Next Move Lab

Next Move Lab is a collection of stories written by students and teachers of the Bachelor of Dance Education at ArtEZ, University of the Arts. The stories are based on the research question, “What does the dance teacher of 2025 look like?”
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Graphic Design
Dana Dijkgraaf
Photography book
Masha Bakker Matijevic with Dana Dijkgraaf
Editing and project management
Rick Steggerda
Manualphabet (hand typography)
Ben Bos

Concept
Next Move is an international research project on the dance teacher of the future, involving several dance academies. As a result of this project, the need arose to continue philosophizing about the discipline. The Bachelor of Dance Education Department began collecting stories and asked students, teachers and dance professionals to contribute. The request was to write a story based on the simple question, “What will a dance teacher look like in 2025?”. The illustrations for the stories were created by Bachelor of Illustration students. The final book design has the look and feel of a research paper. With different formats, papers and colors. As if the book is not finished and something could be added to the story at any moment. The different shades of gray in the paper give the book a luxurious feel.

What did we create?
Design of the book.

Sparkles
Four different types of paper were used in the book. The book was nominated for Good Book 2018, by OPA (Ontwerp Platform Arnhem). An event where the most beautiful books made in Arnhem are chosen by a jury and presented by their designers and authors.

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