Frans Bevers Email & Phone Number

'S-Hertogenbosch, Nb, Nl

Frans Bevers was tutor and head of the department of Architectural Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (1979-2007), and lectured at Parsons School of Design (NYC), Shanghai Normal University (Shanghai), East China Normal University (Shanghai), University of Illinois (Chicago), Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London (2014). From 2015-2019 he joined the teaching staff of the Royal Academy of Arts (The Hague) at the Master department Interior Design (INSIDE). From 2017-2020 he was teaching at Master department Contextual Design Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE).He was teaching at the DAE at the Master department Information Design from 2012-2024.

Membership of juries and committees include: Sandberg Instituut Kunstaanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen, chairman (1995), Mart Stamprijs (1998), D&DA, London (2008), René Smeets Award / Melkweg Award, DAE (2010), Selection committee Dutch Design Awards (2011-2013), Design competition Pergamon Museum, Berlin (2013), Jury member Archiprix (2020), Jury member Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prijs (2021)(Co-)Initiator/curator for: NL-NY/Graduates 1987-1992 Gerrit Rietveld Academie at Parsons Galleries, NYC, USA, Acoustic Architecture - Architectural Acoustics (Vedute Foundation): Het Veem, Amsterdam (2000) and Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, NYC, USA (2000), 3 series of lectures at Studium Generale Gerrit Rietveld Academie: Acoustic Architecture - Architectural Acoustics/The Museum/Georges Perec (20001-2004), ‘The Sake of the Song’, A tribute to Townes Van Zandt , concerts at W2 ’s-Hertogenbosch (2002), Installation Jan de Bie, Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch (2013), ‘Plaatsen van Herinnering’ photography of Wijnanda Deroo, Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch (2014), 'Stigmergy' Presentation students DAE at Design Museum Den Bosch (2020)Publications:A series of articles on the Masters Interior Architecture education in The Netherlands for De Architect. (2022).A series of articles on exhibition design for magazine De Architect. (2022-present)

As a passionate cyclist I did some long distance rides on my roadbike: Den Store Styrkeproven Trondheim-Oslo (1988), Biarritz-Argeles sur Mer (1991), Zandvoort-Nice (1994), Land’s End - John o’ Groats (2012), Coast to Coast USA (2014), Neeltje Jans-Gibraltar (2016), Highland 500 Scotland (2019). I am member of 'Club des Cinglés du Mont-Ventoux' (2013). On our travelbikes with panniers Ingrid and I made long trips in a lot of European countries, Tunesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.In 2019 I finished first in my age group at the World Championship GFNY (Gran Fondo New York), USA.I wrote ‘Dagboek Amerika’ (2015), Uitgeverij Lecturis/Dato, Eindhoven/Amsterdam and ‘Pijn in het Peloton’ (together with Pieter Cramer) (2018) De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam.

Frans Bevers did receive the Jan Lucassen Award, 2018 (best teacher at the Design Academy Eindhoven) and the Piet Zwart Award, BNO, 2019 (lifetime achievement).In the period Frans Bevers was leading OPERA Amsterdam (with Lies Willers) the practice was nominated for a range of projects: Designprijs Rotterdam,1996 (Le Cri Neerlandais CD ROM), Dutch Design Award, 2001(National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden) Dutch Design Award, 2011 (Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam and Ceramic Study Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum London). Award-winning projects include: Lensvelt-De Architect Interior Prize, 2001 (National Museum of Ethnology), Dutch Design Award, 2004 (Hema pilot store), Inside Festival Barcelona, 2011 (Ceramic Study Galleries Victoria & Albert Museum).

'S-Hertogenbosch The Netherlands

Frans Bevers currently works as an independent curator, designer, consultant and tutor. Until 2012 he was co-director of OPERA Amsterdam, a design firm working in the field of interior architecture and exhibition design which he co-founded in 1981. The studio produces major exhibition designs and large-scale museum interiors as well as retail, office and interior designs for the health sector. Through the years OPERA Amsterdam worked for clients such as: Victoria & Albert Museum, British Museum, British Library, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace (London) National Museum of Korea (Seoul), National Museum of Denmark (Copenhagen), Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Museum of World Culture (Göteborg), Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), National Museum of Ethnology (Leiden), Hema (Amsterdam), Mexx (Amsterdam-London), Tempoteam (Amsterdam), AMC Emma Children’s Hospital (Amsterdam).Frans Bevers, designer:Bert van de Kamp, Grootmeester van de popjournalistiek Willem Twee Poppodium 's-Hertogenbosch (with Eric Schreurs), 2021Design! in Design Museum Den Bosch (with Paulien Berendsen & Roel Vaessen) April 2023. Permanent exhibition.St.Janskathedraal Den Bosch, informatieplan i.s.m. Hans Wolff, lichtplan: conceptfase en haalbaarheidsonderzoek 2023