AK/A
Co-founder Karianne Bueno
Brand & website design
/ The world is so much bigger than you think. If you think you understand it, you haven't understood it.
AK/A is a small-scale platform for conceptual reflection founded by designer Anouk de l'Ecluse and photographer Karianne Bueno. AK/A aims to expose the thinking behind (photographic) work of its participants. With practical assignments and in an open atmosphere, we sharpen insights into the professionals own work. They learn to speak substantively about their work and get inspiration to create new work, or to breathe new life into existing work. AK/A provides inspiration, research strategies, guide selecting and editing of work, advice in ways to present the work and where this migh take place including helping to write (promotional) texts or grant applications. Besides the meetings, every other week we organise a talk/lecture/artist talk/studio visit/tour with professionals who can inspire the group of artists.
AK/A is a small-scale platform for conceptual reflection founded by designer Anouk de l'Ecluse and photographer Karianne Bueno. AK/A aims to expose the thinking behind (photographic) work of its participants. With practical assignments and in an open atmosphere, we sharpen insights into the professionals own work. They learn to speak substantively about their work and get inspiration to create new work, or to breathe new life into existing work. AK/A provides inspiration, research strategies, guide selecting and editing of work, advice in ways to present the work and where this migh take place including helping to write (promotional) texts or grant applications. Besides the meetings, every other week we organise a talk/lecture/artist talk/studio visit/tour with professionals who can inspire the group of artists.
The hunger for opening up the worlds of different artists, to cross intersect all kinds of professions and inspire artists was the start of AK/A in 2023. Their first participants entered the worlds of podcastmakers, writers, philosophers, artists and sociologists, and vise versa.
ColophonConcept & design
Anouk de l’Ecluse
ak-a.nl
Bureau Merkwaardig
Co-founder with Daphne de Vries
Design studio
Between 2008 – 2023 Daphne de Vries and Anouk de l’Ecluse worked together as creative partners at Bureau Merkwaardig. Their clients are primarily in the cultural, educational and scientific fields. They take care of the entire process, from strategy and concept to implementation - in both print as digital use. They specialise in finding the right solution to a variety of communication and design questions. Here is a collection of some of the work they created together.
As of 2023 Anouk left the partnership to break new ground. Daphne continues the design practice.