Jonas van Son

As a visual artist, Jonas van Son (22, Tilburg) researches different disciplines and skills to create compelling imagery. Currently studying Graphic Design at the University of the Arts Utrecht, he was also an Image and Media Technology student making him well versed and versatile in a lot of different disciplines and skills, both analog and digital. As a true technology geek, he is not only interested in the image but also eager to learn the technology behind it.

He likes to collaborate with artist from different disciplines to combine expertises and skills into meaningful stories. At this moment he is mainly focused on CGI and Graphic Design, but is also experienced in Photography, Cinematography and Coding. In addition to creating, he also enjoys teaching and people describe him as a hardworking person who’s always willing to help others.

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Education
University of the Arts Utrecht, HKU
2024 - present Graphic Design
2021  - 2023 Image and Media Technology 

Experience
2024 Exposition Academiegalerie, Utrecht
2024 Jaarbeurs Affichewedstrijd, 1st place 
2023 FrieslandCampina 
2022 - 2023 Designer HKU Salon
2021  - 2024 Stadsmuseum Tilburg
Jaarbeurs Affiche

Jaarbeurs is an exhibition venue that hosts fairs, conferences, events, and other meetings. Every year, they organise a poster competition where HKU students are challenged to create a poster within a given theme. This edition was about a new campaign they started called ‘De wereld van Jaarbeurs’, where diversity is the main theme.

The entangled tubes represent the diversity of activities that are held at the Jaarbeurs and togheter form unity. They are also an abstract reference to the two intertwined snakes of the Caduceus, the staff carried by Mercury who is an icon for the Jaarbeurs.

Jaarbeurs Video
HKU Article

03 - 2024
Mercury carrying his Caduceus staff
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Tiles with symbols of Trade and Industry

ASCII Studies

Experimenting with ASCII art using selfmade Processing code.

AI have something to say

03 - 2024
ASCII Height Map Print
Using a Flatbed Printer to print multiple layers of UV ink on top of eachother
Animation for the exposition AI have something to say in the Academiegalerie (AG)
Expressive Typography Studies

Experimenting with creating typography containing expressive features.  

Kronkel: a strange, strongly curved line

03 - 2024
First test creating continuous typography using wire
Digital refining 
Planning out the rough form and shape
Combining both shape and typography
Matching lighting with background image
2 voor 12

2 voor 12 is a knowledge quiz in the Netherlands. Some questions are introduced with an animation created by students of the HKU.

Question: What is the name of the inventor of the raincoat?

In this animation we show the history of Charles Macintosh and the proces he used to create the famous Macintosch raincoat.

In collaboration with Perrin van den Bosch

Full video

02 - 2024
Underwater Caustics

An experiment to recreate a photo and simulating the look of caustics in an underwater scene using Blender. 

01 - 2024
Blender Infographic

An infographic about how you can use the Subsurface Scattering shader in Blender to create abstract colourfull materials. 

“A mechanism of light transport in which light that penetrates the surface of a translucent object is scattered by interacting with the material and exits the surface at a different point. Although it is used to create realistic materials like skin, wax or milk, it can also be used to create soft, abstract and colourful materiais. To do this, choose a base colour and change the values of the radius sliders in the subsurface section to arbitrary numbers.”

12 - 2023
The coloured squares indicate the base colours in collums and the values on each row indicate the radius values used on the specific colours
First experiment trying to explain every texturing option from the default shader in Blender
Second experiment trying to showcase the different looks of materials.
be transparent

A self-made manifesto in which we advocate that designers should be transparent about their sources, biases and the usage of technology. 

In collaboration with Karsten Reeder, Brecht Wisman, Rachel Messelink, Brechje de Jonge and Willem Tempel 

betransparent.cargo.site

12 - 2023
A poster printed on tracing paper enhancing the message about transparency
Post Colonial Echoes
A book in black and white about 
postcolonialism in which five contemporary artists return to former Europeon colonies where they reflect on past injustices that haunt present-day populations but remain suppressed in the European consciousness.

12 - 2023
A chip down memory lane

A folding sheet containing an article about the history of ASML where the folding enhacing the story of the article. Designed using only text.  

10 - 2023
DEEP

A magazine that delves deep into the world of fungi. While fungi are often miscredited for their unwanted behaviour and sometimes disgusting apearance, fungi are a lot more useful than one might think.

The way the book is bound and the fact that you have to unfold the book further enhances the message of diving deeper.

In collaboration with Mare Knegt, Rick Oostenrink and Willem Tempel

10 - 2023