Young Guns 4
Catelijne van Middelkoop
Designer/Researcher/Educator/Advisor Strange Attractors The Randstad, Netherlands
Prof. Catelijne van Middelkoop is Co-founder and Partner of Strange Attractors Design (Young Guns 4), an international, award winning and trans-disciplinary studio which uses new and traditional media to create innovative and strategic solutions to influence culture and commerce. Besides running a professional design practice, Van Middelkoop is a member of the Advisory Committee 'Design' of the (Dutch) Creative Industries Fund, a Full Professor in Visual Communication Design at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology, Head of the Department of Man and Communication (/Man and Media) at Design Academy Eindhoven and Advisor 'Commercial Practices' and Lecturer 'Data Design' at the Willem de Kooning Academy (WdKA). Van Middelkoop has an MFA in 2D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art, a Degree in Graphic & Typographic Design from The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) and studied Art History and Archeology at The University of Amsterdam.