Richard van der Laken was born in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, in 1970. He studied graphic design at the School of Arte Utrecht and did a post graduate at the Amsterdam Sandberg Institute.
Since 1995 he has been running a design company with his creative partner Pepijn Zurburg, called De Designpolitie.
Richard also organized the international conference called What design can do?, which discusses the social dimension of design projects. Among other projects, they are the designers behind the review column “Gorilla” in Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant and weekly magazine Groene Amsterdammer.
Founder & CEO, Lopez Design
Director, QuA
Co-founder & Creative Director, ADDIKT
Partner, Really Interesting Group
Founder, Vueling Airlines
Founding Partner, Normann Partners
Founder & Partner, Edenspiekermann
Strategy Director & Partner, Koeweiden Postma
Co Founder & CEO, Saffron Brand Consultants
Owner, MVRDV
Creative Director, QuA
Founder & Creative Director, ..,staat
Owner, ADDIKT
Designer, 3deluxe
Creative Director, Michael Wolff and Company
General Director, Netherlands Architecture Institute
Strategic Director & Partner, LAVA
Chairperson, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels
Studio Manager / Senior Design Manager, Nokia Design
CEO & Director, Merkx+Girod Architecture
Owner & Designer, De Designpolitie
Founder, Architect & Creative Director, Concrete
Owner, Fitch
Partner & Founder, INNOA
Designer, Lovegrove Studio
Owner, Eureka Moment Design
Founder & CEO, WPP
Co-Owner & Managing Partner, Edenspiekermann
Founder & Creative Director, Design Temple
Editor, Creative Review