On Stage Design Indaba 2014: Experimental Jetset

They might describe their work as “scavenging the ruins of Modernism” but Experimental Jetset’s graphic design output is neither dated nor derivative. It is simply conscious of its origins and place in design history. The Dutch studio’s members – Danny van den Dungen, Erwin Brinkers and Marieke Stolk – see their work as an archive of influences harvested mainly from the era of Modernism.

In this presentation from Design Indaba Conference 2014, they trace their career as an “alphabet” of influences, from A to Z, showing inspirational ideas, people or movements alongside examples of their own produced work.

Experimental Jetset is a small, independent, Amsterdam-based graphic design studio, consisting of Marieke Stolk, Erwin Brinkers and Danny van den Dungen. The trio, who met and collaborated during their studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, established the studio in 1997.