Speaker Bas Jacobs

Born in Wanssum, the Netherlands 1976. Studied visual communication at the art academy ABK in Maastricht and followed the post-graduate course typography and type design at the KABK Den Haag. Lives in Amsterdam since September 2001. Founding member of Underware.Underware is three men with one mission: wipe the dust from the type-design by throwing it on the street. More talking, more sharing, less secrets. In other words, Underware is a typographic design-studio publishing their own typefaces and publications. The company was founded in 1999 by Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs and Sami Kortemäki.