Max Bruinsma
Career
After studying Art and Design History in Groningen and Amsterdam, Bruinsma worked as Editor-in-Chief of the Dutch design magazine Items from 1988–89, and Senior editor from 1992-97. He then was Editor of Eye, a London-based international graphic design quarterly, from 1997–99. He returned as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Items from 2009-13. Bruinsma has contributed to many other design publications including ID, Blueprint, The AIGA Journal, Étappes, and Form, published the book Deep Sites – Intelligent Innovation in Contemporary Webdesign with Thames & Hudson in 2003 and has been the Editor of several books.
The Pierre Bayle Prize for design criticism was awarded to Bruinsma in 2005.[1]
He was curator of many exhibitions, among which "Catalysts! The cultural force of communication design"[2] as part of Lisbon design biennial "ExperimentaDesign 2005" and "Useless?" for "ExperimentaDesign 2011"[3] (co-curated with Hans Maier-Aichen). Between 2005 and 2013 he also was a member of ExperimentaDesign's international editorial advisory board.
Bruinsma worked as a lecturer and Visiting Professor at schools world-wide. In 2005, he co-founded the Master's course Editorial Design at the Graduate School of Art and Design, HKU Utrecht School of the Arts. From 2013-15 he was course director of this course. He was also Core Tutor at the Graphic design Masters program at St. Joost Academy of the Arts (2010-14) and a Core Tutor and Thesis Advisor for MIARD (Masters Interior Architecture - Research and Design) at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (2013-19).[4] He is currently Core Tutor Transmedia Narratives at Camera Arts,[5] at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (since 2015). He is also editor of the yearly video portraits of NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Awards, Zürich, Switzerland.[6]
Bibliography
- Ricks, Jim, with Max Bruinsma. Alien Invader Super Baby (Synchromaterialism VI). Eindhoven: Onomatopee, 2018. ISBN 9789491677755
- Margolin, Victor (Author), Nynke Tromp (Author), Bert van Meggelen (Author), Max Bruinsma (Editor, Author). Design for the Good Society: Utrecht Manifest 2005-2015 Nai010 publishers, 2015. ISBN 9789462082052
- Annink, Ed and Max Bruinsma (Editors). Gerd Arntz: Graphic Designer. Nai010 publishers, 2013. ISBN 9789064507632
- Annink, Ed and Max Bruinsma (Editors). Lovely Language Paperback. Idea Books Ltd., 2011. ISBN 9789086901272
- Bruinsma, Max (Author). Deep Sites: Intelligent Innovation in Contemporary Webdesign. Thames & Hudson, 2003. ISBN 9780500283844
- Schröder, Rob (Author), Ros, Lies (Author), Bruinsma, Max (Editor, Author). Beeld tegen beeld. De Balie, 1994. ISBN 9066171197
- Bruinsma, Max (Author). Een Leest Heeft Drie Voeten, Dick Elffers en de Kunsten. GJ ThiemeFonds / De Balie, 1990. ISBN 9789066170629
- Bruinsma, Max (Editor). The Other Side of Design. Gerrit Rietveld Academie / De Balie, 1988. ISBN 9066170484
References
- "PIERRE BAYLE PRIZE 2005 IN DESIGN CRITICISM AWARDED TO MAX BRUINSMA | ico-D". www.ico-d.org.
- "Experimentadesign2005 - Bienal de Lisboa". www.experimentadesign.pt. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "EXD'11/LISBOA — USELESS". www.experimentadesign.pt.
- "Max Bruinsma | Piet Zwart Institute".
- "Updates, Events & Publications - Camera Arts - HSLU". Camera Arts (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "The NOMIS Foundation - NOMIS Awards". The NOMIS Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
External links
- maxbruinsma.nl – official site
- Interview with Wim Crouwel