Jack Bardwell

Spatial Designer and Researcher

Netherlands

About

A multidisciplinary designer specialising in spatial design for exhibitions and cultural spaces. My independent practice collaborates with cultural institutions such as Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, alongside self-initiated, funded research projects exploring radio technology and community spaces, using fictional narrative to speculate on possible alternative futures. I frequently work on exhibition design projects with the architecture and design studio Cookies Architecture. Additionally, I am the co-founder of Good Times Bad Times, a Rotterdam based radio station, and Extra Practice, a shared event and studio space in Rotterdam.

Experience

  • Lead Designer at Jack Bardwell
    Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

    A multidisciplinary design studio specialising in spatial design for exhibitions and cultural spaces. Collaborating with cultural institutions alongside self-initiated, funded research projects exploring radio technology and community spaces, using fictional narrative to speculate on possible alternative futures.

  • Guest Reviewer at Master Design, Piet Zwart Institute
    Feb 2025 - Feb 2025 · 1 mo

    Guest professional reviewer for the Master's Interior Architecture mid-term assessments.

  • Visiting Lecturer at Falmouth University
    Nov 2019 - Nov 2024 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Giving lectures, devising and running workshops around the topic of re-designing design schools for the MA Communication Design course.

  • University Lecturer at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague | Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK)
    Apr 2019 - Jul 2023 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    In 2019 I was invited to set up in inter-masters programme at the KABK. In collaboration with the students at the time I formed a space to experiment with learning methods and form lasting bonds between students from the different master’s courses at the academy. Ultimately it aimed to be a format that can establish itself amongst the current courses and be passed down from one generation of graduating students to the next. The sessions started as physical meetups over dinner and drinks. This informal and caring environment set the tone for the discussions. Now in its third year of running it has lead to the KABK to creating a Masters wide Collaborative Programme. The sessions run on a dinner party pedagogy; the idea that the hosts are just that, hosts who are part of the dinner and all its games discussions and sharing of food and knowledge.

  • Designer at Studio C.A.R.E.
    Apr 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Modular furniture design and consultation.