Business Station Willem de Kooning Academie

Hi MJ here 👋🏼 i am taking it easy (like Sunday morning)

Kuno, Mark and I used to be the Business Station dudes at . Unfortunately that’s history 😞 💔. Being on a break gave me new ideas though. I am restarting the bs services 💪🏼 renaming it The Money Club.

For now these illustrations by .donothing (♥️) accurately show where I am at. Buttt. As of now I am looking for collabs, creating materials and thinking of a revenue model 😉.
Looking forward to dust off the old and bring the new.

Cheers, Maarten Jan

Retrospective of the Business Station
Since we are terminated, an overview of things we did….
In the days the awards were still given. During the Henri Winkelman Network Event, a new award THE PUSH AWARDS initiated by the Business Station was given out.
The PUSH AWARD helps young designers transform their graduation project into a next level professional project. The award promotes the potential of great graduation projects, and helps to take the next step in building a successful, sustainable practice. Shortly, the PUSH AWARD was a great way to launch a career and a stepping stone to win other future awards.

The Business Station is terminated. So we share some of the things we did over the last 10 years.
One thing we keep focusing on is a fair pay for artists.
We also developed a game to give insight on how to make a living from art and design.
We also had an elective focusing on reuse and sustainability.
Hopefully something stuck from our program!
Cheers 😏

Since the Business Station is terminated we share some old stuff

Some highlights from the Business Station over the last few years.
Team bowling
Our Initiatives project
First 5 Years program with alumni
Some classes we did with

End of an era.

We loved the encounters, the questions, working together!
Hopefully we could help and advise you.
We enjoyed your company ❤️

Interesting follow up program of our Fair Practice program we did with
With a research presentation of EUR on alternatives for makers in our sector.
At on Wednesday June 11th

On March 11, we’re hosting an afternoon dedicated to the Fair Practice Code. Check out the program below 👇

🎤 Welcome Address by moderator Koen Bartijn | Jonna van ‘t Hof (legal advisor at BBK) kicks things off with an introduction to fair practice |

Artists Su Tomesen and Nicole Martens share their first-hand experiences from the field |

Lieselot van Damme (director of Kunstpunt Groningen), Judy Rambags (director of MaMA), and Jonna van ‘t Hof (BBK) join the stage for a panel discussion on challenges and solutions |

Closing remarks & networking drinks🍷

Looking forward to an engaging and insightful afternoon! 🚀

A collaboration of WdKA Business Station, CBK Art Office, BBK

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