citylikeyou — Rotterdam / Maaike Canne

Maaike Canne is an illustrator working across a variety of different media, including murals and print. She’s often inspired by surroundings with a sense of silence and estrangement that hold a lot of personal stories at the same time, like motels, malls and gas stations. Her vibrant work is often suggestive and influenced by elements found in architecture, interior and design. Besides this, she’s always been interested in the way people live and behave based on geography, prosperity, beliefs and values. Instagram @maaike_canne

http://www.maaikecanne.com

Illustrator

Current city: Rotterdam

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Rotterdam / Work Space

It’s located on a corner of the Nieuwe binneweg. A really long street that has all kinds of things to offer. For example little designer stores, vintage shops, bakery’s, exotic food, you name it. U.E.B. Has a nice atmosphere, outside terrace, the daily newspapers to rea and kind staff. A lot of creatives work there on their laptops. PS They sell alcohol

Rotterdam / Artist

Helmut Smits is multidisciplinary visual artist. Straightforward, critical and witty, Smits is a ceaseless producer of ideas that comment on society and situations in a frank and often humorous way.

Rotterdam / Designer

Making is Thinking. Creative Director WOAU! BengBeng! Meme-Lord

Rotterdam / Illustrator

Straight from the 'Wild West' of the Netherlands Joren Joshua (1990) serves his pertly and playful illustrations for the cool. In graphic balanced settings lanky characters pass by to reflect on daily life, in a humorous way. Strongly influenced by graffiti and printing techniques Joren tries to make his mark on commercial and personal projects. Doesn't matter what form or scale.

Rotterdam / Film Director

Filmmaker, fascinated by social expectations and discomfort, errant characters, strange houses and hidden islands.

Rotterdam / Designer

Nai-Dan Chang is a Taiwanese designer based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2016, currently working as a freelance designer and artistic researcher. Her works focus on the relationship between people and spaces, from which she intends to create "atmospheric objects" in order to arouse our senses without noticing it intellectually. Material experimenting is also one of her interests, allowing her to explore the possibility of design in a spontaneous and unexpected process.

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