Noortje van Eekelen

Noortje van Eekelen is a passionate and driven designer and researcher who is actively involved in various capacities within the international artistic field. She is responsible for the preparation and realization of a wide range of commissioned and self-initiated projects. Noortje aims to develop design projects with a social character, in order to inform society and raise critical awareness about contemporary issues. She places a strong emphasis on the quality of the design process and utilizes a method that incorporates research into the design and its associated expressions. Additionally, her projects are approached from a critical theory-based method, using design fiction and speculative design proposals to challenge assumptions and conceptions about current developments. Noortje encourages collaborations with professionals from diverse fields of knowledge and has been operating her design practice since 2009 with the support of a team of experts.