Vrij Nederland 2 Nov 2013. Hans Munstermanns new novel Mischa grabs you in the first paragraph and doesn't let go.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

Poverty porn. 'Skint' and other reality TV programs about the poor lower classes have been very popular in the UK since the start of the crisis. Are the British lower classes being exploited by television makers?

Source: http://www.vpro.nl/lees/gids/deze-week.html

'Cuéntame Valparaiso' is a book with stories from this Chilean city. I illustrated the story called –Timeless–

Source: http://www.artnomono.com/index.php?/projects/cuentame-valparaiso/

Editorial illustration for GAGA magazine about violence at school.

Source: http://gogaga.pl/?mod=magazyn

The municipality of Rotterdam is looking for self builders. 'Everything is possible' is their inviting slogan. But is that really the case?

Source: www.versbeton.nl/2013/10/nieuwsbeeld-zelfbouw

Illustration for an article about travel hitchhikers and interesting experience

Source: Hiro Magazine

The Breeders: Personal Work about over-population and birth

Source: http://janineshroff.co.uk/2013/02/19/the-breeders/

Simon van de Geest wins prize for best Dutch nature book 2013 with Spinder, a novel for young readers, about two brothers with a terrible secret and lots of insects. Vara's Vroege Vogels 27 Oct 2013.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

We have a discussion in the Netherlands about the traditional 'Sinterklaasfeest'. A commission of the United Nations investigates racist elements around 'black Piet' in the tradition and wants to abolish it.

NRC Handelsblad 26 Oct 2013. Obama thinking about those WWII posters.The Enemy is Listening. Careless talk kills

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

Illustration for: "We are an American colony." About Europe being digitaly colonised by America.

Source: NRC Handelsblad

To day or not to day #78: Greetings from Max – Piet Zwart – Kisman

Source: Max Kisman, Kismanstudio

Mass layoffs hit the dutch justice system because of the recession.

Source: Leeuwarder Courant

Or not to day to day # 77: Governing parties must allow the voter discontent in the political debate - The annual budget for 2014 has been rescued, but the crisis in Dutch politics continues. Limit the number of parties and stop quibbling, so that the country can be really governed again.

Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, Saturday 19 October 2013, essay by Laurens Berntsen, correspondent of FD in The Hague

Bram Vermeulen, journalist at (amongst others) the NRC found himself in the Kafka-esque bureaucracy of Turkey, when his name got ‘marked’ on the computer system- he now lives and works in South Africa.

Source: NRC print monday 21 October 2013

Illustration for NEON Magazine September 2013 – about food and how to eat better

Illustrations for an article about "Generation without obligation" and how we assimilate a technology of loneliness.

Source: polish weekly/ Tygodnik Powszechny

Musea have to collaborate more often to survive. I made this Collection of Curiousities (rariteitenkabinet) to show the interesting combinations that might be formed when very different musea would exhibit together.

Source: National Library of the Netherlands/Koninklijke Bibliotheek

NRC Handelsblad 19 Oct 2013. Black = slightly crazy, quirky, a bit spooky, industrious and loyal. And the Dutch call it tradition

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

About recycling of clothing and the use of chemicals in the garment industry.

Source: Hemslöjd Magazine

Illustration for an article about the end of summer and feeling decadent

Source: Chimera Magazine (PL)

For an article about Obama's drone program in Pakistan.

Source: The Progressive

Cover illustration for Babel: The Language Magazine, issue 4. The subject was the "scientific" language of beauty adverts.

Source: http://www.babelzine.com/

GQ India: Illustration for the 'Talk Movies' Column about pandering to the starlets in Bollywood movies.

Source: http://janineshroff.co.uk/2010/11/14/gq-india-talk-movies/

The statement: "nothing good is on tv" was put to three young immigrants in the Netherlands in 'The Amarama', a free newspaper made by and for Ama's (Single Underage Asylum Seekers). Translation: "At my house there's always something good on TV!"

Source: http://beyondborders.nu/

Manko. Article about the story of Barbara and her son in the context of poverty and suffering.

Source: "Gazeta Wyborcza" / Warsaw / Poland

Breaking Bad Tribute

Source: www.podkoscielny.com

To day or not to day #76: Capitalism is going to change dramatically again – The current crisis raises questions that go beyond whether we should cut expenses and how to proceed with the banks. It is time to wonder what the future of our economic system should look like.

Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, Saturday 31 August 2013

Illustration for DIE ZEIT Chancen. Article about Master of Business Administration

Cover art of for a feature about investors cautiously getting into the managed ETF market.

Source: Research Magazine, October 2013 AD Chris Nicholls

Incident on the Pier

To day or not today # 75: Lessons learned - illiquidity and fixed income investments. If savings are obtained on a large scale, there is a liquidity crisis. In 2008, when Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, the world economy is facing a crisis of unprecedented proportions. Not only was confidence in banks away. The trust in some institutions that were closely intertwined with the banking sector - the shadow banks - melted like snow in the sun. Structures and products proved to be so, it was not possible to determine the complex risks and to determine who is responsible was.

Source: VBA Journaal, cover autumn 2013

Cultural education is beneficial for kids language development

Source: Prikkels (plein C)

Cover illustration for a Special Report - rebrand (change of the name of the paper: International Herald Tribune becomes International New York Times) Turning the Page – Divining the future of... it's a Summary Report of stories and Opinion Editorials regarding subjects as Media, Films, Finance, Sports, etc.

Source: http://artnomono.com/index.php?/projects/herald-tribune/2/

A Montagu's Harrier in the Sahel for the working group that tries to save these fascinating birds.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

How children growing up in families that abuse drugs can be missed by the UK authorities - Hidden Harm.

