Hi, welcome to my blog. I’ll try to keep this casual – like diary entries but a little less dramatic. I’ll be updating you, me, whoever reads this, on my internship at Niels Vrijdag. Feel free to browse through these posts or the categories (chrono)logically or randomly.

Before we start, I would like you to know who I am and why I’m doing my internship at Niels’s studio. I’m a 23-year old graphic designer who studies at Willem de Kooning. With a tendency for print and craft. Which means that I get inspired and enthusiastic when I make, preferably by hand. When I came across Niels’s work I saw that same type of enthusiasm. His varied approaches create lively works that are experimental and well composed. His way of working, values, and type of clients are what I was looking for in this internship.

During the upcoming five months I want to tackle one of my biggest struggles, which is maintaining an autonomous approach within my work. I aim to develop a playful, productive, experimental approach towards my works. I would also like to know more about what it’s like to start and run your own studio. And lastly, I want to show initiative. To practice how to present and communicate my ideas.