SALE

There is a never-ending SALE in the Netherlands. It tempts us to buy more than we need, encouraged by low prices. With the help of marketers and graphic designers, this commercial system triggers our subconscious. SALE has become a way to stimulate mass consumption, instead a way to clear out old collections to make room for new ones. These discounts are attractive, but we forget that cheap items are often made under horrible conditions.

Graduation project in 2018

Exposition
Graduation show, Willem de Kooning Academy, 2018
Ya - BNO, Dutch Design Week, 2018
Kontra, Roodkapje Rotterdam, 2019
Dus wat gaan wij doen, Blue City, 2019

Publication
Metropolis M

During this project I photographed 500 shopping windows, with SALE signs in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Graduation show at the Willem de Kooning Academy.

Dutch Design Week, 2018.

Blue City Rotterdam, 2019.

Marieke den Ouden is a designer living in Arnhem. During her studies in graphic and social design at the Willem de Kooning Academy, she looked at the relationship between the Netherland’s clothing industry, consumerism, and graphic design.

Photography is an important aspect in her work, and wherever she goes - the camera goes too. Can’t find Marieke on land? Probably because she’s sailing across the ocean on a pirate ship, teaching youngsters about sustainability

Marieke den Ouden
mail
+316 577 688 02

KVK den Haag: 60546913
BTW nummer: NL218130338B01

resume⬇

Work experience

mdenouden
mei 2014 – current
Graphic Design & Photography

de Designpolitie
mei 2019 – August 2024
Visual designer

What Design Can Do
mei 2019 – August 2024
Visual designer

Studio Nul
oktober 2018 – mei 2019
Designer & Photographer

internships
2017 de Designpolitie
2017 Esther Kokmeijer
2013 ARA
2013 Mr.Prezident

Education

Master of Arts
2024 – 2025 (current)
International Master Artist Educator
ArtEZ Arnhem

Bachelor of Arts
2014 – 2018
Graphic Design, Social Design
Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

Post-secondary vocational education
2011 – 2014
Graphic Design, accelerated
Masterclass
Grafisch Lyceum, Rotterdam

Senior general secondary education
2006 – 2011
Visser ‘t Hooft Lyceum, Leiden

Projects

Mentor sustainable sailing journeys
July, August 2019
Erasmus+ International Exchange

Quest4Change augustus – september 2018
Clean2Antarctica

Friendly Stalking (i.s.m. Roger Teeuwen) Rotterdam, 2017
Desgin & Concept visualsExchange Nawagang, Java, Indonesia, 2015
Building toilets, playground, and a polaroidproject

Exchange Kunstbende Leipzig, Germany, 2013
Working towards a photoexhibition

Exchange Schule für Gestaltung Bern, Swiss, 2012

Exchange Kidlington SC Kidlington, England, 2012

Marieke den Ouden
mail
+316 577 688 02

KVK den Haag: 60546913
BTW nummer: NL218130338B01

resume⬇

Work experience

mdenouden
mei 2014 – heden
Graphic Design & Photography

de Designpolitie
mei 2019 – August 2024
Visual designer

What Design Can Do
mei 2019 – August 2024
Visual designer

Studio Nul
oktober 2018 – mei 2019
Designer & Photographer

internships
2017 de Designpolitie
2017 Esther Kokmeijer
2013 ARA
2013 Mr.Prezident

Education

Master of Arts
September 2024 - current
International Artist Education
ArtEZ, Arnhem

Bachelor of Arts
2014 – 2018
Graphic Design, Social Design
Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

post-secondary vocational education
2011 – 2014
Graphic Design, accelerated
Masterclass
Grafisch Lyceum, Rotterdam

senior general secondary education
2006 – 2011
Visser ‘t Hooft Lyceum, Leiden

SALE

Graduation project in 2018ExpositionGraduation show, Willem de Kooning Academy, 2018Ya - BNO, Dutch Design Week, 2018Kontra, Roodkapje Rotterdam, 2019Dus wat gaan wij doen, Blue City, 2019PublicationMetropolis M

During this project I photographed 500 shopping windows, with SALE signs in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

resume⬇

Work experience

mdenouden mei 2014 – heden Graphic Design & Photography

de Designpolitie mei 2019 – August 2024Visual designer

What Design Can Do mei 2019 – August 2024Visual designer

Studio Nul oktober 2018 – mei 2019 Designer & Photographer

internships2017 de Designpolitie 2017 Esther Kokmeijer2013 ARA 2013 Mr.Prezident