Toon Lauwen

Director WOTH STUDIO | publisher WOTH Wonderful Things Magazine

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

About

Toon Lauwen publisher of WOTH Wonderful Things Magazine and director of WOTH STUDIO working as producer, curator and consultant in design, strategy & communication. Lauwen has produced exhibitions on Dutch Design which have travelled all over the world and is a resourceful writer and publisher of several design books

Experience

  • Director and owner at WOTH STUDIO
    Jan 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

    WOTH STUDIO is a team of professionals - graphic designers, photographers, authors - responsible for WOTH Wonderful Things magazine as well as presentations, exhibitions and a great many interesting books.

  • Publisher at WOTH Wonderful Things magazine
    2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

    WOTH Wonderful Things magazine is a cleverly written, enticingly crafted new magazine on design, interior, art, architecture, fashion, food, travel and all other things creative that make life wonderful. WOTH is available in both an English and a Dutch version.

  • lauwen projects (The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands)
    • Producer and art director
      2002 - Present · 24 yrs 6 mos

      Lauwen develops concepts for business and culture. And executes these with designers, art directors and other professionals. Projects result in: exhibitions, books, corporate strategies, magazines and identities. Worked for: Nieuwspoort Internationaal Perscentrum Den Haag, Philips Lighting Benelux, D66, Libelle, Eigen Huis & Interieur, Premsela, Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion, Talisman Travel Design.

    • producer of digital magazines and apps for tablets and smartphones
      2012 - 2016 · 4 yrs

      Urquiola by EH&I Live, iPad magazine for Eigen Huis & Interieur (march 2014) WCNA/Wim Crouwel New Alphabet for Iphone (nov. 2013) Lirio by Philips Lighting Benelux. Interactive catalogue of Philips luminaires for the Ipad (August 2013) Ode aan Jan des Bouvrie. Topstukken en inspiraties. Ipad magazine met bewegend beeld, interviews en interessante beschouwingen. (May 2012) Libelle Groene App voor de Iphone. (May 2012)

  • Author and editor at variety of publishers
    1995 - 2013 · 18 yrs

    Phaidon Publishers, Aerial Media Company, Elffers Books, Sanoma Media, Page One Publishers, Thoth Publishers, NAi Publishers, 010 Publishers, Zoo Productions, The Asahi Shimbun, Lecturis, Stichting Nederlandse Designprijzen. The design of culture, items, design, bijvoorbeeld, blad over bladen, design, glas en keramiek, hp de tijd, vormberichten, de architect.

  • Curator of Exhibitions at variety of museums and institutes
    1995 - 2012 · 17 yrs

    MOTI Breda, Paul Mijksenaar Design for Function Award, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland (ore), Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs (ny), University of North Texas Art gallery, Denton (tx), AIGA American Institute of Graphic Artists new york, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Design Center Stuttgart, ADGFAD Barcelona, Erasmushuis, Jakarta, Institut Néerlandais Parijs Musée des Beaux Arts de Mulhouse Musée des Beaux Arts de Valence, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Nederlands Architectuur Instituut.