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ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVING PHYSICAL TOUCH

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ASSIGNMENT (self-initiated)
Redesign of a 1975 article by American developmental psychologist James W. Prescott.

Chris Ryan, co-author of Sex At Dawn on the article: “James W. Prescott wanted to understand the relationship between bodily pleasure and violence. His hypothesis was that societies in which physical pleasure was acceptable and easily found and expressed, would be societies in which violence levels were lower. He found that that’s the case overwhelmingly. […] He found that, the more relaxed the societies were about bodily pleasure, the lower their levels of violence were.”

The original article can be found online here. After trying to read the article there and feeling frustrated by the layout, I redesigned the text and data tables for a more pleasant reading experience, which you can find here.

THE ASYLUM SEEKER PROCESS IN THE NETHERLANDS

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ASSIGNMENT
Comment on the work of the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS).

ROLES
Graphic Designer + Researcher + Team Leader

PROCESS
– Researching the INS through conversations, events, and media.
– Feeling like the process is too big and ambiguous to be able to comment concretely.
– Forming a group of like-minded designers.
– Focusing on the fact that there is no perfect way of doing what the INS is tasked to do.
– Visualizing the process asylum seekers go through as objectively as possible.

PRESENTED AT
Humanity House in The Hague in 2014
The Ministry of Security and Justice in The Hague in 2015

In collaboration with Esther van Daalen, Alicia Dekker, Denise Groenenberg & Sandra Jørgensen.

COMMUNICATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

http://whatis.fpic.info

ABOUT
‘Free, Prior & Informed Consent’ (FPIC) is a right recognized by the UN held by Indigenous Peoples meaning they have the right to give or withhold their consent to projects that affect their land, territories and natural resources.

ASSIGNMENT
Design a micro-site to introduce the FPIC process in anticipation of a more comprehensive website that will offer sources of academic, legal, and NGO materials on the subject.

ROLE
Graphic Designer + Creative Direction to Illustrator

PROCESS
– Communication with partners in Chile and Canada.
– Directing Eline Schipperen’s visual process for the illustrations.
– Designing the full visual and typographic look and feel of the website for all devices.

In collaboration with Dr. Terry Mitchell's Indigenous Rights and Resource Governance Research Group at Laurier University (Canada), Pedro Poblete Lasserre (Chile) on development, and Eline Schipperen (Netherlands) for illustrations.

NEW ALBUM ART EVERY WEEK

Project evolution:
2013 Grabbing pictures off internet.
2014.a Making small drawings by hand.
2014.b Designing custom illustrations.
2015 Full custom album art design.
2016 Full custom album art design connected texts on medium.

OPENING UP A DIALOGUE ABOUT SEXUALITY

> Print | > Web | > Audio

ASSIGNMENT (Bachelor thesis project)
Present a world of nuanced information about sexuality.

ROLES
Graphic Designer + Researcher + Writer + Audio Editor

PROCESS
– Collecting unpublished personal stories related to sexuality. Reflection: there are already a ton of informative, nuanced stories but they’re not very accessible.
– Visualizing the plethora of pre-existing sources to ease access to the information [> PDF]. Reflection: the collection became a digital data dump devoid of humanity.
– Combining both approaches: quotes from pre-existing sources grant access to an immense world of information while an interwoven personal story contextualizes and presents the information in a human-friendly way.

PRODUCTION
– Producing separate print, web, and audio versions of the story.
– Designing, printing, and binding 26 unique copies by hand.
– Producing dynamic image compositions for web.
– Contacting authors (including Stefan Sagmeister, Martin Venezky, Ales Kot & Cindy Gallop) to ask for audio of used quotes.
– Audio recording and editing.
– Writing and building a cohesive narrative with content from different sources.

ON THE DIVERSIFICATION OF PORN PRODUCTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

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ASSIGNMENT
1. Research a social and economic development and its consequences.
2. Reach out to industry experts, build conversation, and form clear opinions the subject.
3. Present the findings and your opinions visually and substantively.

ROLE
Graphic Designer + Researcher + Writer

PROCESS
– Research into the production and business of porn: Who are the producers? What operations are part of the production and distribution of porn? What are the social and economic consequences of porn and how it is produced and distributed?

– Initiating conversations and discussing the subject with industry leaders Cindy Gallop, Erika Lust & others.

– Initiating conversations and discussing the subject with sexuality experts Zhana Vrangalova, Paul Joannides & others.

– Compiling relevant data (visual and otherwise) and designing an appropriate presentation.

– Writing a brief essay to introduce the subject, discuss its consequences & present informed opinions.

Identity concept and visual design work for Bootvluchteling.nl which provides emergency medical and psychosocial support to refugees who arrive in Greek camps.

Design and content art direction for www.KomBinnenTheMovie.com, featuring Nora Bacily’s first documentary film about female masturbation.

Kom Binnen (Come In) is an intimate ethnography about the autonomy of female masturbation.
The viewer is challenged to critically engage in the act of looking as boundaries between the public and the private of female sexuality are provoked by three women who choose to reveal themselves. The struggles of making a (non-pornographic) film about masturbation become clear as a result of, among other things, funny conversations with the mother of the filmmaker and a sex-toy party.
Come In deals with issues around consent and self-determination and is characterized by strong, complex female protagonists.

Nora Bacily is a visual anthropologist based in Amsterdam. Her approach revolves around creating intimate stories to contribute to a better, more equal, open and feminist future.

Tiny books. Great writing.

I made my first Tiny Book in 2011. This year, I have started to play with the format and have been making about one a month.

As a designer, our world nearly always asks me to work in digital media. Continuing to make print work in my own time and on my own terms is extremely rewarding. I relish in crafting details into such a limited canvas and seeing if the printer I use today will print the book perfectly, or if it is old or slow or shaky and ends up gifting me beautiful blots of black.
I adore making itty-bitty items that bruise easily. It feels like asking my teeny-weeny-story readers to care for what they hold...to practice the art of love.
As with a lot of things, it’s not about how big or shiny it is, but rather about being able to have good conversations with people you’re enjoying life with.

It has been my great pleasure to make some of these with Anne-Lorraine Selke & Eva Salman.

(unavailable to the public, looking into publishing, message me if you have ideas)

‘I don’t encourage my work toward permanence. The materials I use: tape, cardboard, copy paper, pencil, wax... practically beg to disintegrate. If pieces flutter off, what remains means more to me. It can come apart. It ages. It is more alive than a digital file, whose permanence and fidelity have no precedence in our organic, decaying, wonderful world.’
– Martin Venezky in ’It Is Beautiful...Then Gone’

Hector Pahaut is registered in the Netherlands
KvK 69563721