artassociates amsterdam
agency for illustrated animations & stills
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
Christmas abundance, a time for self-care, writing love letters, and enjoying delicious food. Illustrations created for Studio Sturzenegger.
Aart Jan made these really great cards for us. Best wishes!
illustrations for Philosophie magazine
The Washington Post.
Booklet about characters of wine.
NRC.
On early retirement of tech people to Texas.
Series about working from home with little kids.
Annual salon invitation by PS Design Consultants.
Series for Algemeen Dagblad about holiday memories of Dutch writers in their home country.
Series of doggy illustrations for Dogs Magazine.
The near future of France, explored for an exhibition by Google France and tech magazine Usbek&Rica.
Finnish fin-tech company Greenstep published a survey on the ideal workplace in their magazine, illustrated by Aart-Jan.
Pitch-work for a packaging project that didn’t happen in the end.
Various projects.
Together with London based agency Bread Collective, Aart-Jan did the branding for Welsh festival GreenMan 2017.
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.
Together with MOAM, this booklet was made for the yearly art exhibition taking place at Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam.
A selection of images for the New York Times parenting section.
