Curriculum Vitae

Jonathan Looman, operating under the name “Lowman”, started in 2007 as an independent designer. His passion and energy come primarily from self-initiated design projects and experimenting with the connotations of existing and past visual languages. His main tool is the creation and manipulation of typefaces. His aim is to examine the associative powers of letter shapes and communicate at an intuitive level and so trigger the visual intelligence of the reader.


Keynote speach at the Adobe User Group (Dutch Only) – Flickr Gallery

WORKING IN THE FIELDS OF:
Logo- and Typedesign
Art Direction
Webdesign
Book Typography
Editorial Design
Corporate Identity and Concept Development

EXHIBITION & PRESENTATIONS:
2010 Don’t Believe The Type – Shangai
2010 Graphic Design Festival Breda – PosterProject
2010 Graphic Design Festival Breda – On going
2010 Graphic Design Festival Breda – Greytones
2010 O.K. Festival – Participant Stain magazine
2010 WORDPLAY – The lettering of “On Language” – New York
2009 Adobe – The Switch
2009 Don’t Believe The Type
2009 Adobe User Group – Young talent
2009 Graduation Exhibition HKU
2008 Oncovered – EuroSonic – January 2009
2008 Modefabriek – RELOAD Expo – January 2009 Amsterdam
2008 Oncovered – Papier Hier – Amsterdam 10 December
2008 Unit. Exhibition of Typographical experiments – 13 – 29 June
2008 GDFB – Sweatshop, Designer T-shirt exhibition 23 May – 29 June
2007 Drop#1 Exhibition 19 Ocotober, Amsterdam

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS:
2010 Stain Magazine
2010 Publish
2010 Handmade 3D – Index Book
2010 Font Family – Index Book
2009 Tees – The Art of the T-Shirt – Laurence Kingt
2009 New York Times – September
2009 Graphic Design 2 – Zeixs
2009 Typographicdesign – Monsa
2009 Typomofo – Pageone
2008 Neo2
2008 Playful Type – Gestalte
2008 Adbusters
2008 Experimenta Magazine
2008 Reload Magazine
2008 Fontanel
2008 Creative Arts Magazine, a portfolio exposure.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
2007 till now Freelance designer for various clients
2006 Internship at Machine, Amsterdam
2005 Internship at Solar Initiative, Amsterdam

WORKED FOR:
The New York Times, Nalden, Bright Magazine, Fontanel Magazine, Utrecht Academy of Arts, Museum Nacht Amsterdam, Another Company, Reload Magazine, Drop, Comfort Fit, Jackson Chang, Clean Record, Casco Projects, Stichting Jongeren Werk Amsterdam, Sjoerd Knibbeler, Fisheye Media

EDUCATION:
2002 till 2009 Utrecht Academy of Arts, Graphic Design
2000-2001 Utrecht Academy of Arts, Digital Media Design