Niels Schrader is an Amsterdam-
 based graphic designer, born in
  1977 in Caracas, Venezuela. He
  graduated in communication des
 ign at the University of Applie
 d Sciences in Düsseldorf in 200
 3 and further completed his aca
 demic studies in the master pro
 gramme at the Sandberg Institut
 e Amsterdam. Before setting up
 his own studio in Amsterdam in
 2005, Schrader had worked as a
 freelance designer for Uwe Loes
 ch and Irma Boom. Since 2010 he
  is member of the AGI – Allianc
 e Graphique Internationale.

 Schrader’s portfolio of clients
  includes a.o. the Graphic Desi
 gn Museum Breda, Museum De Pavi
 ljoens, the Mondriaan Foundatio
 n, the Amsterdam School of the
 Arts, the DasArts Foundation, t
 he Berlage Institute, KCAP Arch
 itects & Planners, Jap Sam Book
 s and the Slewe Gallery in Amst
 erdam. Before starting teaching
  at the Royal Academy of Art in
  The Hague, Schrader has lectur
 ed at the Delft University of T
 echnology and the Willem de Koo
 ning Academy in Rotterdam.

 His conceptual design is based
 on a ‘dialogue principle’ which
  translates digital information
  into physical media, and vice
 versa. This transformation proc
 ess of data from one state of a
 ggregation to the next often re
 sults in new stimulating forms
 of artistic expression.

 Schrader has received several a
 wards and nominations, includin
 g the iF communication design a
 ward, the red dot: best of the
 best and the Certificate of Typ
 ographic Excellence. For his wo
 rk with digital source codes he
  was nominated in the category
 ‘Net-Art’ for the Internet Soci
 ety Award Nederland 2006.

 His short film White Blackout w
 as screened at various film fes
 tivals such as the ‘Amsterdam F
 ilm eXperience’, the Weimar ‘ba
 ckup_festival’, the ‘Biggest Vi
 sual Power Show Essen’ and the
 ‘Milano Film Festival’, and was
  also selected for the line-up
 of the ‘The Int’l Fest of Cinem
 a and Technology’ in Los Angele
 s.