Projekter pr. år
Personlig profil
CV
Joost Grootens is a graphic designer, educator and researcher. Based in Amsterdam (NL) and Biel/Bienne (CH), his studio SJG designs books, maps, typefaces, spatial installations and digital information environments for publishers like Lars Müller Publishers, nai010 publishers, Phaidon press, educational and research institutes like ETH Zürich, Future Cities Laboratory Singapore, TU Munich, and museums like Astrup Fearnly Museet Oslo, Serpentine Galleries London, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven. SJG won numerous prizes for their designs. Among them the Golden Letter and two gold medals in the Best Book Design from all over the World competition, and twice the Dutch Design Award for Graphic Design. A monograph about SJG’s work titled I swear I use no art at all was published by 010 Publishers in 2010.
Grootens is Professor of Artistic Research in Visual Design at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, and has a teaching position at the Master Editorial Design of the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche, Urbino (Italy). He is formerly head of the Master programme Information Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven, and assistant professor at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts of Leiden University.
Grootens studied architectural design at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam and obtained his doctorate at Leiden University. A public edition of his dissertation Blind Maps and Blue Dots: The Blurring of the Producer-User Divide in the Production of Visual Information was published by Lars Müller Publishers in 2021. Grootens’ research addresses the transformation of the fields and practices of graphic design and mapmaking resulting from technological changes in tools to record, create, edit, produce and disseminate visual information.
Uddannelse (Akademiske kvalifikationer)
Artistic Research, PhD, Blind Maps and Blue Dots, Universiteit Leiden
1 jan. 2015 → 23 apr. 2020
Dimissionsdato: 23 apr. 2020
Architectural Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
1 sep. 1990 → 30 jun. 1995
Eksterne ansættelser
Assistant Professor, Universiteit Leiden
1 sep. 2019 → 31 dec. 2021
Academic Tutor, Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche
1 sep. 2018 → …
Head Master Programme Information Design, Design Academy Eindhoven
1 jan. 2011 → 31 aug. 2022
Forskningsområder
- Grafiske og visuelle medier
- Æstetik og form
- Teknologi og digital design
Publikationssamarbejder i løbet af de sidste 5 år.
Projekter
- 1 Afsluttet
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Atlas of the Copenhagens
Simpson, D., Gimmel, K., Lonka, A., Jay, M. & Grootens, J.
01/09/2011 → 30/03/2018
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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The best way to make a map is by walking and measuring the land
Grootens, J., 16 feb. 2024.Publikation: Konferencebidrag › Paper › Forskning
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The Insurgency Tactics of Amateur Conflict Mapmakers
Grootens, J., 28 jun. 2023, s. 16–17. 2 s.Publikation: Konferencebidrag › Paper › Forskning › peer review
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The Politics of Bookmaking
Grootens, J., 1 jul. 2023, Future Book(s): Sharing ideas on books and (art) publishing. Pol, P. & Vorstermans, A. (red.). Amsterdam: Valiz, s. 366 1 s.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Formidling
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This Way: Expressive Self-Tracking as Creative Practice
Grootens, J., 1 jun. 2023, Datapolis: Exploring the Footprint of Data on Our Planet and Beyond. Cournet, P. & Sanaan Bensi, N. (red.). Rotterdam: nai010 publishers, s. 195–204 10 s.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › peer review
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Alternative Descriptions
Grootens, J., 2022Publikation: Bidrag der ikke har en tekstform › Bidrag til udstilling › Forskning › peer review
Priser
Aktiviteter
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Investigating cities through mapping: making and questioning maps
Joost Grootens (Foredragsholder)
18 jan. 2024Aktivitet: Tale eller præsentation › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
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Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (Ekstern organisation)
Joost Grootens (Medlem)
5 jan. 2024Aktivitet: Medlemskab › Medlemskab af bedømmelsesudvalg
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Designing Books for the Digital Age
Joost Grootens (Foredragsholder)
14 nov. 2023Aktivitet: Tale eller præsentation › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
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Jury member BNO Piet Zwart award 2023
Joost Grootens (Deltager)
6 jun. 2023Aktivitet: Andre aktivitetstyper › Andet
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Graphic Matters 'Balancing between the designer's identity and client demands'
Joost Grootens (Foredragsholder)
2 jun. 2023Aktivitet: Tale eller præsentation › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag