Yulin and I designed the debut photography book Sometimes I Am Fourteen by upcoming photographer Eliza-Sophie Sekrève. In her book, Eliza-Sophie introduces to us her younger brother Lawrence. Lawrence is a teenage boy who is eight years younger than her, but the bond they share is very strong. He makes her remember her own childhood and the book makes you relfect on when you were fourteen yourselve. Differentiating between moments of feeling like a child and feeling like an adult, wondering how people perceive you. 

I was asked to design the catalog for the exposition Licht/Donker. Licht/Donker was initiated by FAAM, De Maakruimte and De Kleine Kunstkamer. The exhibition was heavily inspired by the building havenloods. The catalogus was to be a way to remember the exhibition, and since all the participants were upcoming, a nice way to put them in the spotlight. Around thirty participants, individuals and collectives, based in Utrecht came together to share their understanding of “Light” and “Dark”. 

For artist Anne Schillings, Thomas and I designed a zine, to conclude Anne’s trip to Japan. On her trip, Anne visited a lot of Japanese sights, that inspired her to paint a lot. Her painting are collected in this riso-printed zine, along with some photos that inspired the paintings. Anne personally painted all of the zine covers, so every zine exists as a work on its own.

For this book, Joey Streppel and I turned to the forest. Something we often do, but it’s not so often we publicate it. The forest is a place for us to reconnect with nature, something that we draw a lot of inspiration from. This publication shows our differences and similarities. Like the forest, this publication allowed us space to create, and come together, while also discussing our differences.

For the identity of FDFA 2023, the theme Buiten de lijntjes (Outside the Lines), asked attention for celebrating indifferences and creativity. FDFA is a yearly festival in Arnhem that celebrates fashion and the creatives who work with fashion. Ralph, Brigit and I created a visual identity that arose from handmade typography in combination with digital interventions. 

For this publication I got inspired by the way things can fall into place. I imagined the invisible force behind things falling into place to be weather. How wind moves thing from one place to another. How rain makes sure things stay put, and wind doesn’t affect them. The way weather affects both man made objects and leaves, rocks, branches and other things that erode. In this publication I imagined motives for the wind to move a certain way. I documented proof of my belief that the wind brings things together. 

I have been collecting proof of humans interacting with their environment for years. It all started with a fascination for lost gloves, that people in the Netherlands all too often drop, when cycling to work or school. I noticed that people who found gloves on the ground, sometimes pick them up, and display them on a higer surface, for someone to retrieve. When it’s not gloves, I often find objects that people seem to have moved. Branches that people pick up and later lay down somewhere else, or the collecting of rocks and storing them somewhere.

Experience

Education

2022-2023 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht- Minor Reframe Media
2020- nu Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht- Graphic Design- Propedeuse
2014 - 2020 Amadeus Lyceum, Vleuten -VWO
2005- 2014 Basisschool De Achtbaan, Utrecht

Internships

2023 feb-mei Studio Bruens & Van Eijk Arnhem Letterontwerp, brainstormen en (visueel) conceptontwikkeling, (mede) advies gesprek met opdrachtgevers
2023 feb-juni Studio TOSAM Utrecht
Workshop risoprinten begeleiden, boeken magazineontwerp, (mede) gesprek met opdrachtgevers, posterontwerp

Exhibitions

Maart 2023 Licht/Donker - FAAM
Voor deze expositie heb ik -naast mede realiseren en organiseren- ook de expositie-catalogus ontworpen
Februari 2023 - Soul Life Mind Soul - De Nijverheid
Mei 2022 - De Verdieping - AG

Collaborations

Bruens & van Eijk
Dinke van der Zalm
Eliza-Sophie Sekrève
Joey Streppel
Madelon van Vredendaal
TOSAM
Yulin Bernards