Flags of Peace

Throughout history there have been several attempts to establish a peace flag. A universal collection of symbols exist that we associate with peace yet no single peace flag has gained complete international recognition and permanence. What defines peace? How could it be symbolised? And what can a peace flag achieve?

With this project the studio seeks to answer these questions. The project aims to gather a flag design from every nation in the world. Through contributions from both established and young talented designers, artists and other creatives it creates a visual dialogue around peace and its symbolism. Together the flags form a traveling exhibition and present a global spectrum of ideas on peace, each highlighting particular relationships and views towards the topic.

Art and design can be a binding factor between people, cultures and countries. It can contribute to better communication between individuals, close gaps and help work towards a more peaceful world.

Flags of Peace is a work in progress, more flags are still to come.

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Trapped in Suburbia award

Bronze | 2015 European Design Awards

Decoding Design

The theme for the Graphic Design Festival Breda 2011 poster exhibition was decoding design. In essence the design process is about making choices. Sometimes though, after putting in a lot of work, you decide to change a design and then come to the conclusion that the initial design worked better. This poster captures that feeling.

Initially, the poster shows a large silver square of scratch-off ink. Prompting people to scratch the ink, text appears from the edges of the square. After taking time to scratch off all the ink the poster reveals: “I think I like it better with the silver square.”


Trapped in Suburbia award

Red Dot Award | 2011 Red Dot Design Award
Short listed | 2011 D&AD award

Aim for the Day

Aim for the Day is a calendar with ambition. This quality constructed piece is composed of a dartboard and chest containing 365 individually dated darts. Rather than the traditional scoring pattern, the dartboard’s segments present an aim for the day – ‘Do something scary’, ‘Take a new route to work’, ‘Learn something’… Each day the user throws a dart and depending on where it lands, a new aim is given.

This calendar encourages the user to break free from routine, discover new experiences and develop a sense of achievement and happiness throughout their day-to-day life.

After one year the complete dartboard becomes a showcase of 365 achievements giving the user a great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.


Trapped in Suburbia award
Silver | 2015 International Design Awards