TUUR VAN BALEN


 

December 2007

   

A brief update on last summer. I did a two months internship at Demos, a London based thinktank. In that time, I worked on the Bristol Urban Beach project and did initial research for two future projects. The first one on human enhancement and bio-engineering in relation to our future sex-lives, the other one on mapping and 'spatial knowledge networks'. Although at first it was a little strange to work as a designer in a thinktank, I had an amazing and invaluable time, learning a lot from participating in research, writing and organising events.
I also owe a big thanks to Marcel Kampman from Texelse Boys and Interactive / Media / Design, because he got me in touch with the people of Dutch magazine 'Creatie', who did a short interview with me. Look at the interview here (pdf download), it might be good to practice your Dutch.

As promised, a brief update about last summer. I did a two months internship at Demos, a London based thinktank. In that time, I worked on the Bristol Urban Beachproject and did initial research for two future projects. The first one on human enhancement and bio-engineering in relation to our future sex-lives, the other one on mapping and 'spatial knowledge networks'. Although at first a little strange to work as a designer in a thinktank, I had an amazing and invaluable time, learning a lot from participating in research, writing and organising events.
I also owe a big thanks to Marcel Kampman from Texelse Boys, Interactive / Media / Design and Fabrique, because he got me in touch with the people of Dutch magazine 'Creatie', who did a short interview with me. Look at the interview here (pdf download), it might be good to practice your Dutch.