21ST CENTURY ARCHEOLOGY
2025
Graduation project HKU Graphic Design
Size: 100x180
Pages: 174
Typeface: Instrument Sans
Printing: Libertas Pascal (Utrecht, NL)/HKU Book & Typography (Utrecht. NL)
Binding: Probook (Utrecht, NL)
Size: 100x180
Pages: 174
Typeface: Instrument Sans
Printing: Libertas Pascal (Utrecht, NL)/HKU Book & Typography (Utrecht. NL)
Binding: Probook (Utrecht, NL)
The 21st century can be described as a digital age — a time when our phones are no longer just tools for communication, but extensions of ourselves, gateways to a digital world. But perhaps in all our obsession with the digital, we have lost touch with the physical.
The publication 21st Century Archaeology is a visual exploration of the iPhone as a physical object. Through prints and archival material, it examines the material reality of the device. What materials are used to produce our phones? And what traces do we leave behind in an age of technological progress?
The publication 21st Century Archaeology is a visual exploration of the iPhone as a physical object. Through prints and archival material, it examines the material reality of the device. What materials are used to produce our phones? And what traces do we leave behind in an age of technological progress?
INTERSECTION - HKU MEDIA GRADUATION CATALOGUE
2025
Design & concept: Nils Dijkstra, Ymke Slob & Juul van den Heuvel
Project management: Mart Adriaan
Editing and content: Christian Sterk
Size: 100x170
Pages: 188
Typefaces: Inferi, Surt
Printing: NPN Printing (Breda, NL)
Binding: Van Hees - Patist Boekbinders (Zaltbommel, NL)
Project management: Mart Adriaan
Editing and content: Christian Sterk
Size: 100x170
Pages: 188
Typefaces: Inferi, Surt
Printing: NPN Printing (Breda, NL)
Binding: Van Hees - Patist Boekbinders (Zaltbommel, NL)
The catalog focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of the current graduates under the title Intersection. Instead of being traditionally categorized by study program, the students are organized by theme. In doing so, the catalog engages with the diverse topics that are relevant among the students. Four main themes form a spectrum that encompasses all possible graduation projects. Each of these themes is represented by its own paper type and icon. To present the students to the world beyond the academy, the catalog was printed in a large edition and distributed to visitors of the graduation show Exposure.
RED, WHITE, BLUE
2022
Size: 148 x 210
Pages: 420
Typeface: Georgia
Flags found via Wikipedia
Printed at HKU Print (Utrecht, NL)
Bound at HKU Book & Typography (Utrecht, NL)
Pages: 420
Typeface: Georgia
Flags found via Wikipedia
Printed at HKU Print (Utrecht, NL)
Bound at HKU Book & Typography (Utrecht, NL)
This book provides an overview of the history of all the countries in the world through a timeline of their flags. By recognizing patterns the viewer can pherhaps come to it’s own conclusions about the complex history of our earth.
MEER, MEER, MEER
2023
In collaboration with Emre Köycü and Kim Shoekoehmand
Part of the exhibition ‘Mind Your Language’ at AG HKU
Size of individual posters: 420 x 594
Size of the whole work: 2140 x 3010
Screenprinted in red, green and blue at HKU Screenprint & Riso (Utrecht, NL)
Part of the exhibition ‘Mind Your Language’ at AG HKU
Size of individual posters: 420 x 594
Size of the whole work: 2140 x 3010
Screenprinted in red, green and blue at HKU Screenprint & Riso (Utrecht, NL)
"MORE MORE MORE" explores the language used in political campaigns, where words like 'now,' 'together,' and 'do' are often meant to win votes rather than convey real meaning. Through thirty posters, these empty yet persuasive words are repeated and paired with graphic elements from political design, such as color and typography. The project highlights how simple but effective this language is, aiming to raise awareness of its manipulative use in political messaging.
HOW TO BE ERASED
2023
Size: 148 x 210
Pages: 80
Typeface: Georgia
Printed at HKU Print (Utrecht, NL)
Bound at HKU Book & Typography (Utrecht, NL)
Pages: 80
Typeface: Georgia
Printed at HKU Print (Utrecht, NL)
Bound at HKU Book & Typography (Utrecht, NL)
How To Be Erased shows instances of people being erased from photographs by leaders and dictators. Usually erasing people from photographs for reasons such as treason or simply getting on their nerves, the images portray how much power an authoritarian leader can have and how it can be abused.