Daniel van der Velden, Graphic Designer.

A designer and writer, Mr. van der Velden is a partner in the design research think tank Metahaven, based in Amsterdam and Brussels. Mr. van der Velden’s work deals with research informing design practice, especially when creating logos, icons, symbols, and maps. With published projects on “totalitarian” architecture in Bucharest and Pyongyang, the Sealand anarchist base in the North Sea, and Quaero—a European search engine driven by cross-Atlantic antagonism—Metahaven focuses on the role of the political in visual identity. Mr. Van der Velden worked with Maureen Mooren from 1998 to 2007 on innovative identity concepts and publicity for the art space ROOM, the architectural magazine Archis‚ and the annual Holland Festival’s identity, posters, and publications, for which the duo received various awards. He currently serves as an advising researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht and as a tutor at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. He was appointed critic in graphic design at Yale in 2007.