Stephan Van Dam (born April 2, 1959) is a cartographer, graphic designer and information architect. He is the president, principal and creative director of New York–based VanDam, Inc.[1] Van Dam holds several patents in the field of paper engineering and origami map folding. Twenty-six of his maps are in the permanent Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).[2]
Stephan Van Dam | |
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 Van Dam in August 2010 | |
| Born | April 2, 1959 Germany |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Parsons School of Design, 1981 Harvard Business Club, 1985 School of Visual Arts, 1996 |
| Occupation(s) | Cartographer Graphic Designer Information Architect Publisher |
| Awards | Gold, Industrial Design Society of America, 1986 ID Magazine, Honorable Mention, 1989 AIGA, 1997 |
| Website | www |
Van Dam presented Understanding Maps at the original TED (conference) in 2002.[citation needed]
He has received awards for his work from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the editors of ID Magazine[citation needed].
See also edit
- Pop-up maps, a product published by his company
Notes edit
- ^ "About: Stephan Van Dam". VanDam, Inc. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- ^ "Artist: Stephan Van Dam". MoMA Design Collection. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
References edit
- "COMINGS AND GOINGS; New Bilingual Maps For Visitors to Chinese Cities". The New York Times. October 26, 2008.
- "Style Makers; Stephan Van Dam, Map Publisher". The New York Times. December 24, 1989.
- "'Sexy' iPad Maps: A Designer's Interactive New York Streetscapes". The Atlantic. August 4, 2011.
Further reading edit
- Mapping New York Black Dog Publishing ISBN 978-1-906155-82-7
- Steven Heller The Education of a Design Entrepreneur Allworth Press ISBN 1-58115-221-3
- Nigel Homes The Best in Diagrammatic Graphics Rotovision SA 1993 ISBN 4-89737-067-1
- Keizo Matsui Three Dimensional Graphics Rikuyo-sha Publishing, Inc. ISBN 2-88046-192-8
- ALEHOP, Dissenys, Enginys i Remeis Electa ISBN 84-8156-349-8