Vivian is an inquisitive and enthusiastic designer. Curious how the world works and what the world of tomorrow beholds. With interests in the fine line between fiction and reality and how they intermingle, she creates speculative scenarios. As she believes that design lends itself as a prism and research tool for an inquiry into the anthropogenic era and its complexity. She is looking for designership on the borders of art, design, and science. By using questions to form narratives, outcomes vary from props to installations that bring to life alternative realities. Looking forward to combining environmental issues and design thinking through collaboration. She is not a biologist or a chemist, but practicing design gives her the opportunity to gain knowledge in areas other than design. To tell stories, ask questions and to give possible future scenarios.
Education:
2018 MA Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art | London GB
2015 GDA Summer Sessions 2015 | Detroit US
2015 BA Product Design | ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem NL
2014 Internship | Thought Collider | Amsterdam NL
2013 Workshop Camper Shoes | ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem NL
2013 Minor | ArTech Lab | ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Enschede NL
2011 EF Beijing CN
2010 EF Brisbane AU
Exhibitions:
2018 RCA Finals 2018 | Royal College of Art| London UK
2017 Common Ground | ArtEZ Product Design | Dutch Design Week 2017 Eindhoven NL
2017 Orlando: The Queer Element |Knole House | Kent GB
2016 Big Deal no7 | Leister square carpark | London GB
2016 InScience Film Festival | Nijmegen NL
2016 Cultuur op de Campus | Radboud University | Nijmegen NL
2016 Design Expositie 2016 | Stadsmuseum Doetinchem NL
2015 Behind the Screens | Dutch Design Week 2015 Eindhoven NL
2015 Innovate Arnhem | Stadhuis Arnhem NL
2015 We Fake It | Valade Gallery CCS Taubmen Centre | Detroit US
2015 ArtEZ Finals 2015 | Arnhem NL
2014 ArTech Lab | TETEM | Enschede NL
2014 MEH! Collective Arnhem Product 2014 | Tape | Arnhem NL
Publications:
2018 Food&, Food & Nuclear War
2015 Frame 106 sep/okt
2015 De Fusie; platform voor opinie
2015 ArtEZ Finals Magazine 2015
Nominations:
2017 Shortlisted for Bio Art & Design Award
2015 Shortlisted for Generate 15 by Energy Academy Europe in Groningen
2015 Shortlisted for Blooom award by Warsteiner 2015
2014 1st Prize Solar Energy Challenge by Gelderland Valoriseert