Martin van der Molen and Silas Nout, Creative Directors at Studio Mals, recently took the time to chat to us about how they connected in university and developed their photographic illustration style. They spoke to us about finding the time to play Mario Kart while running a studio, why they love taking interns, and how to make your skillset work for you.

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Visual and graphic designers Thomas Bevelander & Jurgen Wiegeraad, owners of the eponymous Thomas & Jurgen, recently chatted with us about how they're working on their creative process with visual jam sessions, and the benefits of getting out of the studio.

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We recently caught up with the Studio de Ronners team! Started 15 years ago by brothers Arwen and Matthijs Ronner, the studio works with print and digital design and loves bold ideas and bright concepts. Apart from design, they are very passionate about beer and clean typography, so much so that Arwen and Matthijs are shareholders in ‘Maallust’ a beer brand they co-founded, and —of course—designed.

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Meet Anna Bay⁠—a freelance illustrator from Rotterdam. Anna⁠ tells us about how she'd love to work on a sex-ed passion project, how getting into a 'zen state' when working can actually be draining, plus she gives some really great advice on getting in touch with your emotions and why having fun (and napping) should be your number 1 priority!

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You really start to appreciate the importance of a trusting relationship between two different specialised creatives after you chat with the lovely duo behind Studio Push, Pierre & Emilie; It's what they call 'creative coding', and we learn a little more about what that means here, plus they share how they progressed through their studies, and how it helped them discover their likes & dislikes.

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How lucky are we! We met with Liza Enebeis of long time admired Studio Dumbar. We spoke about how she started out in the industry, how intern's are an important part of the team at Studio Dumbar and her AWESOME passion project.

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Talk about showing initiative Studio Spass was a fully fledged up and running studio before these dudes graduated! Hear from Jaron Korvinus as he tells us how he initially feared studying design and what has lead him to great successes and what he's learnt from some things that didn't work out as planned but luckily ended in a 'happy accident'. 

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The guys at  Vruchtvlees like to dream big!  Stepping out from the crowd, back in the day, by believing that Dutch Design could flourish in the digital world Vruchtvlees began. Believing you need to constantly evolve and challenge your skillset as they do with in their team to push themselves to be the best design driven agency in the world! We love that :D dream big and never settle.

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