About
Daan Walder (he/him) is an artist and digital designer in Nijmegen, working where visual systems, technology and cultural space meet.
Bio
Currently
- Lead Designer, Aanpoters
- Co-founder & Creative Director, Stichting AZOTH
- Freelance Web & Graphic Designer
- MEE residency, Erfgoed Gelderland
Through brand identities, web platforms and generative installations, I examine how designed environments shape collective experience, memory and identity.
The red thread through both practices is the same: using technology to make invisible signals perceptible. Spatially, through electromagnetic fields, antennas and sensors. Temporally, through archives and cultural heritage.
I studied Interaction Design at HKU and Social Design at Design Academy Eindhoven, both cum laude. Alongside client work I co-founded AZOTH, a queer cultural platform in Nijmegen.
Recognition03
- 2026
Gelderse Roos
Erfgoed Gelderland, for Verborgen Verhalen
- 2025
Young ACT Award, nominee
For Stoorzenders
- 2024
VPRO 10 Tips
Dutch Design Week, for Solum Venenum
Education04
- 2023 → 25
MA Social Design
Design Academy Eindhoven, cum laude
- 2017 → 21
BA Interaction Design
HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, cum laude
- 2019 → 20
Minor Embrace Technology
Fontys University
- 2016 → 17
Propedeuse Communication & Multimedia Design
HAN University
Exhibitions11
- 2026
Dancing Fragments
Verborgen Verhalen, Huis van de Nijmeegse Geschiedenis
- 2025
Stoorzenders
Dutch Design Week, Microstad, Eindhoven
- 2025
Skopos
TOEN Festival, Brebl, Nijmegen
- 2025
Stoorzenders
Schemerlicht Festival, Goffertpark, Nijmegen
- 2025
Stoorzenders
Expeditie Nyma, De Vasim, Nijmegen
- 2025
Stoorzenders
Staatsgreep, De Vasim, Nijmegen
- 2025
Stoorzenders
Queer Utopias, Hubert, Nijmegen
- 2025
Solum Venenum
Over de Grens, Focus, Arnhem
- 2024
Emojify Me
KOELHUIS Immersive Experience Hub, Eindhoven
- 2024
Solum Venenum
Dutch Design Week, Microlab, Eindhoven
- 2024
Solum Venenum
Gelderse CMK-dag, De Zwitsalhal, Apeldoorn
Experience07
- 2026 → now
Lead Designer
Aanpoters
- 2022 → now
Co-founder & Creative Director
Stichting AZOTH, Nijmegen
- 2023 → now
Web & Graphic Designer, freelance
Stichting Nachtburgemeester, UQCF, Movisie, SOA Testje
- 2026
MEE residency: Synthetic Memories
Erfgoed Gelderland
- 2025 → 26
Digital Designer & Marketing Manager
Verborgen Verhalen, Nijmegen
- 2025 → 26
Workshop Facilitator Media & Technology
Groeisaam, Druten
- 2020
Interaction Designer (internship)
Digital Society School, Amsterdam