Doesburg, first mentioned in 1053, received city rights in 1237 due to its strategic location at the confluence of the Oude IJssel and Gelderse IJssel rivers, grew into an important fortified and Hanseatic city in the Middle Ages, but saw its prosperity decline after the 15th century, remaining a well-preserved historic town with over 150 monuments today.
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The Canon of Doesburg
Thousand years in seven windows
In the Canon of Doesburg, the people of Doesburg share the history of their city through words and images. In the cellars of the Arsenaal, visitors look through seven interactive windows —situated in the arches— to historically important locations in the city. These windows serve as a source of information and knowledge about the history and culture of Doesburg.
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A window activates when a visitor stands in front of it, and starts telling the story.
The story unfolds by image fragments that form a 'story tunnel'.
Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape.
Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape- A window activates when a visitor stands in front of it, and starts telling the story.
- The story unfolds by image fragments that form a 'story tunnel'.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape
- A window activates when a visitor stands in front of it, and starts telling the story.
- The story unfolds by image fragments that form a 'story tunnel'.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape
- A window activates when a visitor stands in front of it, and starts telling the story.
- The story unfolds by image fragments that form a 'story tunnel'.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape
- A window activates when a visitor stands in front of it, and starts telling the story.
- The story unfolds by image fragments that form a 'story tunnel'.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape
- A window activates when a visitor stands in front of it, and starts telling the story.
- The story unfolds by image fragments that form a 'story tunnel'.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape
- A window activates when a visitor stands in front of it, and starts telling the story.
- The story unfolds by image fragments that form a 'story tunnel'.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape.
- Each window, and the images in it, has a slighltly different shape
The Arsenaal itself, a former religious complex from at least 1343 that became a military arsenal in 1732 until 1923, and after renovations, reopened in 2014 as a multifunctional center housing the tourist office, a restaurant, and businesses, is featured in the exhibition with the theme “Brave women and the clash of arms.”
Other historical aspects of Doesburg explored in the exhibition include the seemingly medieval Town Hall and Weigh House which have a more complex history; the city farms, remnants of a time when farmers sought refuge within the fortified city walls; the prominent Martinikerk, a symbol of faith and pride with a turbulent past; the IJsselkade, which transformed from a fortification feature to an industrial zone and then a modern promenade; the city’s history as a fortified city with its evolving defenses; and Doesburg’s tradition of craft and trade, from its time in the Hanseatic League to the rise of industries like mustard making and iron foundries.
When the windows are not activated, they form a panorama, in which the colours of the sky change during the day.
At each of the seven windows, you’ll find an activation point on the floor. When you stand on the activation point, the window starts automatically. The story in image and sound unfolds in front of you, until you move to another window. With a minimum of physical objects, the whole space is transformed into a digital panorama of the city, its culture and history.
Compilation of the content in the windows.
Date
2024
Location
Arsenaal
Initiative
Arthur Balduk & Het Huis Doesburg
Concept & design
Implementation & programming
Spatial design
Content Canon
Dick de Kock, Petra Spaans, Marco Tankink, Arie Wildschut, Peter Wouters
Team Doesburg Vertelt
Petra Spaans, Lindy Balduk, Han Jansen
Exhibition build
Drone footage
Giel van den Hoven
Made possible by
Provincie Gelderland, Corrmach Holding
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Studio
RNDR is a design studio for interactive media that develops ‘tools’ that are only finished by how they are used.
To achieve this, we develop processes, create structures, design visualisations, code programs, and create interactions. The end result can manifest itself across different media, ranging from interactive installations, data visualisations, generative identities, prints and everything in between – often real-time. We are triggered by how information and technology transforms networks, cultures, societies, relationships, behaviours, and interactions between people. Our work explores and engages with hybrid space as it embraces both digital and physical realms.
RNDR was founded in 2017 in The Hague, (NL). Its main members have years of experience as partners, computer scientists, designers, art directors and developers at LUST and LUSTlab.
One of our core projects, and basis for most of our projects, is OPENRNDR, an open source framework for creative coding –written in Kotlin for the JVM– with over 13 years of development. OPENRNDR simplifies writing real-time audio-visual interactive software. OPENRNDR is fundamental for the capacity of RNDR as a studio, as it allows us to realize complex interactive works. OPENRNDR was awarded the Dutch Design Award 2019.
Fields of work
Interactive design (ui/ux), data visualisation, information systems, software tools, interactive installations, media architecture, immersive experiences, interface design, visual identities, generative video, creative coding, exhibition design, graphic design systems, hybrid spaces and platforms, machine learning and artificial intelligence (ai), code and design workshops.
