Jon Stam | Jon Stam

Jon Stam graduated in 2013 from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the field of Social Design. Stam makes objects that frame memories, while at the same time addressing contemporary subjects such as the increasing lack of tactility, the need for curation and the ephemeral nature of the digital. Recently Jon has focused on light-giving interaction with which he aims to address and challenge different contexts and types of public. This has resulted in an installation where light, film and objects offer the public information in a layered way. In the coming year Jon wants to take two periods of six weeks working intensively on new design concepts and prototypes, a method which he encountered at the VS Summer Sessions and finds an effective and efficient way of working. Following the six-week period the designer will continue to develop the prototypes. Alongside presenting and distributing his work via his gallery, Stam is interested in collaborating with institutes such as HNI, Eye, Stroom and Mu in order to showcase his work. In the field of professionalization Jon intends to deepen his knowledge of industrial production, thereby taking the step from prototype to production. Finally Jon will take a number of actions to help him carry out his professional practice: an advisor will assist him in looking at the financial aspects of his practice, he will take a course in the Dutch language and make practical investments in tools.