 – 30 October). Utrecht, NL: CASCO.

The European design show. (1 June – 1 September). London, GB: Design Museum.

Dutch resource. In: Festival international de l’affiche et des arts graphiques. (23 May – 26 June). Chaumont, FR: Le Garage. (Exh. Cat).

2004

Mark. Gemeentelijke kunstaankopen grafische vormgeving 2003-2004. [Mark. Municipal Art Acquisitions Graphic Design]. (3 September – 7 November). Amsterdam, NL: Stedelijk Museum CS.


Projects

2009

Stadtstaat. A scenario for merging cities. Episode 2. (26 September – 15 November). With Metahaven. Utrecht, NL: CASCO.

Stadtstaat. A scenario for merging cities. Episode 1. (11 July – 12 September). With Metahaven. Stuttgart, DE: Künstlerhaus Stuttgart.

2008

Cuneiform (ideography). In: Sinopale 2008. Sinop, TR.

Exodvs. In: Pancevo biennial. Pancevo, CS.


Designs (selection)

2009

Utrecht manifest 2009. (visual identity and publicity design). With Guus Beumer, Metahaven.

Wikimodernism. (poster for Gilles, Annick, Samuel and Alexis). With Metahaven. Valence, FR: École Régionale des Beaux-Arts (ERBA).

Void notebook. (research passport). With Metahaven. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.

Valiz Antennae. (book series identity). With Metahaven. Amsterdam, NL: Valiz.

2008

Contrapolis, or creativity & enclosure in the cities. (booklet/brochure). With Metahaven.

Imaginary property. In: Research passport series. (project booklet). With Metahaven.

2007

Regimes of representation. Art and politics beyond the house of people. (newspaper).

2006

If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution. Edition 2: Feminist legacies and potentials in contemporary art practice. (booklet/brochure). With Maureen Mooren.

2004

Death to everyone. (publication). Amsterdam, NL: Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.


Screenings

2006

De straat, Jef Cornelis (1972). (19 April). In: Logo Parc non-stop meeting. With Katja Gretzinger, Matthijs van Leeuwen, Matteo Poli & Gon Zifroni. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.