This document appears to be notes from the University of NowHere dated June 21, 2009. It contains a variety of topics discussed including depth, curiosity, awareness, thinking, inward/outward interactions, products for the self and others, entertainment, play, systems as products/protocols, domain play, project descriptions, workshops, websites, shows, and balancing public and private interests. It also includes images and quotes related to these topics from various designers and thinkers. The document discusses high-level concepts and perspectives on design, technology, human interaction, and play.
Between 2006 and 2008 I was Domain Manager for Domain Play at the Technical University in Eindhoven. This domain, one of the four domains in the Bachelor's phase (health, home, work and play), used to be called Domain Entertainment. I set up a new programme and, together with the team of lecturer-coaches, I developed a series of new projects, workshops and lectures. The faculty board allowed me to rename the Domain and redefine the thematical point of departure. This lecture was one of three presentations meant to elucidate my ideas and curricular strategy. This lecture was the second of a series of four, given in September 2006.
The Stedelijk Museum is being renovated and a brand new wing and main entrance added. The museum mangement invited a number of young artists to develop proposals for the fence around the building site. I was one of the artists and theorists to hold a pitch talk for the selected artists during a workshop held in May 2008.
Students who applied to the KabkResearchLab became employees of the Dept. of What If, a company dedicated to producing speculative scenarios for the near future. This semester, the directors and employees explored challenges and benefits of an aging population and the rapidly approaching Age of Old. Through various projects, they sought to understand how aging influences society and question perceptions of aging as a problem rather than a quality that will change humanity in unforeseen ways.
De Salon Foundation hosts a series of lectures , interviews and discussions about societal developments.
De Salon is held monthly at Felix Meritis in Amsterdam.
My lecture revolved around the (expected) societal commitment of art vis á vis a society in rapid transformation. What should artistic urgency be pointed at? At individual artistic development, or at (partially) serving the cultural/political/social discourse at large?
As a leitmotif (with the hybrid history of Felix Meritis' as centre of the arts and sciences in mind) I chose to depart from the notion of the artwork as 'probe': as both vehicle and trigger for investigation and transformation.
More information about De Salon can be found here:
http://www.de-salon.net/
Laurence Aëgerter & Ronald van Tienhoven
Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte
2010-2011
On June 17, 2012, Salon für Kunstbuch, a Viennese venue dedicated to the presentation and distribution of artist's books, presented 'Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte' at the Museum 21er Haus. My lecture revolved about the perception of westerners vis ä vis 'The Other', and vice versa.
Weblink:
http://www.salon-fuer-kunstbuch.at/
This document provides a summary of works and projects by Ronald Van Tienhoven between 2016 and 1993 as an artist, designer, and curator. It describes several long-term projects including "Age of Old/Methuselah Unbound" exploring longevity and immortality through artworks and a filmed compendium. Another project, "07:05:1945," commemorates a 1945 tragedy in Amsterdam through reenactments and an interactive memorial website. The document also summarizes Van Tienhoven's role as curator for exhibitions such as the 2013 Dutch Design Week showcase.
This document provides an overview of Ronald Van Tienhoven's artworks and projects from 2025 to 1993. It includes descriptions of projects like "Age of Old/Methuselah Unbound" which addresses longevity and immortality through artworks and scenarios. It also summarizes commissions like designing a commemorative Euro coin for Leeuwarden's designation as European Capital of Culture in 2018 and curating the ID'13 exhibition at Eindhoven Technical University. Additionally, it outlines a self-initiated project called "07:05:1945:" which addresses the monumentality of news photography versus the ephemerality of monuments through reenactments on Amsterdam's Dam Square.
Between 2006 and 2008 I was Domain Manager for Domain Play at the Technical University in Eindhoven. This domain, one of the four domains in the Bachelor's phase (health, home, work and play), used to be called Domain Entertainment. I set up a new programme and, together with the team of lecturer-coaches, I developed a series of new projects, workshops and lectures. The faculty board allowed me to rename the Domain and redefine the thematical point of departure. This lecture was one of three presentations meant to elucidate my ideas and curricular strategy. This lecture was the second of a series of four, given in September 2006.
The Stedelijk Museum is being renovated and a brand new wing and main entrance added. The museum mangement invited a number of young artists to develop proposals for the fence around the building site. I was one of the artists and theorists to hold a pitch talk for the selected artists during a workshop held in May 2008.
