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Martijn Arts During his industrial design studies at the Technical University of Delft, in 1996 Martijn founded the Internet company ZaPPWeRK. In four years time, ZaPPWerK grew into a company with over 25 staff and took a new direction. It developed a contentand communicationsmanagement system in 1999, and launched it on the market separately, set up an organisation engaged in narrow casting in 2000, and launched a platform that communicates cultural locations using multichannel methods in 2001. Since 2006, ZaPPWeRK has been a full component of Total Identity, and the name has changed to Total Active Media. Martijn Arts is Director of this new organisation. Within Total Identity, Total Active Media provides services involving new media, such as the design and construction of Internet sites and concepts.
Peter Verburgt Studied political science and philosophy in Amsterdam and Warsaw. Peter worked as a journalist for several international newspapers. He also makes documentaries and films. He writes prose and drama and directs theatre pieces. His work is performed at home and abroad. In recent years he has been active as a developer and consultant on various spatial projects.
Renaat Van Cauwenberge As a partner in Gramma NV, Renaat is responsible for general policy and the marketing and sales activities of the agency. He co-founded Gramma NV in 1989. He is now a Delegated Manager. He is a master of philosophy and oral sciences, having graduated from the State University of Ghent. In addition, he holds a Masters in Management Training from the Vlerick School for Management. Renaat is responsible for general policy development at the agency and for the construction of knowledge with regard to corporate identity.
Rob Vermeulen Studied Graphic Design and Publicity at the Breda Art Academy and later in Maastricht. During his studies, he already started as an independent graphic designer (1976). Later, his design office was derived from this: Design Office Rob Vermeulen in Heerlen, which over the years has grown into one of the larger design offices in South Limburg, with 25 staff. His primary activity consists of concept development in the fields of graphic and packaging design. From 1982 to 1990, besides his activities within his office, he also functioned as an Applied Arts teacher at the University of Sittard. From 2004 to 2006, he was Chairman of the European Design Association, the PDA. Since the merger with Total Identity Maastricht in 2005, Rob has been General Director of Vermeulen Total Identity.
Ronald Wall Graduated in 1998 as an Architect from the Academy of Architecture in Rotterdam. He then graduated in Economic Geography from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Ronald works as Scientific Coordinator for the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Studies (NWO). The relationship between scientific and design studies forms the basis of his work and is above all characterised by its theoretical and scaletranscending nature. He is also a teacher at the Berlage Institute and the Academies of Architecture in Rotterdam and Amsterdam and is a Guest Lecturer at the Ashridge Business School in London.