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==<span style="color:red">A Belgian...</span>==
==A Be<span style="color:yellow">lgi</span><span style="color:red">an...</span>==
... from the flemish part, if you'd wonder. No, I'm not a separatist (although it's trendy). So far for politics. <br/>
... from the flemish part, if you'd wonder. No, I'm not a separatist (although it's trendy). So far for politics. <br/>
After having spent hours memorizing Latin words and dissecting historiography by Tacitus i felt the urge to explore a more practical field of study. I found it in the Master Studies of Graphic Design at St-Lucas, Ghent. Followed by an extra (depressing) 9 months-long PhP course, i eventually ended up being a graphic designer at the studio of a big flemish publisher.<br/> Two years later the time for a new perspective had come. PZI was a relevant choice.
After having spent hours memorizing Latin words and dissecting historiography by Tacitus i felt the urge to explore a more practical field of study. I found it in the Master Studies of Graphic Design at St-Lucas, Ghent. Followed by an extra (depressing) 9 months-long PhP course, i eventually ended up being a graphic designer at the studio of a big flemish publisher.<br/> Two years later the time for a new perspective had come. PZI was a relevant choice.

Revision as of 14:47, 23 October 2010

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A Belgian...

... from the flemish part, if you'd wonder. No, I'm not a separatist (although it's trendy). So far for politics.
After having spent hours memorizing Latin words and dissecting historiography by Tacitus i felt the urge to explore a more practical field of study. I found it in the Master Studies of Graphic Design at St-Lucas, Ghent. Followed by an extra (depressing) 9 months-long PhP course, i eventually ended up being a graphic designer at the studio of a big flemish publisher.
Two years later the time for a new perspective had come. PZI was a relevant choice.

Personal Sites

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Study Log

Prototyping Updates

Hardware classes

Past/Current Reading

I'll try to make a list of things i found/find interesting to read. Everything really: novels, theoretic writings, instruction guides, ... . This should work as an overview, reminder, teaser, etc.

  • Lieven De Cauter > The Capsular Civilisation. On the City in the Age of Fear
  • Maurice Merleau-Ponty > Phenomenology of Perception
  • Pierre Bourdieu > The field of cultural production
  • Don Ihde > Postphenomenology. Essays in the postmodern context
  • Aldous Huxley > A Brave New World
  • John G. Hanhardt (ed.) > Videoculture: a critical investigation
  • David Mitchell > Cloud Atlas
  • Hans Achterhuis ed. (auth.: Andrew Feenberg, Hubert Dreyfus, Donna Haraway, Langdon Winner, Alberg Borgmann, Don Ihde) > Van Stoommachine tot Cyborg. Denken over techniek in de nieuwe wereld - (Eng. American philosophy of technology: the empirical turn)
  • Max Frisch > Homo Faber
  • Markus Miessen (ed.) > The Violence of Participation
  • De Boer C. & Brennecke S > Media en publiek: theorieën over media-impact
  • more will be added soon...