Students who applied to the KabkResearchLab became employees of the Dept. of What If, a company dedicated to producing speculative scenarios for the near future. This semester, the directors and employees explored challenges and benefits of an aging population and the rapidly approaching Age of Old. Through various projects, they sought to understand how aging influences society and question perceptions of aging as a problem rather than a quality that will change humanity in unforeseen ways.
De Salon Foundation hosts a series of lectures , interviews and discussions about societal developments.
De Salon is held monthly at Felix Meritis in Amsterdam.
My lecture revolved around the (expected) societal commitment of art vis á vis a society in rapid transformation. What should artistic urgency be pointed at? At individual artistic development, or at (partially) serving the cultural/political/social discourse at large?
As a leitmotif (with the hybrid history of Felix Meritis' as centre of the arts and sciences in mind) I chose to depart from the notion of the artwork as 'probe': as both vehicle and trigger for investigation and transformation.
More information about De Salon can be found here:
http://www.de-salon.net/
Laurence Aëgerter & Ronald van Tienhoven
Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte
2010-2011
On June 17, 2012, Salon für Kunstbuch, a Viennese venue dedicated to the presentation and distribution of artist's books, presented 'Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte' at the Museum 21er Haus. My lecture revolved about the perception of westerners vis ä vis 'The Other', and vice versa.
Weblink:
http://www.salon-fuer-kunstbuch.at/
This document provides a summary of works and projects by Ronald Van Tienhoven between 2016 and 1993 as an artist, designer, and curator. It describes several long-term projects including "Age of Old/Methuselah Unbound" exploring longevity and immortality through artworks and a filmed compendium. Another project, "07:05:1945," commemorates a 1945 tragedy in Amsterdam through reenactments and an interactive memorial website. The document also summarizes Van Tienhoven's role as curator for exhibitions such as the 2013 Dutch Design Week showcase.
This document provides an overview of Ronald Van Tienhoven's artworks and projects from 2025 to 1993. It includes descriptions of projects like "Age of Old/Methuselah Unbound" which addresses longevity and immortality through artworks and scenarios. It also summarizes commissions like designing a commemorative Euro coin for Leeuwarden's designation as European Capital of Culture in 2018 and curating the ID'13 exhibition at Eindhoven Technical University. Additionally, it outlines a self-initiated project called "07:05:1945:" which addresses the monumentality of news photography versus the ephemerality of monuments through reenactments on Amsterdam's Dam Square.
Ronald van Tienhoven is a Dutch artist whose career spans over 40 years. He has exhibited widely across Europe and received numerous grants and commissions for public art projects. His work focuses on designing spaces and landscapes that explore concepts of information, perception, and memory.
Macguffin is one of the most interesting and innovative magazines that are being published today. The magazine centers around the life of Things rather than being a traditional design magazine. Its format is unique, and the magazine has been praised internationally for its concept and design quality.
https://www.macguffinmagazine.com
Macguffin is one of the most interesting and innovative magazines that are being published today. The magazine centers around the life of Things rather than being a traditional design magazine. Its format is unique, and the magazine has been praised internationally for its concept and design quality.
https://www.macguffinmagazine.com
Macguffin is one of the most interesting and innovative magazines that are being published today. The magazine centers around the life of Things rather than being a traditional design magazine. Its format is unique, and the magazine has been praised internationally for its concept and design quality.
https://www.macguffinmagazine.com
This article I wrote for a publication about the National Holocaust Monument in Amsterdam. Edited by Herman Vuijsje, Abram de Swaan, and Petra Catz, "Bedenkt Eer Gij Herdenkt" is a collection of text against the realization of the National Holocaust Monument, designed by the Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind.
Mr. Motley is een van de interessantste tijdschriften in Nederland. Ooit begonnen als tijdschrift voor jongeren, heeft Mr. Motley haar doelgroep geleidelijk uitgebreid naar iedere kunstliefhebber. Op dit moment is Mr. Motley niet meer als papieren tijdschrift verkrijgbaar, maar manifesteert zich des te meer als online platform. Dit artikel verscheen in het themanummer Rondom de Dood, samengesteld door Hanne Hagnaars.
https://www.hannehagenaars.nl/portfolio/publicaties/mister-motley-20-rondom-de-dood
This text contains real and fictitious texts, written by me, and accompanied by a fragment of a novella from 1990 by the Dutch writer Willem Frederik Hermans. This text was part of a lecture/performance in Ferrotopia at the NSDM wharf in Amsterdam in 2018.
