WORK
2021– 2023 Foundation d’Entreprise Martell, Cognac, France
2019– 2022 Rector at Karlsruhe University of Art & Design (HfG). Karlsruhe, Germany
2016– 2019 European Cultural Capital, Matera, Italy
2001– 2019 Artistic Director and Founder of Z33 House for Contemporary Art. Hasselt, Belgium
2017– 2018 Curator of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial (22 Sep–4 Nov 2018). Istanbul, Turkey
2016– Artistic Director of Atelier LUMA, LUMA Arles. Arles, France
2010– 2020 Head of Master Department Social Design, Design Academy Eindhoven. Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2001– 2010 Lecturer, Design Academy Eindhoven, Department Man and Well-Being. Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2001– 2011 Project Manager, Design, Anno ’02. Kortrijk, Belgium
1998– 2001 Director, Centre for Integral Product Design CEPRO. Waregem, Belgium
1998–99 Host Lecturer, Product Design, Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg. Genk, Belgium
1995–98 Product Manager, Kreon. Antwerp, Belgium
1995–96 Lecturer and host lecturer, Design Theory, Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg, Department Graphic and Advertisement Design. Hasselt, Belgium
EXHIBITION
2021– Planet of People, Lithuanian Space Agency at the Venice Architectural Biennial 2021.
2014– Designing Scarcity: Design & Innovation in Times of Scarcity at the New Institute. Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2012– Manifesta 9. Genk, Belgium
PUBLICATION
2021– Auto Ethnographic Turn in Design [Valiz, Amsterdam]
2021– Muller Van Severen: Dialogue. [Walther König]
2020– Social Matter, Social Design: For Good or Bad, all Design is Social. [Valiz, Amsterdam]
EDUCATION
1986–1992 Product Design, Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg (former SHIVKV). Thesis: The Game as Metaphor for the Twentieth Century. Magna cum laude. Genk, Belgium
CURRENT ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
2019– Design As Learning: Fiction Practice-Young Curators Lab at Porto Design Biennale
2018– Design As Learning: Talk at Harvard Graduate School of Design
2016– Member of the advisory board. Fondazione Matera-Basilicata 2019. Matera, Italy
2015– Member of the advisory board. V&A Museum of Design Dundee. Dundee, Great Britain