Artis Zoo Dark Quest

This winter, ARTIS is all about darkness. Did you know that as soon as the sun sets, ARTIS is the darkest place in Amsterdam? ARTIS opens its gates for eight special evenings. Stroll through the twilight, listen to the sounds of the night, and discover why darkness is essential for nature. Along the way, you’ll discover surprising facts about the biological clocks of animals and plants, and the importance of day and night.

From bikini to turkey — language is full of travel destinations

From bikini to turkey — language is full of travel destinations
Did you know that many everyday words are actually geonyms? These are words derived from geographical names.
Bikini → named after the island of Bikini
Turkey → named after Turkey
Canary → derived from the Canary Islands
Flamenco → originating from Flanders
Pils → originating from Pilsen
The term geonym was coined in 1990 by Dutch scholar Robert-Henk Zuidinga and became popular thanks to Ewoud Sanders’ Geonym Dictionary.
It’s funny how language constantly allows us to travel without even realizing it.
Nice article in Quest magazine in The Netherlands

Merry Christmas

Christmas abundance, a time for self-care, writing love letters, and enjoying delicious food. Illustrations created for Studio Sturzenegger.

Season’s greetings

Aart Jan made these really great cards for us. Best wishes!

Which vision can save us?

illustrations for Philosophie magazine

Faraway flavors

The Washington Post.

Work/Holidays

Kakkerlakjes

Booklet about characters of wine.

AI in journalism

NRC.

New York Times

On early retirement of tech people to Texas.

Laundering

Wepresent by Wetransfer

Series about working from home with little kids.

Surfacemag

Salone del Mobile

Annual salon invitation by PS Design Consultants.

Holiday memories

Series for Algemeen Dagblad about holiday memories of Dutch writers in their home country.

Culturally savvy dogs

Series of doggy illustrations for Dogs Magazine.

Exhibition Google France

The near future of France, explored for an exhibition by Google France and tech magazine Usbek&Rica.

Greenstep Notes

Finnish fin-tech company Greenstep published a survey on the ideal workplace in their magazine, illustrated by Aart-Jan.

Packaging pitch

Pitch-work for a packaging project that didn’t happen in the end.

Financial Times

Various projects.

Postcard to celebrate 10 years Hard//Hoofd

Greenman Festival Wales

Together with London based agency Bread Collective, Aart-Jan did the branding for Welsh festival GreenMan 2017.

Surface Mag – Travel issue

Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine

Elsevier Magazine

Personal

A self-initiated project starring a couple of my favorite BMW cars. The BMW X-3 in the present, and the BMW Vision M NEXT 1 in the future.

Art = Artis

Together with MOAM, this booklet was made for the yearly art exhibition taking place at Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam.

New York Times

A selection of images for the New York Times parenting section.