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member BNO / Association of Dutch Designers

2010
selected for cultural capital RUHR.2010 [D]
selected for Design Act / Moscow [RUS]

2009
selected for Design Act / Moscow [RUS]
selected for TDF Tenerife Design Festival [E]

2008
various designs selected for exhibition on Dutch Design BINNEN/BUITEN / Madrid [E]

2007
concept and design of art and design shop / Dutch Art Lease Organisation / Leeuwarden [NL]
selected for Eat Drink Design / Dutch Design Week Eindhoven [NL]
commission for galerie help uzelven / Winterswijk [NL]

2006
LIFE IS GREAT selected for 'win a design piece' / daily newspaper 'de Volkskrant' in collaboration with Dutch Art Lease Organisation Zwolle [NL]

2005
Elle Wonen Inside Design Amsterdam / [NL]

2004
commissions and exhibition ‘Dutch Souvenir’ / Audax Textielmuseum / Tilburg [NL]
jury selection for Auguste Papendieck Preis / exhibition in Focke Museum / Bremen [D]

2003
public’s award and honourable mention in Frisian Design Award for project Emma / nomination for LIFE IS A PARTY [NL]

2002
selected by curator Ingeborg de Roode of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam for Designers Present / Dutch Desing Week / Eindhoven [NL]
solo exhibition of LIFE IS... collection / Galerie LEGIOkunst / Tilburg [NL]

2001
acquisitions by Nederlands Textielmuseum in an exhibition on 20 years of 20 self-producing designers
honourable mention for LIFE IS PERFECT / Frisian Design Award [NL]

2000
LIFE IS WONDERFUL triptych 5.10 m high for award winning wine bar / Manhattan NY [USA]

1999
solo exhibition gallery for contemporary design Yksi / Eindhoven [NL]
acquisition of LIFE IS PERFECT / LIFE IS WONDERFUL / LIFE IS LIGHT by the Audax Textielmuseum / Tilburg [NL]

1997 – 1998
start own collection

1992 – 1996
several interior design and art commissions

annual concept and judging of a contest for schoolchildren to awaken the interest in technical professions / Technocenter

judging for the Frisian Museum of a contest for textile artists

judging for the Frisian Student Desing Award

developement of a module to integrate creativity in an Eurasian MBA

developement of a modele to stimulate creative thinking in non creative studies / databank Art Network

tutoring and reviewing of students as external consultant