Speaker Petr van Blokland
After VWO/Atheneum-school ( pre-university education, grammarschool) Petr van Blokland (Gouda, februari 29, 1956) studied at the Graphic and Typographic Design Department of the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague. In 1979 he graduated cum laude (with distinction) and worked as an intern at Total Design in Amsterdam and Studio Dumbar in The Hague.
Since 1980 he is working as an independent designer. To specialize himself he took many courses in Industrial Design at the TU-Delft. From 1984 untill 1989 he teached at the Academy for Visual Arts in Arnhem. Since 1988 he is a teacher at the Graphic and Typographic Design Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague.