Richard Niessen teaches Graphic Design at the Bachelor Graphic Design programme of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK).
Richard Niessen (1972, NL) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 1996. As a graphic designer he is known for his colourful posters and expressive typography, innovative identities and his collaborations with other artists. In addition to commissioned work, he initiates his own projects such as ‘Based on Bas Oudt’, ‘1:1:1’ or ‘Jack’. Richard Niessen started ‘The Palace of Typographic Masonry’ in 2015, a project that brings together experimentation, research, connections with other disciplines and the embedding of graphic design in a broader cultural history.
Niessen teaches at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and gives the master course ‘Graphic Design as a Mediator in Public Space’ at the University of Amsterdam. He has conducted workshops and lectures around the world, and his work has been exhibited widely.
“By stacking and ordering typographic elements, he creates interweaving linear patterns that have virtually no equivalent anywhere else in the Dutch graphic design field.”
Practicing as an artist and designer, Niessen has conducted workshops with students and designers around the world, and he has lectured and exhibited his work widely.