{"id":1316,"date":"2021-11-21T15:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marleenvanderzanden.nl\/?page_id=1316"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:33:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marleenvanderzanden.nl\/?page_id=1316","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1316\" class=\"elementor elementor-1316\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d2695d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d2695d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-058746a\" data-id=\"058746a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d64d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ekit-nav-menu\" data-id=\"7d64d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ekit-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"ekit-wid-con ekit_menu_responsive_tablet\"\n\t\t\tdata-hamburger-icon=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-hamburger-icon-type=\"icon\"\n\t\t\tdata-responsive-breakpoint=\"1024\">\n\t\t\t            <button class=\"elementskit-menu-hamburger elementskit-menu-toggler\"  type=\"button\" aria-label=\"hamburger-icon\">\n                                    <span class=\"elementskit-menu-hamburger-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"elementskit-menu-hamburger-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"elementskit-menu-hamburger-icon\"><\/span>\n                            <\/button>\n            <div id=\"ekit-megamenu-main-menu\" class=\"elementskit-menu-container elementskit-menu-offcanvas-elements elementskit-navbar-nav-default ekit-nav-menu-one-page-no ekit-nav-dropdown-click\"><ul id=\"menu-main-menu\" class=\"elementskit-navbar-nav elementskit-menu-po-right submenu-click-on-icon\"><li id=\"menu-item-1685\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-1685 nav-item elementskit-mobile-builder-content\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marleenvanderzanden.nl\/\" class=\"ekit-menu-nav-link menu-link\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1679\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1679 nav-item elementskit-mobile-builder-content\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marleenvanderzanden.nl\/?page_id=1316\" class=\"ekit-menu-nav-link menu-link\">About<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"elementskit-nav-identity-panel\"><a class=\"elementskit-nav-logo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marleenvanderzanden.nl\" target=\"\" rel=\"\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.marleenvanderzanden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/placeholder-661-1.png\" title=\"placeholder-661-1.png\" alt=\"placeholder-661-1.png\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a><button class=\"elementskit-menu-close elementskit-menu-toggler\" type=\"button\">X<\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementskit-menu-overlay elementskit-menu-offcanvas-elements elementskit-menu-toggler ekit-nav-menu--overlay\"><\/div>        <\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8ddeb6 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"c8ddeb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a5337e\" data-id=\"6a5337e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feefb6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feefb6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DESIGN &amp; ACTIVISM<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-034f786 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"034f786\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba0c118\" data-id=\"ba0c118\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc998b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3dc998b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cFor many years, my work has been centered around activism. How can my work contribute to the struggle against inequality and oppression?\u201d<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d762106 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d762106\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-08ec54c\" data-id=\"08ec54c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d35be41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d35be41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marleen, who?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa3d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fa3d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"605\">I live in The Hague, love the sea and Meijendel, and am a resident of a unique housing project. Activism has always been an important part of my life\u2014as a designer, mother, and activist. During my studies at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, my work over the years has been focused on activism. After KABK, I completed a Master\u2019s program at the Sandberg Institute, a two-year course where I further developed myself as an activist designer connected to the action movement.<\/p><p data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"1034\">During my studies, I became actively involved with various activist groups and discovered that there is always a shortage of idealistic designers who aim to make the world fairer and more beautiful through design\u2014design without commercial motives. Today, alongside my work as a designer\/artists I am rescholing myself towards nature conservation. To, in the future, work in the nature that I want to preserve and protect.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d30d7a1\" data-id=\"d30d7a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6260bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6260bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activist design, how?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a99000 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a99000\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1491\">Over the past ten years, my style has evolved into a colorful form of <a href=\"https:\/\/sjakoo.nl\/product\/met-emmer-en-kwast-paperback\/\">\u201cprotest design.\u201d<\/a> I believe it is important for creatives to be aware of the impact they can make. Imagine if no creator wanted to work for the fossil fuel or meat industries, and we collectively refused to design (greenwashing) campaigns! Our choices can reduce societal support for these industries.<\/p><p data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1491\">\u00a0<\/p><p data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1491\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ISYlEKy9bXU\">A striking example of this was seen at the Effie Awards in 2022, with Sieger Sloot.<\/a><\/p><p data-start=\"1493\" data-end=\"1765\">Design is therefore not just something I do\u2014it is a form of activism through which I pursue meaningful goals. If you, your friends, an activist group, or another initiative want to create something, let me know. 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