Grootens

Joost Grootens è un designer olandese che ha studiato archittura e design alla Rietverd academy ad Amsterdam. Il 1998 è l'anno in cui una casa editrice di Londra gli pubblica il suo primo libro: Metaspaces. Dal 2000 in poi progetta i propri libri basati su archittetura, ambienti urbani e art, specializzandosi negli atlanti disegnando le mappe.
Oltre ai numerosi premi vinti, insegna ad Eindhoven al corso di master tenendo diversi corsi e letture in altre città olandesi.

Joost Grootens is a young dutch designer, he studied architectural design at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. 1998 marked a turning point during which he designed his first book – Metaspaces, published in London. Since 2000, he has almost exclusively designed books in the fields of architecture, urban space and art, specializing on atlas projects, designing both the maps and the books themselves.
Grootens has won numerous prizes for his designs and he is also teaching at Eindhoven’s Master course, leader of the research programme Information Design at Design Academy. He has also lectured at various schools in the Netherlands.