Working on programs, projects, exhibitions and events highlighting fashion, design, art and photography in a broad context.Specialties: Program Management | Project Coordination | Event Management | Communication & PR | Research & Writing | Teaching | Trends, Concept & Strategy | Creative Consultancy Creative Consultancy & Project Coordination: ANTS.: creating small independent label with growing atelier collection, hand picked stock fabrics, made-to-order pieces in limited editions; ASHES TO SNOW: exhibitions with work by Marije van Marle, Milou Broersen, Elize Lutz, Daijiro Hama (JP), Juliet Aaltonen (UK), performance nights with vocal artist Mocca (JP), butoh dancer Eri Chian (JP), pianist Jarno van Es and showcases Dogma AmsterdamEvent & Exhibition Management: Unseen Amsterdam, What Design Can Do, Arnhem Mode Biënnale, Exhibition Piet Paris, MASS exhibition by Freudenthal/Verhagen, ArtEZ Graduation Shows icw RCHD ProductionsCommunication and PR: Amsterdam International Fashion Week catwalk shows, young designer shows, exhibition ModeMetMonique @ Zeeuws Museum, Weekdays icw Jan Schoon Communication & PR / Schoon den BoerResearch, Teaching & Assistance: Research project + project assistance for Les Canaux de la Mode @Orang'Frog Foundation, Research + exhibition assistance @Centraal Museum, Teaching Trendwatching @ Allround Styling, Artemis Academy, Management Assistance @ Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam

Unseen is the leading platform for contemporary photography. Exclusively focusing on what’s new in the photography world, Unseen provides a channel for up-and-coming talent to showcase their work. Unseen brings together the international photography community to discuss and debate the directions in which the photographic medium is evolving.Unseen is an all year round platform with physical events throughout the year with the main event Unseen Amsterdam returning for its sixth edition at the Westergasfabriek from the 22nd to the 24th of September 2017.Unseen Amsterdam aspires to provide novel and diverse approaches to engage with photography. The event does this through combining programme elements such as the Fair, CO-OP, the Book Market and the Living Room, The Exhibition, Onsite Projects and City Programme. As Special Projects Manager I was responsible for the Unseen Exhibition "Photo Pleasure Palace" curated by Erik Kessels & Thomas Mailaender, the Onsite Projects; Para/Site by G/P Gallery, Let me tell you about... by KABK, Analogue (back) in Fashion by Zoe Karssen and the City Programme with 15 cultural partners among which Stedelijk, FOAM, Huis Marseille, Melkweg Expo, Looiersgracht60, Glamcult, Hamburg Triennial of Photography and IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS.

Solar Initiative is a creative agency offering diverse services from identity development to design and photography. This ranges from art direction of magazines to consultancy, concepts and production of photography. It also spans from design of complete corporate identities to design of specific communication tools like magazines, books, advertising, custom publishing and websites. Solar Initiative embraces authentic expression and out-of-the-box thinking. Believing in the exchange between creative disciplines and working with a solid network of professionals. Solar Initiative approaches commercial challenges with an autonomous vision to generate refreshing ideas and results. They aim to inspire and to nurture creativity by initiating future forward projects of high calibre and content.Clients & Projects I worked with/on: Amsterdam Luxury Magazine, Architectenweb, de Bijenkorf, Biennial Foundation, C&A International, Current Paper, MVSA, Scents/Sense, SeARCH Architects, Solar Collective, Solar Photography, Vogue Man, Vogue NederlandFrom the start my responsibilities at Solar Initiative have been a combination of project management, communication & pr and research & strategy. Throughout the years I have been working on project, design and account management for clients in fashion, arts&culture, architecture and publishing. I was responsible for the agencies events, pr and communication (including editing, website, social media) and internal communication and hr. Furthermore I worked on research & development of new projects, like creative management of a collective of image makers collaborating on several projects and zines and developing and editing a special publication about scents. I had the privilege of working with a great team of in-house creative + art directors, graphic designers, project managers, photography producers, communication assistants and an extensive network of freelance creatives.

