Will Holder
Advising researcher Design / Tomorrow book studio
01.05.05 – 01.10.07
Will Holder will attempt to advise Tomorrow book studio project from a personal perspective: as a book designer, publisher, editor and writer he approaches books as a reader: aiming to translate content from the inside out. Coupled with an emphasis on language being at the root of any design decision or problem, he hopes to approach The tomorrow book from a estimation of what will be conveyed tomorrow, before considering futurist appearances. In a series of workshops and in apparent contradiction, he will methodically place the emphasis on ‚thinking while making‘ in physical terms, or adaptive content in relation to physical, technical limitations as well as conceptual ones.
Will Holder is currently translating William Morris’ News from nowhere (An epoch of rest) (1876) into a guide for design education and practise set in 2135: the original version having also been written 130 years into the future (set in 2003). The translation will initially be serialised in dotdotdot magazine.
Will Holder is currently producing a two-part book on the work (1960 - present) of American composer Robert Ashley.
Teacher graphic design. Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Amsterdam, NL.
Visual Communication. Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten. ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL.
Tourette’s. With Stuart Bailey. Self-published.
Catalogue magazine, issues 1-7. With Winnie Terra. Self-published.
Don’t judge a book by its cover (1200 titles for one book). In: Macha Roesink (Ed.), Black my story. 198 pp. Almere, NL: Museum De Paviljoens.
Dutch resource (Collaborative exercises in graphic design.) 360 pp. With Marie Proyart. Werkplaats Typografie. Amsterdam, NL: Valiz.
These woodcuts could safeguard a nation! In: dotdotdot, 8.
Various articles in Metropolis M.
The graphical notation of Robert Ashley. With Alex Waterman. In: Lisette Smits, Bik van der Pol (Eds.), Past imperfect. Utrecht, NL: Casco.
Postage stamps: 10 year World Press Photo.
Metropolis M, Magazine for Contemporary Art. Editing designer. With Stuart Bailey.
Macha Roesink (Ed.), Black my story. 198 pp. Almere, NL: Museum De Paviljoens.
Catalogue magazine, 1-7. Self-published.
The graphic notation of Robert Ashley. (10 October). Arnhem, NL: Werkplaats Typografie.
An attempt to evolve (II). (9 September). Organised by Sara de Bondt and Mark Owens. In: Design Week 2005. The Free Library. London, GB: Kick.
An attempt to evolve (II). (13 Sept). In: The tomorrow book. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.
An attempt to evolve (I). (29 May). In: Collaborative exercises. Chaumont, FR: Werkplaats Typografie.
Middle of nowhere. (26 May). In: If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution. Organisers: Annie Fletcher, Fredérique Begholtz, Tania Elstgeest. Utrecht, NL: Festival a/d Werf.
An attempt to evolve (I). (17 March). In: Research as authorship. Organised by Kasper Andreasen. Maastricht, NL: Jan van Eyck Academie.
An attempt to evolve (I). (2 March). In: Bold Italic. Ghent, BE: De Vooruit.
OVEREXPOSURE (moderator). (18 June). Relocated Identities. Amsterdam, NL: Public Space with a Roof.
I am 118 (bachelor party). (28 July). Programmed evening of language-based music to celebrate Marcel Duchamp’s birthday. Amsterdam, NL: W139.
The boys’ room. (3 May – 25 May). Will Stuart (Will Holder & Stuart Bailey). Maastricht, NL: Marres.
Franny & Zoey. Play. (17 – 29 August). Will Stuart. Amsterdam, NL: De Appel.
Tourette’s II. Eight evenings of lectures/screenings/performance/music. (29 October – 5 November). Will Stuart. Amsterdam, NL: W139.