Vela Arbutina, 1978
Vela Arbutina was born in Zurich in 1978. She studied at Central Saint Martins in London and Gerrit Rietveld in Amsterdam and was art director of the fashion magazine Blend in Amsterdam. She then worked as a freelance designer with artists, galleries, designers, curators and institutions, including Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, NGBK Berlin, Girls Like Us Magazine , Tanya Leighton and the Swiss Institute She has exhibited at the Kunsthaus Baselland and collaborated with PICA, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, in Australia.
Joost Grootens, 1971
Joost Grootens was born in Breda, Netherlands, in 1971 and 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. Grootens is Professor of Artistic Research in Visual Design at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, and head of the Master programme Information Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven.
