Stephan Van Dam
Stephan Van Dam (born April 2, 1959) is a cartographer, graphic designer and information architect. He is the president, principal and creative director of New York–based VanDam, Inc. Van Dam holds several patents in the field of paper engineering and origami map folding.
Stephan Van Dam
- Name
- Stephan Van Dam
- Born
- 2 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Germany
- Occupation
- Cartographer Graphic Designer Information Architect Publisher
- Education
- Parsons School of Design, 1981 Harvard Business Club, 1985 School of Visual Arts, 1996
- Awards
- Gold, Industrial Design Society of America, 1986 ID Magazine, Honorable Mention, 1989 AIGA, 1997
- Nationality
- United States
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Stephan Van Dam (born April 2, 1959) is a cartographer, graphic designer and information architect. He is the president, principal and creative director of New York–based VanDam, Inc. Van Dam holds several patents in the field of paper engineering and origami map folding.
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Twenty-six of his maps are in the permanent Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Van Dam presented Understanding Maps at the original TED (conference) in 2002. He has received awards for his work from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the editors of ID Magazine.
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• Name — Stephan Van Dam • Born — 2 April 1959 • Birthplace — Germany • Occupation — Cartographer Graphic Designer Information Architect Publisher • Education — Parsons School of Design, 1981 Harvard Business Club, 1985 School of Visual Arts, 1996 • Awards — Gold, Industrial Design Society of America, 1986 ID Magazine, Honorable Mention, 1989 AIGA, 1997 • Website — www.vandam.com
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Stephan Van Dam is recorded as cartographer and designer.
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1959
Stephan Van Dam was born in 1959 at Germany.
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