Joost Grootens's guest appearances

Joost Grootens

Typeradio Podcast

Gestalten

Paula Scher

David Carson

David Shrigley

Matthew Carter

Jessica Hische

Paul Sahre

Christoph Niemann

Stefan Sagmeister

Simon Garfield

Dan Reynolds

Massimo Vignelli

Marian Bantjes

Vince Frost

Robert Bringhurst

Erik Spiekermann

OwlTail

Joost Grootens is a Dutch graphic designer, who studied architectural design at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam. He established Studio Joost Grootens (SJG) in 1995. His studio is very well known for their information design, infographics and the design of books related to architecture, art, design, photography, research… Analytical thinking and the use of type as an essential element, are the main traits. In his own words: ‘Every book is about celebrating the printing process.’ Recorded at the Integrated Conference 2015, Antwerp, Belgium  Studio Joost Grootens ::        Joost Grootens monograph ::        File Download (29:16 min / 40 MB)

Joost Grootens is a Dutch graphic designer, who studied architectural design at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam. He established Studio Joost Grootens (SJG) in 1995. His studio is very well known for their information design, infographics and the design of books related to architecture, art, design, photography, research… Analytical thinking and the use of type as an essential element, are the main traits. In his own words: ‘Every book is about celebrating the printing process.’ Recorded at the Integrated Conference 2015, Antwerp, Belgium<ul> <li> <a href="http://www.joostgrootens.nl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studio Joost Grootens</a> :: </li> <li> <a href="https://www.naibooksellers.nl/i-swear-i-use-no-art-at-all-book-design-by-joost-grootens.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joost Grootens monograph</a> :: </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/pod/Typeradio-Joost_Grootens_1of1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">File Download (29:16 min / 40 MB)</a>

Joost Grootens 1/1

Dutch graphic designer Joost Grootens is an expert at filtering and translating complex data into visually compelling atlases with a narrative. Gestalten.tv met Grootens, who is program leader of the Master of Information Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven, during his recent two-day workshop at Gestalten Space.In our interview he offers some insight on how books—and atlases in particular—let us reach a better understanding of the changing world we live in by stemming the flood of images and data. Very much rooted in design devoted to clarity yet not shy of taking an unconventional approach, Grootens and his team are dedicated to creating contemporary objects that offer their audience the ultimate in information experience. Watch the video.Map enthusiasts might also be interested in our recent book The Map Design Toolbox by Alexander Tibelius: http://shop.gestalten.com/map-design-toolbox.html

Dutch graphic designer Joost Grootens is an expert at filtering and translating complex data into visually compelling atlases with a narrative. <a href="http://Gestalten.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gestalten.tv</a> met Grootens, who is program leader of the Master of Information Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven, during his recent two-day workshop at Gestalten Space.In our interview he offers some insight on how books—and atlases in particular—let us reach a better understanding of the changing world we live in by stemming the flood of images and data. Very much rooted in design devoted to clarity yet not shy of taking an unconventional approach, Grootens and his team are dedicated to creating contemporary objects that offer their audience the ultimate in information experience. Watch the video.Map enthusiasts might also be interested in our recent book The Map Design Toolbox by Alexander Tibelius: <a href="http://shop.gestalten.com/map-design-toolbox.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://shop.gestalten.com/map-design-toolbox.html</a>

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