Thomas Widdershoven, Netherlands (2012)
Thomas Widdershoven is co-founder and director of thonik (established in 1993). thonik is the Amsterdam based collective of designers with a speciality in visual communication, graphic identity, interaction- and motion...
Read full biographyThomas Widdershoven is co-founder and director of thonik (established in 1993). thonik is the Amsterdam based collective of designers with a speciality in visual communication, graphic identity, interaction- and motion design. thonik offers their clients a visual voice that sets apart and differentiates: providing pole position. thonik has its roots firmly planted in society, willing to actively engage in the dialogue of what is right and what is fair. We seek to change the world. One design at a time.
thonik is thoroughly familiar with the power of design and its capacity to transform, to unify, to communicate, to celebrate, to bring joy and provoke thought. Our work embraces those traits.
Thomas is former creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven, curator and guest professor.
Publications
De Zingende Zaag, literary design magazine (nr. 12 t/m 25)
(1991)
- George Moormann
De Zingende Zaag
Galerie Anatomie Petit Journal No.6
(2010)
- Hugues Boekraad
Galerie Anatome
Thonik A in Paris
(2010)
- Hugues Boekraad
Institut Néerlandais
Thonik en
(2009)
- Noriko Kawakami,
- Thomas Widdershoven,
- Nikki Gonnissen
Centre Oshita
Power thonik design
(2008)
- Hugues Boekraad,
- Marina De Vries
Art O Centre
Thonik, New Dutch Graphic Design #1
(2001)
- Ineke Schwartz,
- Ed Van Hinte,
- Gert Staal
Bis Publishers
Exhibitions
Broken White
2016
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Touch Base, Design Academy Eindhoven presentation at Salone del Mobile, Milan
2016
Salone del Mobile, Milan
Co-curator with Ilse Crawford
Thing Nothing
2015
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Eat Shit, Design Academy Eindhoven presentation at Salone del Mobile, Milan
2015
Salone del Mobile, Milan
co-curator with Marije Vogelzang
Sense Nonsense
2014
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Self-Unself at Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
2014
Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
Self-Unself, Design Academy Eindhoven presentation at Salone del Mobile, Milan
2014
Salone del Mobile, Milan
Self-Unself
2013
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Thonik posters for Centraal Museum
2009
Centre Pompidou, Paris
City of Interface
2013
Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Thonik in Paris
2013
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Printed works
2013
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Carpets
2013
Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Thonik Alphabeths
2012
Sera, Kyoto
Graphic Happiness in China
2012
Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing
Printed works
2012
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
Connecting Concepts
2011
Museu de Arte, Sao Paolo
Premsela, Amsterdam
Traveling group exhibition
Printed works
2011
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Printed works
2011
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Thonik in Paris
2010
Galerie Anatome, Paris
Institut Neerllandais, Paris
Solo exhibition and installation
Woordbeeld
2010
Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Thonik en
2009
Spiral Art Centre, Tokyo
Solo exhibition
Carpet Centraal Museum
2009
Museum of the Image, Breda
Thonik: Made in China by You
2009
Graphic Design Museum, Breda
Power
2008
Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Solo exhibition
Thonik in Venice
2008
International Architecture Biennale, Venice
Solo exhibition
Festival International de I'affine et du Graphisme
2008
De Chaumont Awards, Chaumont
Awards exhibition
Printed works
2009
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Raad van Cultuur / Printed works
2004
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Education
Guest tutor in Graphic Design and Communication
- Postgraduate
1993 – 2006
- Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- University of the Arts, Utrecht (The Netherlands)
- Merz Akademie, Stuttgart (Germany)
- University of the Arts, Arnhem (The Netherlands)
- Design Academy, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
Guest professor
- Doctorate
2000 – today
- Nanjing University of the Arts (China)
- Berlare Instituut, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Lectures
Dutch Masters #8 meets Dutch Talent
(2016)
- Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dutch Masters
(2016)
- Nanjing University of the Arts, China
about Thonik
(2012)
- Spera, Kyoto, Japan
De invloed van marketing en advertisement op de uitslag van de verkiezingen
(2012)
- Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
on design
(2011)
- College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning - University of Cincinnati, United States of America
Revues Parlees
(2010)
- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Political campaigns
(2009)
- Koninklijke Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Visual Communication of the SP
(2006)
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Double Dutch
(2004)
- ICAD and IDI, Dublin, Ireland
Thonik and the Dutch Mentality
(2001)
- Actor, Barcelona, Spain
Awards
2016
2012
2007 / 2009
2005
2003
1998 / 1999
Other Professional Activities
Pauwhof Fonds, member of the board
2015 – current
Dutch Design Foundation, supervisory board
2014 – current
Rijks Studio Award, member of the jury
2016 – 2017
Museumprijs, member of the jury
2016 – 2017
Mondriaan Fonds, pilot committee
2012 – 2016
ADCN Awards, member of the jury
2009 – 2009