We have worked for or collaborated with
Philips, Audi, Massive Attack, Foto Museum, Autostadt, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, DropCity, Google, MoMA New York, IABR, VNG, DoepelStrijkers Architects, Kaan Architects, Buchmesse Frankfurt, European Environment Agency, PARC, Government Summit Dubai, RAP, Technical University Twente, Royal Holloway University, Paradox, Space10, Cooper Hewitt, Hammer Museum, Jacquemus, Holland Festival, RAUM, Civic Architects, The Municipality of The Hague, Vlisco, Police Emergency Center, KPN, Tod’s, Zegna, LI-MA, WTTC, Institute for Future Cities, Makropol, IDFA, UCLA, Artez Arnhem, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Digital Society School, Andrea Caputo Architects, Doesburg vertelt, VNG, Wellcome Trust, Ministry of Economic Affairs, NOI Tech Park, CELEST, Electric Castle, and many more.
People
Jeroen Barendse (NL), partner. Design and art direction. Former partner of LUST and LUSTlab. Awarded BNO Piet Zwart Oeuvre Prize 2017
Edwin Jakobs (NL), partner. Computer scientist, creative coder and visual artist. Creator of OPENRNDR
Boyd Rotgans (NL), partner. Creative coder & interaction designer
Viola Bernacchi (IT). Design & data visualisation
Els van Dijk (NL), office manager
Marco Dell'Abate (IT), Creative coder, 2023
Valentina Ugolini (IT), Design for UI and UX, 2025
Previously at RNDR
Nike Kuschick (DE), Munich University of Applied Sciences, Interaction Designer, intern, 2024
Thomas McElmeel (US), College for Creative Studies, Detroit, intern, 2023
Rein van der Woerd (NL), Data Art Technology Arnhem, Artez, intern, 2021
Derrek Chow (CA), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, intern, 2021
Jon Packles (USA), Parsons School of Design | The New School, intern and freelance, 2021
Jasper Kamphuis (NL), Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, intern, 2020
Ferdinand Sorg (DE), Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd, intern
, 2020
Jaekook Han (KR), Graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYC, intern
Gábor Kerekes (HU), developer
Amir Houieh (IR), developer
Łukasz Gula (PL), Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, intern
Noemi Biro (RO), Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, intern
Selection of exhibitions
Poetics of Prompting, MU Eindhoven, 2024 , 2024
Approaching Zero @ Podroom gallery, Cultural Center of Belgrade, 2023, 2023
Oracle unfolded @Highlight Delft Festival, 2023
Perpetual Beta; Encounters in open space, The Grey Space, The Hague, 2021
Open Highway, Raum, Utrecht, 2018
Typojanchi Typography Biennale Seoul, main exhibitor (as LUST), 2017
Cartographies of Rest, interactive installation at Mile End Art Pavilion in London (as LUST), 2016
Hyperlocator, What’s next, Future Tomorrow, 38CC Delft (as LUST), 2016
Type/Dynamics exhibition, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (as LUST), 2014
Selection of lectures
Creative Coding With Kotlin and OPENRNDR, online presentation for Jetbrains, 2023
Cloud Salon presentation at Parsons Design & Technology, New York
Experimental Data Visualization for Master of Arts in Interaction Design, SUPSI, Mendrisio, 2022
Lecture Information Design masters. Design Academy Eindhoven, 2021
Talk for Graphic Days Turin, Eyes on the Netherlands (IT), 2021
Lecture for TAAALKS conference, Munich, 2020
Presentation at GitHub Satellite, 2020
Lecture at Britisch Library for Central Saint Martins' Form, Reform, Perform: futures of writing, 2019
MiXit conference, Lyon, 2019
Google Span conference, presentation and demo, Helsinki, 2018
JFuture conference, Minsk, 2018
Creative Coding Utrecht, Launch of OPENRNDR, 2018
Selection of workshops
Workshop OPENRNDR for Graphic Days, Turin (IT), 2021
OPENRDNR workshop for Digital Society School, Amsterdam, 2020
Weeklong workshop OPENRNDR @Politecnico di Milano, 2020
OPENRNDR x Machine Learning workshop @ KABK during Tech Week, 2020
Two week OPENRNDR workshop at Tumo, Armenia, 2019
Workshop OPENRNDR at Artez Interaction Design, Arnhem, 2019
Processing Community Day 2019, CCU and Sensorlab, Utrecht, 2019
Royal Academy of Art (KABK), Techweek, The Hague, 2019
Utrecht School for the Arts (HKU), OPENRNDR workshop, 2018
La Scuola Open Source, 1-week workshop, Bari, Italy, 2018
Two-week workshop at TUMO foundation, Yerevan, Armenia, 2019
OPENRNDR x Machine learning workshop @SUPSI, Mendrisio, CH, 2022
Teaching
Information Design, Master program Geo Design, Design Academy Eindhoven, 2023
Creative coding, Master Non-linear Narrative, KABK, The Hague, 2023
Interaction Design, Design Art Technology Arnhem, Artez, 2008
Generative Design, Bachelor Man and Communication, Design Academy Eindhoven, 2019
Contact
RNDR
Paviljoensgracht 20
2512 BP, The Hague
+31 (0)70.3635776
INTERNSHIPS
We are mostly looking for interns that have a background in interactive design. Some experience in coding is preferred.
OPENRNDR
Open source framework for creative coding that simplifies writing real-time interactive software