Source: www.druglink.co.uk

Illustration for an article on the little known Blues guitarist Junior Kimbrough. He owned, operated and lived in his Juke Joint in Mississippi where he and his band would play their brand of raw, droning funk. Artist such as The Rolling Stones, The Black Keys, Iggy Pop and David Bowie all made the pilgrimage up the long dirt road to experience a night in Junior's Place.

Source: www.foragepress.com

To day or not to day #74: 10 lessons from the Dutch pension debate — Why actually retire? Let's turn work into a concept that you don't want to stop. Didn't Einstein say: "The definition of insanity is to continue to do the same thing and expect a different effect?" We need to think radically different about the traditional paradigms of pension and general capital planning to unlock a wonderful new world of possibilities.

Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, Saturday 12 October 2013. Essay by Tjitsger Hulshoff, strategic consultant at ING Investment Management

Houses anno 2013. Article by Annemarie van Gaal on how to survive the real estate market during the economical crisis.

Source: Margriet More Wonenspecial

"Enfant Terrible of an old Greece". Illustration for an article about Greek writer Christos Tsiolkas.

Source: Kikimora Magazine

NRC Handelsblad 12 Oct 2013. It is good to be a polyglot if your name is Frans Timmermans, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

To day or not to day #73: Today is special. She walks in her garden. Her furry friend pops out of the wood work and wishes her a lovely day today...

Source: my imagination

Portrait of Alice Munro in NRC 11 Oct 2013 on the occasion of her winning the Nobel Prize for Literature 2013

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

Illustration for an article about sexual abuse in spa cliniques.

Source: IK Magazine

Friedrich Nietzsche in Vrij Nederland 12 Oct 2013. New Dutch translation of Also Sprach Zarathustra came out.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

Poster for the Ayoub Qanir's "Duke Rising". SYNOPSIS Duke, a young man on a quest to uncovering his true identity and origins. Fascinated by mechanical engineering and motorcycle racing, Duke and his robot-friend, Ragnarok, both live in the Berber village of Touggana, deep in the Moroccan desert, adopted by local wisemen. Unaware, yet intrigued by his past, Duke finds himself entangled in a shadowy operation between Berber pirates and a group of mysterious suited men who are out to capture and deliver him to The Legion of Seven.

To day or not to day # 72: The world is changing, and so is our view of the world. Behind the transitions in economy and society, a true cultural shift is going on. In the era of 'sustainsm', qualities as connectivity, locality, sharing, sustainability and human scale are central.

Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, Monday 7 October 2013. Article by Michiel Schwarz, future thinker, cultural researcher and consultant. Co-author of "Sustainism is the New Modernism: A Cultural Manifesto for the Sustainist Era".

Vrij Nederland 19 Oct 2013. Malcolm Gladwell shows lots of twists and turns and loose ends. Also in his hair. And some bright eyes.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek

Article about physical discomfort. Dandruff in the blacklight.

Source: Wegener dagbladen via GPD.

Illustration for an article about discussion on In Vitro fertilization.

Source: polish weekly / Tygodnik Powszechny

To day or not to day #71: For most of the world the deterioration of US-Russian relations depends of a power vacuum in the international order. Russia, along with China shows that it has the power to thwart U.S. plans through diplomatic pressure and a veto in the Security Council. There is not much more to it. Russia does not have enough power and influence and China's too busy with themselves.

Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, Saturday 5 October 2013. Essay by Ian Bremmer, founder and chair of the Eurasia Group and author of Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World

"When cultures collide" : About how South Koreans students, used to very different ways of dealing with emotions, can struggle to adapt to Western culture.

Source: http://www.therapytoday.net/

editorial illustration for 'GAGA' magazine about child sexuality.

Source: http://gogaga.pl/?mod=magazyn

Do windmills downgrade the value of your house?

Source: Volkskrant

Who is he? From where? What did he hope for? Who is waiting for news from him? NRC Handelsblad 5 Oct 2013

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek/

Government Shutdown - Originally created as a personal piece, and then picked up for the Business cover of the LA Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times

To day or not to day #70: City streets - Thanks to the crisis, urban development has shifted from expansion back into the existing city. This provides opportunities for the approach streets, but to decrease store vacancy the economy must increase again. Can the high street stand up against the peripheral retail and internet sales in the long run?

Source: S+RO #4 summer 2013, Stedenbouw en Ruimtelijke ordening - Platform 31

Celebrating petsday, with the release of "Dieren Zonder Honger", about the relationship between humans and animals.

Source: Uitgeverij De Harmonie

To day or not to day #69: Green brands fail to capture public attention. Many green branding efforts fail not because consumer demand is lacking but because branding efforts are superficial. In spite of the many years during which branding and advertising agencies have created substantial business units by promising endless riches to flow from green re-branding, many have learned that "green" branded products weren't getting off the shelves. Why? Have we reached and passed "peak green"?

Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, Saturday 28 September 2013. Essay by Dr Joseph Zammit-Lucia, independent scholar and commentator, president of WOLFoundation.org

Does violence really help dictators to stay in power?

Source: The Economist

Poor students are unfairly disadvantaged because colleges are using scholarships to draw in richer students, even though those students do not need the extra money.

Source: The New York Times Magazine, September 29, 2013

His light-footed melancholy in Hotel du Nord is vintage Campert. Vrij Nederland 5 Oct 2013 (Remco Campert is a Dutch author)

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woldhek/

Illustration about invasive emerald ash borers threatening trees at St. Louis arch grounds.

Source: http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/September-2013/Kiss-Your-Ash-Goodbye/

The psychological and health benefits of touch. Press illustration for Charaktery magazine.

Source: http://www.charaktery.eu/

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