November 17, 2023
Het loopt bijna tegen het einde van mijn lessen hier in China. Nog 1 weekend knallen en dan ben ik klaar en dan zit mijn tijd in China erop. Het is best snel en abrupt. Vooral als je bedenkt dat ik zondag nog 8 uur les moet geven en dan de dag erna zit ik op het vliegtuig naar Incheon,…
May 20, 2019
ZUA Just came back from Zhengzhou, Henan province China of another year of teaching at the ZUA also known as the Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics at the Art & design school. Several weeks giving lectures in branding, brand design, advertising and design methods. Very nice to share my knowledge to students at the university. Zhengzhou Zhengzhou also known as central…
May 19, 2019
One of the 7 ancient cities Kaifeng is referred as one of the 7 ancient cities. I visit for now 4 of those cities. Together with Beijing, Xi’an, Luoyang, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Anyang it has an important role of the cultural history of China. The city is mentioned for the very first time (under the name of Dongjing or Bianjing)…
May 19, 2019
Teaching at the Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics for product design students is a challenge and fun at the same time. In this short impression video I filmed the process and progress of my students and the adventures in my free time in and around Zhengzhou and Henan province, China. Check here the video impression
April 23, 2019
Xi’an the Cradle of Chinese civilization The cradle of the Chinese advanced and ancient civilization. The hub of the Silk route. Mixed cultures and history is linked throughout in the City’s veins. It was the home of the first emperor Qin Shi Huangdi. Xi’an is formerly known as Chang’an. This emperor is also buried here in the famous tomb and…
April 28, 2018
En hop naar Zhengzhou 郑州 Nog maar een maand geleden was ik uit Myanmar en Thailand vertrokken en nu zit ik weer in het hart van China. Dit keer geen Chongqing maar dit keer ben ik werkzaam op de Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics. Ik geef les in Design Methodology de komende weken en het is een geheel andere ervaring dan…
April 17, 2018
Laid back students on the campus ZUA New photo series of the campus where I’m teaching in Zhengzhou (郑州). Just a couple of weeks in China so I have use my free time wisely. I’ve been already to downtown (pictures coming soon) but just lazy sunday for me. So I made pictures on the Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics campus. More…
September 22, 2017
This is my round the world trip so far. I travel 20 countries with a distance of over 150.000 km. But the story continues. Keep an eye for future travel blogs and videos. My travel itinerary Traveling, blogging and teaching in the countries: Dubai, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, China,…
March 1, 2017
Work & live in Chongqing By working for the Modern International Arts & Design Academy (MIADA) a part of the Chongqing Technology and business university. I lived for one year in this amazing city. The campus of the university was located on the south bank of Yangtze river Nan an. The area where I was living in was the southern…
June 26, 2016
7 day Tibet trip Packed between the trans himalayan mountains and the Himalayas there is Lhasa, Tibet. After a 3 day train trip I arrived in one of the most spiritual regions in the world. Photoserie The People of Lhasa are kind people devote religious beings to pray and walk the pilgrimage every day. So much respect for those people…
June 24, 2016
Silk road… follow the ancient footsteps. Everybody knows the silk road. Different trading routes from the western part of Europe to the east all the way to the ancient capital of China Chang’an. With some students, translators and teachers of MIADA I went to the northern part of China on a cultural trip. I visited Xi’ning, Kumbum Monastery, Qinghai lake,…
May 26, 2016
Sertar & Larung Gar Sertar or Seda also known as the ‘Golden Horse’. It’s in Sichuan province on my 5 day adventures trip that was almost like pilgrimage itself I end up above 4100 meters. In a village of 10.000 (some say 40.000) buddhist Tibetan Monks living here. Their entire life they pray and study the way of Buddhism and…
April 30, 2016
Time flies Everything has been so fast paced in the last couple of months. When starting the semester at MIADA (Modern International Arts & Design Academy) I planned on settling in, learning the language, focusing on teaching and kicking back with some leisure activities around Chongqing City while eating my way through the Chinese culture. But my expectations have been…
April 11, 2016
Chongqing, China aka the Mountain city Along the Yangtzé and Jialing river there’s the city of Chongqing. A self governed city state since 1998. The state is rouphly the size of the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg). But it has 3-times as much people. According the numbers in 2016 the city got 30 million people in the greater Chongqing area. Chongqing…
March 7, 2016
Visiting Wulong Just 3 hours outside Chongqing in the same province: Chongqing. You find Wulong or Wulang karst. It’s the valley of the 3 natural bridges. Famous of the movies in The curse of the Golden Flower and Transformers 4 2 day 1 night trip It was a 2 day and 1 night trip. I asked one of my translators…
January 31, 2016
On the road in Chongqing, China I’m on the road again. Chongqing China. It is a totally different experience from last year’s. Last year I kept going, this year I will be staying put. Last year was about taking, this year is about giving back. Teaching at MIADA For the next couple of months, I will be a guest teacher…
February 22, 2015
Maleisië is net als Indonesië maar dan ook weer niet. De laatste dagen slijt ik in de grotere steden van Maleisië en Singapore. Mijn tijd op het Aziatisch continent is bijna ten einde en dat voelt ergens wel jammer omdat ik er graag wat langer had willen blijven. Maar er gaat weer een nieuwe deur open om weer iets nieuws…