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Kylièn Sarino Bergh

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For the Witte Raaf, a newspaper reflecting on the visual arts, I have been writing a review discussing the exhibition on Kho Liang Ie l, at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Kho was a prolific designer, networker and entrepreneur who gave an impulse to the professionalisation of design. Yet somehow, his name hardly made it into design history and his contribution largely overlooked. Stedelijk Museum aims at retribution and pays homage with an exhibition that sheds light on the many aspects of what it is to be a designer.

The review is available (in Dutch) in the newspaper and online.
The exhibition is still on display until October 18, 2026.

Thanks to De Witte Raaf and Stedelijk Museum (@stedelijkmuseum ) by @kylienbergh

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Earlier this year, together with Karmen Samson (@ karmensamson) and Mijke Tonnon (@ mijketonnon), we’ve managed to publish the first issue of our new platform for writings about design: platform pudding (@platformpudding). We were over the moon that we could see this project through and we’re currently working towards a forthcoming issue for later this year. It was joy to work on the magazine and even got to design our first issue. A shoutout of massive thanks to everyone who made the first issue possible with fantastic contributions (all available online on the website of platform pudding); Jane Tynan (@tynan_jane), Melle van Maanen (@mellevanmaanen), Lieke Penders (@liekependers), Nathan Douenburg (@ikhebhierzomijnvraagtekensbij) and TengTeng Ho (@tengtengho_)! by @kylienbergh

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2 months ago

Lately I've been working on an essay discussing atmospheric graphic designs. 'In an era awash with images – often used for commercial purposes and therefore unambiguous in nature – the atmospheric designs seem a welcome antidote. Yet, a design devoid of depiction also raises questions. For how can we make sense out of a design that has nothing to depict?' The full article is available on the website of platform pudding (@platformpudding), in both Dutch and English. by @kylienbergh

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3 months ago

With the unfolding research series 'Notes on Ecocriticism' I'll be diving into eco philosophy to retrieve insights on how to act ecological within design practices at large, and graphic design in particular. First this first research note, I'll be engaging with ideas presented by Timothy Morton — often described as the philosopher of the Anthropocene. You can read the research note on the evolving substack inquiry. (link in bio) by @kylienbergh

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While taking a deep dive into eco-philosophy to take up insights on what design practices can do at times of climate catastrophe, I will be sharing research findings on the go in the stream of 'Notes on Ecocriticism'. It's an ongoing research inquiry and will expand over time, so stay tuned if you're up for it. (you can sign up to the substack to receive updates, link in bio) by @kylienbergh

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It's been some time now, but was happy to have been writing for Eye, one of the longest lasting and still standing magazines on graphic design. It's good to see that some initiatives are finding their way through and keep design discourse on the go.

@eyemagazine_
@stedelijkmuseum by @kylienbergh

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3 months ago

Lately I got the opportunity to bring some programming into practice while working on designs that embrace that ecological thinking in design practices. For the exhibition 'Positions: Unearthing' by Stroom (@stroom_den_haag) I designed the communications, including the window lettering, posters and a pamphlet including the exhibition texts. To reduce material recourses, I combined the poster and pamphlet and reduced the amount of inks being used, while actually adding a little sparkle using metallic inks. Using p5.js perlin noise libraries I aimed to generate mycelium-esque visuals that were charged by that metallic sparkle.

Thanks to @stroom_den_haag by @kylienbergh

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4 months ago

Kylièn Bergh (@kylienbergh ) examines how typographic languages, and the footnote in particular, mitigate the language of distrust and disinformation. You can read the play and essayistic footnotes on our newly launched website. (link in bio) by @kylienbergh

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4 months ago

Last year I'd had the pleasure of engaging in a roundtable conversation with Lies Ros, a graphic designer known for her activist works, and Thomas Castro, a graphic designer turned curator for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. This conversation and interview centred on the medium of the poster and its relevance for todays practices and cultural environments. Next to the interviews of Cengiz Mengüç (@c3n_g1z), Marinus Augustijn and Serana Angelista (@serana_angelista), it made a contribution to the poster book containing 1000 works from the collection, splurging over 560 pages and resulting in quite the impressive colour gradient.

Shout out to the Stedelijk Museum (@stedelijkmuseum & @stedelijkdesign) and Hannibal Books (@hannibal_books) for the publishing of this book. by @kylienbergh

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5 months ago

Prutsen in de praktijk

Less then a year ago I was asked to write a piece about the current state of affairs in graphic design: with a particular focus on young graphic designers. I happily complied with one conditio, namely that it would be fair and take into account that it ain't easy these days. I was granted this freedom by the Keep an Eye Foundation and delved into discussions with some designers that I've met and befriended over the years. The outcome is the article 'Prutsen in de praktijk' [Tinkering in practice], published in Dutch in the magazine Mag je Zien en Horen! #9.

Thanks to everyone who made this fair reflection possible;
Keep an Eye Foundation (and in particular Catherine Clavaux) @keepaneyefoundation
Benjamin McMillan @benmcmillan
Céline Hurka @celinehurka
Trang Hà @terrafic.soup
Katharina Nejdl @katharinanejdl
And Graphic Matters @graphicmatters and Page Not Found @____page_not_found____ by @kylienbergh

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7 months ago

So much of the writings on visual culture and graphic design are concerned with discussing great works. Yet actually, so much of actual communication images are hardly considerable great works at all. So, what happens if we would take a closer look at some of these edgy images? More particularly, what can we unveil when examining posters or communicative graphics made by generative artificial intelligence? To dive into discussing kitch images, I've had a look at the tragic case of a poster advocating a illusionist show deprived of all it's magic. You can find the article on substack. by @kylienbergh

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8 months ago

That the economy is catastrophically affecting the living world is well known. But how exactly the financial world operates remains shrouded in ambiguous terms for many. Astroturfing, cube farms, concentrated liquidity, sweat equity, pig bellies, floating debts, and double witching. In the book "Collapsed Mythologies" (2025), artists Eline Benjaminsen and Dayna Casey attempt to map this financial world. I worked on a review article discussing this recent publication within the broader context of speculative fiction for the magazine Metropolis M. You can find the article online (in Dutch).

Thanks to @metropolism_mag , @____page_not_found____ , @spectorbooks , @dayna.casey, @elinebenjaminsen by @kylienbergh

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8 months ago