MUTTER Pouch

Product development and design of merch for Amsterdam based art space MUTTER. The MUTTER Pouch is developed in collaboration with atelier Toër initiated by Tomas Ermin. With a textual contribution by Emma Singleton. Photography in collaboration with Katy Hundertmark

Press & Fold Magazine

Art Direction & Design for Press & Fold Magazine. Press & Fold is an independent fashion magazine that aims to explore alternative fashion forms and narratives. The bi-annual magazine provides a platform for critical fashion practitioners who do not obey the rules the fashion system is currently dictating. Press & Fold focuses on a fashion reality that isn’t based solely on consuming the latest fashions but on our experiences through fashion, seeking an alternative fashion discourse that goes beyond treating fashion as a commodity. Initiated by Hanka van der Voet. Published by Warehouse. Design Assistance Issue 3 by Emma Singleton

Rafaël Rozendaal, Everything, Always, Everywhere.

Book design for Rafaël Rozendaal, Everything, Always Everywhere. In collaboration with Studio Remco van Bladel. Published by Valiz. Texts by Margriet Schavemaker, Kodama Kanazawa, Christiane Paul & Marvin Jordan. Awarded for Best Dutch Book Design 2019

ArtEZ Fashion Professorship, Dissolving the Ego of fashion

Book Design and Website for ArtEZ Fashion Professorship. Dissolving the Ego of fashion, Engaging with Human Matters by Daniëlle Bruggeman. Dissolving the Ego of fashion aims to develop critical theories and practices in order to explore, better understand, and rethink the cracks in the fashion system and the role that fashion plays in relation to urgent socio-cultural, environmental, and political developments in contemporary society. Publisher Artez Press, 76 p, ills bw, 13 x 21 cm, pb, English, 2018. Website Design in collaboration with Andrea Spikker. Web development by Charlie Berendsen

Camiel Fortgens

Brand development, identity, label and lookbook design for Dutch fashion designer Camiel Fortgens

De vijf pijlers van design

Book design for De vijf pijlers van design, handbook on designing utensils. By Hans Ansems & Jeroen van den Eijnde. Published by Artez Press

Metropolis M Magazine

Re-design of Dutch contemporary art magazine Metropolis M. In collaboration with Studio Remco van Bladel & Andrea Spikker

PORTAL Issue #001 & #002

Design for PORTAL Issue #001 & #002. PORTAL is a research project by Elisa van Joolen which investigates the emotional, social and economic value of clothing worn by the visitors of this traveling installation. Presented at Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam and State of Fashion, Arnhem

JOIN Collective Clothes

Graphic Identity, Manual Design, Website for modular clothing system JOIN collective clothes. Initiated by Anouk Beckers. Design Assistance by Ilse Bloemendaal. Web development by Laslo Strong

UNCOVER Archive

Research & Design Uncover is an archival platform with the aim to expose the book within fashion through (re)discovering treasures of the past, as well as shedding light on current perspectives. Supported by Stimuleringsfonds. With contributions by Emma Singleton, Colby Vexler & Justin Clement, Laura Gardner, Hanka van der Voet, Femke de Vries. Web development by F451

Contour Biennale 8, Polyphonic Worlds: Justice as Medium

Book design, Graphic Identity, Website for Contour Biennale 8, Polyphonic Worlds: Justice as Medium, 2017. Curated by Natasha Ginwala. Design in collaboration with Studio Remco van Bladel. Selected for Best Dutch Book Design 2017

ABOUT

With a background in graphic design Beau Bertens set up their creative practice in 2016, working on a variety of projects with different media purposes within the Dutch cultural domain. By interweaving diverse techniques and media, Beau researches the context and meaning of visual language in a playful manner. Currently, they are focusing on re-navigating the design discourse, questioning its structures of production by utilizing practices of embodiment.

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