ilja glaap

content & design

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The Collector
When quantity becomes quality

The collector creates an archive that is continuously supplemented, depleted, affected and reshaped. By regularly (re)connecting the content in our archive we create a continuous reflection on what that content is, what it is about, what insights it generates and why.

| interactive installation | graduation project | bachelor of design in graphic design | utrecht university for the arts | 2015 | technical realisation: paul boelens |

A new reading culture evolved. In this new culture of reading, the term reading should be redefined. Rather than readers we are collectors; hunting and gathering information on the internet to establish links and increase our knowledge. We do this by means of editorial strategies.
The editorial point of view looks at what happens in the world; searches, reads, views and selects projects, images and texts; and links them together. The editorial point of view ensures a strong analytical attitude towards an image or a text. In what context was it published? What were the convictions of the author? What is the content actually about? Terms such as collecting, scanning, reading, selecting, connecting and demolishing become integral strategies and are meant to keep us on edge. The editorial point of view looks at what happens in the world; searches, reads, views and selects projects, images and texts; and links them together.

| essay | graduation project | bachelor of design in graphic design | utrecht university for the arts | interactive installation | 2015 |

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CO-LAB
The Future of Graphic Design

“Often it’s about co-production and the development of tools that others could work with. Parallel to the development of the global village, open sources and social media, graphic designers seem to focus on the new connections between design and their users.” — From the preface of the accompanying publication, written by Kirsten Algera

| concept, design and production of the exhibition CO-LAB and accompanying publication  | CO-LAB team: sjors bazelier, ilja glaap, sara de groot, cyanne van den houten, ymer marinus | academiegalerie utrecht | 2013 | academiegalerie.nl/co-lab/ |

CO-LAB
The Future of Graphic Design
"More matter, less art"

Joost Grootens is an intermediary who wants to stimulate the transition from receiver to user by sending the latter out to explore. In this day and age you cannot simply present information and say: ‘that’s it’.” According to Grootens, information should be used. “I find it interesting to create a tool with which the user can collect his information.”

| interview with joost grootens for CO-LAB  | academiegalerie | future of graphic design | 2013 |

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You May Also Like
An index of references

When talking to artists or designers, a world of sources tends to open up. Beneath the surface of the presented lies a wealth of allusions. You May Also Like is a digital index of references that sheds light on these sources.
This installation aims to place the creator’s work in a broader context. The creator’s installation becomes the starting point of an exploratory journey.
You May Also Like is part of an ongoing research project that centres on alternative methods and platforms created by young designers.

| a visual index of references to the work of TAB collective | spatial annotations | de etalage utrecht | 2015 |

(…) My research focused on the system of footnotes. At first sight, footnotes seem to be a formality, based on copyright laws. However, footnotes refer to sources that we have seen or read before and therefore contribute to the things we make. Adding footnotes to the participant’s work enables the audience to see their work as part of a bigger picture. Rather than zooming in on the creator’s work, footnotes zoom out, thereby providing context and putting their work in perspective.

| an index of references to the work of TAB collective | de etalage utrecht | 2015 |

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Kiri Pruntel
Proxemics

"In ‘Proxemics’ I am researching the conditions and presence of vulnerability during human contact. In a time where we are overwhelmed by technology, I question how people can truly connect with each other." — Kiri Pruntel

| thesis design | process documentation design | 2015 | kiripruntel.nl |

Kiri Pruntel
Familiar perspectives


"(…) I wanted to create an intimate moment for the participant and their surroundings with the aim of ultimately have them requestion the concept of socially approved behaviour." — Kiri Pruntel

| photobook design | together with: tim straver | 2014 | kiripruntel.nl |

Review and other writings

Sempering — Process and Pattern in Architecture and Design
MUDEC, Milan Triennal 2016, Review

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