This lecture is part of a series of four lectures, developed for the AKI-academy, Enschede, The Netherlands, for the department Crossmedia Design. These lectures are the points of reference for short presentations created by the participating students.
After a short illness, Aaf van Essen died of cancer. She was one of the most valuable people in Art and Design education. As a tribute and playful commemoration, a number of friends and colleagues put together an alphabet of short presentations, based on Gilles Deleuze's Abécédaire. My letter was the 'O', round, perfect, seemingly indestructible, but also as ephemeral as all letters, words and people are. The 'O' reminds me of soap bubbles, the ultimate symbol of ephemerality, and for centuries depicted as an eloquent allegory of our short-lived human existence: Homo Bulla.
This lecture addresses the many aspects of so-called Conditional Design. Conditional Design supposes the necessity of specific rules and algorithms in order to attain a kind of structured freedom.
This lecture is part of a series of four lectures, developed for the AKI-academy, Enschede, The Netherlands, for the department Mixed Media. These lectures are the points of reference for 5-minute presentations created by the participating students.
In the framework of a general discussion about the Holocaust Memorial in Amsterdam, a proposal by Daniel Libeskind and the Auschwitz Committee, an evening was organised by a group of opponents at House De Pinto in Amsterdam. I presented my proposal for an intervention vis à vis a controversial monument on the university premises, commissioned by Innsbruck University in 2018.
This document outlines the topics and schedule for a series of lectures and exercises called "Powers of Scale 3" focused on the relationship between individuals and their environments. The topics covered over the 8 days include: the self, reactions to lectures, prosthetics and covers, habitat and biotope, and the digital self. On day 5, the topic is "Our Habitat, Our Biotope" and students are assigned to create a 3 minute or less presentation exploring this topic, due by April 21st, in Keynote, PowerPoint or other widescreen format but not PDF. Case studies and examples of Boolean logic and Venn diagrams are provided.
This lecture is part of a series of four lectures, developed for the AKI-academy, Enschede, The Netherlands, for the department Crossmedia Design. These lectures are the points of reference for 5-minute presentations created by the participating students.
This lecture is part of a series of four lectures, developed for the AKI-academy, Enschede, The Netherlands, for the department Mixed Media. These lectures are the points of reference for 5-minute presentations created by the participating students.
This document discusses the metaphysics of furniture placement in space. It examines how different pieces of furniture like undershirts, drawers, shirts and pants are layered on a person like an onion. The document considers how furniture is arranged in a space similar to how clothing layers on a person.
This lecture was developed in the framework of a project week, dedicated to the colour Red, for students of the second year of the department Interior Architecture and Furniture Design, Royal academy of Art, The Hague.
Ronald van Tienhoven is a Dutch artist whose career spans over 40 years. He has exhibited widely across Europe and received numerous grants and commissions for public art projects. His work focuses on designing spaces and landscapes that explore concepts of information, perception, and memory.
Macguffin is one of the most interesting and innovative magazines that are being published today. The magazine centers around the life of Things rather than being a traditional design magazine. Its format is unique, and the magazine has been praised internationally for its concept and design quality.
https://www.macguffinmagazine.com
Macguffin is one of the most interesting and innovative magazines that are being published today. The magazine centers around the life of Things rather than being a traditional design magazine. Its format is unique, and the magazine has been praised internationally for its concept and design quality.
https://www.macguffinmagazine.com
Macguffin is one of the most interesting and innovative magazines that are being published today. The magazine centers around the life of Things rather than being a traditional design magazine. Its format is unique, and the magazine has been praised internationally for its concept and design quality.
https://www.macguffinmagazine.com
This article I wrote for a publication about the National Holocaust Monument in Amsterdam. Edited by Herman Vuijsje, Abram de Swaan, and Petra Catz, "Bedenkt Eer Gij Herdenkt" is a collection of text against the realization of the National Holocaust Monument, designed by the Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind.
