The City as a System

November 2023 – What will the healthy and sustainable city of the future look like? How do we design this city? What information and which methods do we need to tackle problems such as scarcity, inequality, and climate change? Tricky problems do not always call for far-fetched solutions, but they may require a change of perspective. This book advocates such a change of perspective in the study of the urban environment. It states that designers who wish to truly improve the functioning of cities and solve the urgent problems at hand, cannot afford to focus only on their spatial manifestation. Instead, they are encouraged to conduct thorough research into its underlying system: the operation, use and performance of the urban fabric. This research involves new, often digital, information streams and methodologies that help us understand the complex metabolism of our cities. Technology and digital innovation swiftly move forward. In a time when we ask more and more of our cities, the authors encourage us to embrace the knowledge, opportunities and typologies generated by this innovation. 

Batik prints

October 2023 – Batik print design for Kevin van Braak for the exhibition Petromelancholia at Brutus, curated by Alexander Klose.

Knot 6.3

April 2023 – Limited edition Screen prints of Mathematical Knots. In Math, the theory of knots deals with inextricable knots. The simplest mathematical knot is a ring. Two mathematical knots are identical if you can transform one knot into the other by pushing and pulling without cutting the ring open.

Mathematical knots are classified by the number of crossings in the knot. There are no knots with one or two crossings, one with three crossings, and one with four. There are seven knots with seven crossings and twenty-one with eight. There are over 1.3 million knots with sixteen crossings. New knots are still being discovered, like galaxies in the universe.