1. Doctoral students

    1. Els Kuijpers

      Stopped program in September 2019

      1. Research summary

      2. The politics of design: the liberating potential of communication design in post/modern times – Towards a critical methodology in communication design

        This project aims at an integral history of mentalities in communication design that will provide insight into (the backgrounds of) the differences in (visual) language. These differences range from reduced, limited forms of communication where the message is seen as an object, to complex, enriched forms of communication, where the message is seen as an ‘event’. That is to say: the message perceived as a static, consumerist versus a dynamic, activating ‘operation’. The research starts from the question: What is the relationship between discourse (mentality), social conditions and forms (of expression) of communication design: how and under what conditions can communication design develop operational strategies that empower the onlooker by encouraging the formation of independent opinion?

       

      1. Biography

      2. Els Kuijpers (1958, NL) sees design (like writing) as cultural (i.e. value) production, an interest that stems from the assumption that (visual and textual) language constructs meaning in dynamic, social processes; its structure and form being part of the argument. Kuijpers was head of the research centre and editor of academic publications at the Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht (NL). She has lectured at several art and design schools in the Netherlands and abroad, and has, among others, curated exhibitions for Kunsthal Rotterdam and Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven. Currently she teaches (theory, discourse, history of) visual culture and design at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and co-conducts Ba and Ma workshops on editorial design together with Jan van Toorn – recently for LCC London (UK), HfG Karlsruhe (DE), PXL MAD Hasselt (BE). She writes regularly for design magazines and weeklies and is author of Ootje Oxenaar: Designer and Commissioner (2011); And/Or Extended (2013); Strategies in Communication Design (2015).
       

      1. Individual projects

        1. 2018

            1. Staging the Message
            2. 21 – 23 November 2018

            3. Els Kuijpers gave a lecture entitled 'Staging the Message' at the School of Architecture (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. 

            4. School of Architecture, KTH, Stockholm (SE)
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            2. Communication design as strategic action
            3. 1 November 2018

            4. Els Kuijpers publishes ‘Communication design as strategic action - towards a design method that relates theory and practice/Communicatief ontwerpen als strategisch handelen - naar een ontwerpmethode die theorie en praktijk bindt' in the first issue of 'pappardelle'.

            5. pappardelle press, The Hague/Amsterdam (NL)
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            1. The playground of In-Between
            2. 1 October 2018

            3. Els Kuijpers contributed to the article ‘The playground of In-Between: conversation between Els Kuijpers, Julius Vermeulen and Richard Niessen’ in the publication 'The palace of typographic masonry' by Richard Niessen

            4. Spector Books, Leipzig (DE)
            5. www.palaceoftypographicmasonry.nl
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            2. On the performativity of communication design
            3. 1 September 2018

            4. Els Kuijpers was interviewed by Christina Scheib. The interview is published in issue 4 of 'Materialien zu Ausstellungsdesign und Szenografie'.  

            5. Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karslruhe (DE)
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        2. 2017

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            2. Style? Strategy! On communication design as meaning production
            3. 3 November 2017

            4. Els Kuijpers contributes the article 'Style? Strategy! On communication design as meaning production' to the third issue of journal Modes of Critique about Design and Democracy. 

            5. Porto (PT)
            6. modesofcriticism.org
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            2. Communication as strategic action: Towards a design method that relates theory and practice
            3. 4 May 2017

            4. Els Kuijpers gave a lecture entitled ‘Design Education: Expanding the mindset’, at this conference held at Grafist21 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. The publication 'Design Education: Expanding the mindset’ is forthcoming (2017). 

            5. Istanbul (TR)
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        3. 2016

            1. 1 October 2016

            2. As part of the workshop ‘Staging the mesage – design strategies, methods and visual language use’, Els Kuijpers gives the lecture ‘Mentalities in visual communication’. 

            3. Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, depts. Exhibition design, Scenography and Communication design departments. (DE)
            1. 1 February 2016

            2. As part of the workshop ‘Staging the mesage – design strategies, methods and visual language use’, Els Kuijpers gives the lecture ‘Mentalities in visual communication’. 

            3. BA design programme, PXL-MAD Faculty, Hasselt (BE)

        4. 2015

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            2. Stategies in Communication Design
            3. 15 November 2015

            4. Els Kuijpers published the book ‘Stategies in communication design’ with Van Abbemuseum publishers.

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            1. 1 November 2015

            2. As part of the workshop ‘Staging the mesage – design strategies, methods and visual language use’, Els Kuijpers gives the lecture ‘Mentalities in visual communication’. 

            3. MA design programme, London College of Communication (UK)
       


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