Fludd Interviews / 8. Stan Van Steendam

A) nome / name: Stan Van Steendam
B) nazionalità / where are you from?: Belgium
C) età / how old are you?: 24 years old
D) area d'azione (disegno, pittura, fotografia, animazione, ...) / your sphere of interests: graphic design, illustration
E) studi / studies: graphic design, typography
F) qualcos'altro dal tuo curriculum / could you please tell us a little bit about what do you do/have you done?: bookdesign: Poète et Prisonnier, Kijken met Cyriel Buysse, Woordkramerij; bookcovers: Iedereen Playmobil; videoclip: Melomanics, Spices; affiches/flyers: for Theatre Toneelgroep Ceremonia; free work: Letter experiments.
G) 3 maestri / 3 masters:  H.N. Werkman, K. Malevich, Paul Rand
H) 1 città d'ispirazione / 1 inspiring city: Barcelona, Florence, Amsterdam
I) dove il prossimo viaggio? / a place you'd love to visit soon: too many places...
J) 1 museo speciale / 1 special museum: SMAK, Gent
K) 1 link da consigliare / 1 recommended web-site:  www.grainedit.com
L) gusto di gelato favorito / favorite ice cream flavour:  white chocolate
M) un negozio che approvi / a shop you love:  Copyright, a bookshop in Gent.
N) 2 oggetti che ti piacciono / 2 objects you like: a good beautiful chair and Belgium Fries.
O) la tua colazione ideale / your ideal breakfast: not too much.
P) un bel posto nelle tue vicinanze / somewhere nice to go in your neighbourhood: Frietketel, a good place for good fries!
Q) cosa stai leggendo ultimamente? / last books you have read: Eenzaamheid der priemgetallen (La solitudine dei numeri primi) by P. Giordano.
R) cosa ti ispira attualmente? / what are a few things inspiring you at the moment?: simple shape like triangle, circle and square - just great forms to make nice stuff.
S) qual'è la principale difficoltà per un 'giovane creativo' oggi? / which is the main difficulty for a young creative today?: to prove you as a professional, because of your age. It’s not so easy that older people take you serious for what you do.
T) dimensione collettiva nell'arte e nella creatività: si, no, come? / what do you think about the collective dimension of art and creativity?:  It’s inspiring, and gives a lot of opportunities to realize bigger projects. It's interesting to learn from this different categories.
U) cosa stai cercando? / what are you looking for?: I'm continuously in search of new forms and shapes.
V) di che cosa non vedi l'ora? / what are you looking forward?: even bigger projects!
W) progetti per il futuro (esagera!) / projects for the future (exaggerate!): this year I want to publish three books (two for chilrens), have my first own exhibition, to press my own letters — enjoying what I do, and will do!
X) cosa ti piacerebbe studiare da vecchio? / what do you like to study when you'll be old?: making cheese and wine, live in France or Spain, in my own mill.
Y) un buon proposito per la stagione 2009-10 / a good purpose for the 2009-10 season: enjoying my free time, to relax, in search of good contacts in foreign lands.
Z) la parola "fludd" cosa ti fa venire in mente? / what the word "fludd" suggests you?: it swings, it's like a dance, it reminds me of nature, water and wind.
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LINKS: site; e-mail
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