Aan Tafel is a book that was created in collaboration with the Amadeus Lyceum and restaurant Syr under my supervision.

My idea was to make a cookbook in which the cultural encounter between students and refugees is central. Food connects enormously, and is a great glimpse into another culture. In addition, the day is discussed at the table. That is something universal.

The result was a cookbook that linked stories to memories of smell, color and small anecdotes. The war vibrates in the background, but has no main note in this book.

Aan Tafel was for sale at the famous zine store Athenaeum in Amsterdam.

‘Aan Tafel’ was well received by local media.

DUIC (De Utrechtse Internet Courant)

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AD (Algemeen Dagblad)

NOG (Nationale Onderwijs Gids)

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Umlaut was an advertising agency which I started in 2014 with Isa van Weert. Sjors Bazelier and Elene Hulleman joined in 2015.

Umlaut has published two advertising newspapers. In these newspapers, shops and local initiatives were linked to local illustrators. The illustrators made beautiful advertisements for the companies to which they were linked. These drawings were accompanied by interviews with both parties.

Each party received 100 copies, so that everyone advertised for each other at each participating location. It was a great success, but due to circumstances the plug was pulled out of Umlaut.

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Umlaut was well received by local media.

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Fluisteraars is a band that I founded together with M. Koops in 2006. With this band we release conceptual albums that we pay a lot of attention to. Our last album, ‘Oeverloos’, has been named metal album of the year by Stereogum. This was a split album with the band Turia.

For Fluisteraars, M. Koops and I devise all the concepts that I then provide with appropriate design. It varies from photography, painting and drawing.

We are always on the hunt for sophisticated techniques in the field of print. Our label, Eisenwald, gives us plenty of room to experiment. Think of different types of vinyl, printing inks and paper types for the cover.

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Pentatone is a Dutch classical music label located in Baarn, Netherlands. The label focuses on production of high-end, 5-channel surround sound recordings. Three former executives of Philips Classics, Giel Bessels, Dirk van Dijk and Job Maarse, established the label in 2001.

I was asked to develop a series for a Prokofiev CD box. For this I have studied neo-suprematism and constructivism. As a result, I adhered to basic geometric shapes.

Last year I worked with Volcom and this series came out of it.

I based the series on a poetic phrase I got from Volcom. From there, I explored how to express man’s and nature’s encounters in images. I soon arrived at dances, flowers, animals and fantasy figures made of stone. Everything had to have a vibrating atmosphere so that the images seemed to dance; that way, it also invited my audience to dance. At least, that’s what I hope.

The illustrations are printed on shirts, jumpers and trousers. And are sold worldwide. Shop windows were also decorated with my designs in quite a few cities.

Amsterdam-based fashion house Bonne Suits and I collaborated on a unique series of seven suits. These suits are hand-painted and sold in Bonne’s shop in Amsterdam. For this series, I drew various animals and icons; in such a way as if they were divine. Slightly inspired by tarot and old packaging materials; therefore, the imagery speaks to people on a deeper level. The material offered much resistance to the stiff cotton fabric, making the images look wild and robust. I fully accepted this, which allowed a certain wildness in work. Perhaps my own wilderness projected on these suits. I, therefore, hope that the people who see this can also get in touch with their inner wilderness!

Volcom came to me a second time, offering a single line from a poem as the seed for a new collection. Something about it felt like a spark—quiet, but insistent. From that line, a vivid world started to unfold. I saw colourful warriors moving through shifting skies, cosmic mushrooms glowing under starlight, strange figures in motion, and moments of love suspended in space.

The designs became part of that vision—pieces pulled from a place where colour tells the story and form follows feeling. The collection grew into something alive, strange, and bright.

Once again, it’s found its way into skate shops around the world—each display window a small opening into this vibrant universe.

Photo’s by Benoit Renaux