Studio ZijspanGraphic Design »

Hidde Meulenbeek and Deimion van der Sloot gradu­ated sim­ul­tan­eously at the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2010 as Graphic Designers. Since then they work under the name Studio Zijspan for dif­fer­ent cli­ents and like to ini­ti­ate their own projects.
Besides tra­di­tion­al graph­ic design Studio Zijspan is con­stantly look­ing for inter­est­ing niches between design, per­form­ance, install­a­tion and film.

Studio Zijspan is an act­ive mem­ber of 'Collectief Wijkwinkel'

Education

2010 Bachelor of Design – Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
2009 Graphic Design intern­ship – Arjan Groot, Amsterdam
2009 Graphic Design intern­ship – Roel Wouters, Amsterdam
2008 Workshop Screenprinting – Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
2007 Workshop Bookbinding – Manuel Krumpers, Utrecht
2007 Workshop Photography – Niels Stomps, Utrecht

Exhibitions   

2014 ‘Halftone-Shifting’ (solo)  –  Alfred ve dvore, Praag
2014 ‘Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier 55 jaar’ (group) – AGA, Amsterdam
2013 ‘Performative print­ing exer­cises’ (group) – Truhlarna, Praag
2012 ‘Notations 21 European Tour’ (group) – Musiques Démesurées Festival, Clermont
2011 ‘Mysterious pro­duc­tion of eggs’ (solo) – Vrouw met Baard, Utrecht & MIADA, Chongqing
2011 ‘Meanwhile in China’ (group) – Modern International Arts and Design Academy, Chongqing
2011 ‘Black and White are not col­ors’ (group) – Ship of Fools, Den Haag
2008 ‘Fanclub’ (group) – Academiegalerie, Utrecht

Publications

2013 Fontanel Magazine  – ‘Goed Bezig’
2013 Typo.cz – ‘Best website’
2011 Chongqing Daily  – ‘The mys­ter­i­ous pro­duc­tion of eggs’
2010 NRC Next, Het Parool, Algemeen Dagblad, Dagblad van het Noorden – ‘Linkse Hobby’
2010 In-house pub­lic­a­tion – ‘Discover design with me’
2008 Academiegelarie – ‘Fanclub’
2008 Items Magazine – ‘The invis­ible designer’

Lectures & workshops

2013 Lecture ‘Opening Shots’ – KAPITAAL, Utrecht
2012 Lecture ‘Warning the future’ – GUACA, Amsterdam
2011 Teacher Multimedia Design – Modern International Arts and Design Academy, China
2011 Teacher Image Analysis – Modern International Arts and Design Academy, China
2011 Lecture ‘How to start a Graphic Design stu­dio’ – Technology and Business University, China
2011 Workshop ‘Graphic Revolution’ – Rientjes MAVO, Maarsen
2010 Lecture/performance ‘Studio A+B’ – ZEFIR7, Theater Zeebelt, BNO Kring Den Haag