Vogue, the best-selling, most influential fashion magazine in the world, is the global authority in defining the culture of fashion. Solar Initiative has been involved in the creation of the Dutch version as external agency in terms of its art direction and design since the developmental phase in 2011. Vogue Netherlands has a monthly circulation of 65.000 issues and was awarded Magazine of the Year at the Mercurs awards in December 2016. In 2015 we added Vogue MAN, the biannual edition of its male counterpart of Vogue, to the portfolio.At Solar Initiative I operated as Design Manager for this long-term client and was responsible for handling requests from the publisher and managing our creative team. I worked with Vogue's editorial, marketing, event and sales teams on a daily base and coordinated the creation of print and digital tools as extensions of the magazine. In addition to the monthly magazine, we were responsible for all marketing, event and sales tools, including outdoor campaigns, POS material, event branding, online bannering, social media promotions, invitations, stationery, merchandise, sales presentations etc.

What Design Can Do celebrates the power of design and its problem-solving abilities. This two-day event in Amsterdam exposes design as a catalyst of change and renewal and a way of addressing the societal questions of our time. With a lineup of international speakers from all design disciplines, What Design Can Do will be the platform for designers to manifest the social potential of their profession. Together with the audience, the speakers will discuss alternative strategies for the future. Participants will be stimulated to come up with their own answers and ideas. This makes What Design Can Do an activist conference, the outcome of which will be published in a book compiled on the spot and presented at the end of the conference.What Design Can Do is a cross-over between design disciplines – from architecture to product design, from graphic design to fashion design – as solutions for today’s challenges generally demand a multi-disciplinary approach.As a producer I was responsible for all communication + organisation concerning our guest speakers, production of the side/vip program and project coordination of the break out sessions.

The fourth edition of Arnhem Mode Biennale was named Amber and from 1 June until 3 July we searched for her true identity.To personify a phenomenon as multilayered and complex as fashion is not without its complications, but considering the traits we normally associate with fashion, it is perhaps not so farfetched. Fashion is mysterious and seductive, touching our hearts by creating the illusion of an alternate world. As an immediate reflection of the society we live in, fashion shapes our identity. To get to know Amber, is to learn more about yourself. Hosted in an old industrial plant, the main exhibition focused on fashion’s aura through the vision of international designers such as Prada, Maison Martin Margiela, Rodarte, A.F. Vandevorst and Damir Doma. What does the alternate world created by the designer consist of? The exhibition peeled away the layers, isolated them and presented them as visions on their own. Each designer was asked not only to show a selection of garments but also to design their ‘habitat’: an installation that constituted a universe dreamt up by its creator. The result was an exhibition that focused not only on fashion as a collection of garments but on the infinitely larger world fashion inhabits.As an exhibition producer I was responsible for the project management of the individual installations of several international designers like Damir Doma, Suno, Siki Im, Patrik Ervell, Threeasfour, And Beyond. My responsibilities included communication, research, concept guidance, planning, budget, execution and styling.

Staged every two years, the Arnhem Mode Biënnale shows state-of-the-art fashion design at the international level. Its third edition will take place between 6 June and 6 July 2009. Dutch fashion will be represented by Viktor & Rolf, Spijkers en Spijkers, Klavers van Engelen, MATTIJS and Iris van Herpen. Among the international participants are newcomers Comme des Garçons, Christopher Kane, Rodarte and Thom Browne, and the programme features such fashion labels as Lanvin, Jil Sander, Maison Martin Margiela and Hussein Chalayan. A total of over eighty national and international fashion designers will cooperate in the exhibitions that have ‘SHAPE’ as this year’s central fashion theme. SHAPE, the theme for this third edition, is a celebration of fashion in its three dimensional glory. The programme comprises a major exhibition, satellite exhibtions, lectures, catwalks, tours, workshops and a symposium. Over 80 fashion labels, international and Dutch, are featured in the event. As an event producer I was working on the organisation of all kinds of events, public as well as business events, with lectures, presentations, tours and fashion shows such as ArtEZ Graduation & Young Shape Show.

ExperimentaDesign Amsterdam 2008 highlights urban culture as the playground for the global citizen. The world’s cities are not only home to over half of the world’s population, they are also a metaphor for today’s cultures and a testing ground for new forms of conviviality and interaction. Throughout its three core exhibitions, the Biennale turns the spotlight on innovative urban design as a process of social action, exchanges and experiment.As an exhibition assistant I was responsible for setting up and hosting exhibtions.

Trendslator offers a way of thinking for trend research and the development of new and updated strategies and concepts. Social changes and trends in consumers’ behaviour are translated into marketing focused proposals, combining analytic and creative methods.During my internship at Trendslator I worked on trend research & analysis.