Mr. Motley is een van de interessantste tijdschriften in Nederland. Ooit begonnen als tijdschrift voor jongeren, heeft Mr. Motley haar doelgroep geleidelijk uitgebreid naar iedere kunstliefhebber. Op dit moment is Mr. Motley niet meer als papieren tijdschrift verkrijgbaar, maar manifesteert zich des te meer als online platform. Dit artikel verscheen in het themanummer Rondom de Dood, samengesteld door Hanne Hagnaars.
https://www.hannehagenaars.nl/portfolio/publicaties/mister-motley-20-rondom-de-dood
This text contains real and fictitious texts, written by me, and accompanied by a fragment of a novella from 1990 by the Dutch writer Willem Frederik Hermans. This text was part of a lecture/performance in Ferrotopia at the NSDM wharf in Amsterdam in 2018.
This lecture is part of a series of four lectures, developed for the AKI-academy, Enschede, The Netherlands, for the department Crossmedia Design. These lectures are the points of reference for short presentations created by the participating students.
After a short illness, Aaf van Essen died of cancer. She was one of the most valuable people in Art and Design education. As a tribute and playful commemoration, a number of friends and colleagues put together an alphabet of short presentations, based on Gilles Deleuze's Abécédaire. My letter was the 'O', round, perfect, seemingly indestructible, but also as ephemeral as all letters, words and people are. The 'O' reminds me of soap bubbles, the ultimate symbol of ephemerality, and for centuries depicted as an eloquent allegory of our short-lived human existence: Homo Bulla.
This lecture addresses the many aspects of so-called Conditional Design. Conditional Design supposes the necessity of specific rules and algorithms in order to attain a kind of structured freedom.
This lecture is part of a series of four lectures, developed for the AKI-academy, Enschede, The Netherlands, for the department Mixed Media. These lectures are the points of reference for 5-minute presentations created by the participating students.
In the framework of a general discussion about the Holocaust Memorial in Amsterdam, a proposal by Daniel Libeskind and the Auschwitz Committee, an evening was organised by a group of opponents at House De Pinto in Amsterdam. I presented my proposal for an intervention vis à vis a controversial monument on the university premises, commissioned by Innsbruck University in 2018.
This document outlines the topics and schedule for a series of lectures and exercises called "Powers of Scale 3" focused on the relationship between individuals and their environments. The topics covered over the 8 days include: the self, reactions to lectures, prosthetics and covers, habitat and biotope, and the digital self. On day 5, the topic is "Our Habitat, Our Biotope" and students are assigned to create a 3 minute or less presentation exploring this topic, due by April 21st, in Keynote, PowerPoint or other widescreen format but not PDF. Case studies and examples of Boolean logic and Venn diagrams are provided.
This lecture is part of a series of four lectures, developed for the AKI-academy, Enschede, The Netherlands, for the department Crossmedia Design. These lectures are the points of reference for 5-minute presentations created by the participating students.
This lecture is part of a series of four lectures, developed for the AKI-academy, Enschede, The Netherlands, for the department Mixed Media. These lectures are the points of reference for 5-minute presentations created by the participating students.
This document discusses the metaphysics of furniture placement in space. It examines how different pieces of furniture like undershirts, drawers, shirts and pants are layered on a person like an onion. The document considers how furniture is arranged in a space similar to how clothing layers on a person.
This lecture was developed in the framework of a project week, dedicated to the colour Red, for students of the second year of the department Interior Architecture and Furniture Design, Royal academy of Art, The Hague.
Architectural and constructions management experience since 2003 including 18 years located in UAE.
Coordinate and oversee all technical activities relating to architectural and construction projects,
including directing the design team, reviewing drafts and computer models, and approving design
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38. “The words we use to describe play belong for the most part to aesthetics, terms with which we try to
describe the effects of beauty: tension, poise, balance, contrast, variation, solution, resolution. Play is
invested with the noblest qualities we are capable of perceiving in things: rhythm and harmony.”
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)
Sunday, June 21, 2009
39. “The words we use to describe play belong for the most part to aesthetics, terms with which we try to
describe the effects of beauty: tension, poise, balance, contrast, variation, solution, resolution. Play is
invested with the noblest qualities we are capable of perceiving in things: rhythm and harmony.”
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)
Sunday, June 21, 2009
69. "Next to torture, Art persuades best!" G.B.Shaw
I have a stereo brain
Sometimes screaming from the left speaker
Sometimes whispering from the right
Everybody now wants surround sound
How calm it would be to have a mono brain
Sunday, June 21, 2009
76. I want to emphasize that these insights into the human
brain will have a profound impact not just on us scientists
but also on the humanities,and indeed they may even help
us bridge what C.P. Snow called the two cultures - science
on the one hand and arts, philosophy and humanities on
the other.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Sunday, June 21, 2009
77. Wish:
To combine in a better way creativity and reason, to inspire
balancing between intuition and objective truth in design
students.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
82. Quote by Bill Gaver,
Designing for Homo Ludens,
(2002)
”What does designing for Homo Ludens imply for
our methodologies?
