\ Richard van der Laken | Richard van der Laken was born in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, in 1970. He studied graphic design at the School of Art Utrecht and did a post graduate at the Amsterdam Sandberg Institute. Since 1995, after graduating, he runs a design company with creative partner Pepijn Zurburg, called De Designpolitie (The Designpolice). Richard was honored with different grants from The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (known in the Netherlands as Fonds BKVB). This is the national body responsible for making grants to individual visual artists, designers and architects. Its objective is to nurture excellence in visual arts, design and architecture in the Netherlands. 1996 - Startstipendium 1997 - 2nd Startstipendium 2002 - Senior Grant 2005 - Project Grant for the Designpolitie website 2007 - Project Grant for the Designpolitie book ‘The ABC of De Designpolitie’ As De Designpolitie Richard and Pepijn won numerous Design Awards and merits. These include the Dutch Art Directors Club (ADCN), Dutch Best Book Design, Dutch Housestyle Awards, Dutch Design Awards, British D&AD, New York ADC and lately the European Design Awards (including the Jury Prize). As De Designpolitie Richard and Pepijn exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the New York MOMA, the San Francisco MOMA, Institut Neerlandais Paris, Brno Tsjechia. | ||
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