How can we invent and develop systems that
legitimise wonder, even encourage it?
How do we encourage people to meander, rather
than to accomplish tasks with speed?”
Sunday, June 21, 2009
83. Wish(es)
• Work on playful and inspiring projects
for both students and coaches
• Teach students about designing for
play: both content and methods
Sunday, June 21, 2009
87. Wish > Statement
Als wens en toekomstvisie wil ik binnen de ontwerpwereld
overbrengen dat productontwerp verder gaat dan alleen een
idee. En dat we in een wereld leven waarin je je sterk moet
onderscheiden t.o.v. de rest. Dit bereik je vaak door het
onmogelijke mogelijk te maken.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
91. I asked Cynthia Hathaway, designer and my docent at
the Design Academy Eindhoven, what my skills are...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
92. Ann throws herself into experiencing first
hand existing rituals in order to understand
and then learn how to add to them. Ann has a
Her research process is honest but quirky, and therefore interesting and
special knack
relevant. As much as Ann’s work presents an end experience, we know that
the journey to get there is just as important. for finding
inspiration
and grounding
‘Ann’ her work in
everyday
terrains where
people are
active.
Cynthia Hathaway - designer
Ann also designs with self sufficiency
in mind, where the participant can
take control of the circumstance.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
94. Ann throws herself into experiencing first
hand existing rituals in order to understand
and then learn how to add to them. Ann has a
Her research process is honest but quirky, and therefore interesting and
special knack
relevant. As much as Ann’s work presents an end experience, we know that
the journey to get there is just as important.
for finding
Skills in print Graphic design inspiration
processes, and grounding
‘Ann’ her work in
silkscreen,
woodprint, organizer everyday
etching in An eye for
different materials forms and terrains where
details. people are
Everything active.
must be in o Design of shoes
Cynthia Hathaway - designer
Ann also designs with self sufficiency o Design of jewellery
in mind, where the participant can
take control of the circumstance. balance. o Illustrating of books
o Bookbinding and restoration of books
o Master class dipping paper
Sunday, June 21, 2009
100. Only those who risk going to far (in design), can
possibly find out how far one can go ...
I’m thinking about combinations with technology, new experiences and the ‘look’ of designs.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
101. ... And the music was from
L'Orchestre International du VETEX
Track 6
Sunday, June 21, 2009
102. 5 seconds to go
Thank you !
Sunday, June 21, 2009
124. “The next care to be taken, in respect of the Senses, is a supplying of their
infirmities with Instruments, and as it were, the adding of artificial Organs
to the natural. (...) and as glasses have highly promoted our seeing...there
may be found many mechanical inventions to improve our other senses of
hearing, smelling, tasting, touching”
Sir Robert Hook, 1665
Sunday, June 21, 2009
125. We have seen the emergence of accessibility to
'soft' technology. I think Industrial Designers can
take a large part in making physical technology
accessible to the many, allowing individuals to
literally shape their own world.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
132. ‘Loewy keeps one eye on the imagination and
one eye on the cash register.’ [Charles Luckman, Lever Brothers]
I strongly believe Industrial Design’s prosperity is
directly related to the prosperity of the customers it
serves. As such, I wish it becomes an integral part of
our domain’s vision. I share this view with the father of
Industrial Design: Raymond Loewy, whose famous
quotes leave no room for misinterpretation.
‘Industrial design keeps the customer happy, his client
in the black and the designer busy.’*
‘Between two products equal in price,
function and quality, the one with the
most attractive exterior will win.’*
*) Raymond Loewy
Sunday, June 21, 2009
141. "I am still learning."
Michelangelo
Sunday, June 21, 2009
142. Mediated Spaces 2002 Adam Somlai-Ficher http://www.arch.kth.se/a-url/featuredprojects/1.htm
Mediated Spaces is a MSc in Architecture research project with the aim of exploring spaces of mediation in various scales:
Between the human, the physical and the virtual, between the local environment and the ubiquitous global digital media.
Sunday, June 21, 2009