Roosje Klap researches the experimental boundaries of custom-fit design through close collaborations with artists, curators, architects, (type) designers, and writers. The group of ARK (Atelier Roosje Klap), with their research-based interdisciplinary approach, reflects a generation of designers that define their assignments alongside commissions.
As an experienced educator and coach specializing in graphic design, media art, and digital humanities, Roosje led and designed curricula and workshops for international art academies and universities to guide and inspire creatives and enhance equitable relationships in their habitats. She headed the Graphic Design and Non-Linear departments at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) and was a core advisor at Van Eyck Academie before embarking on her Ph.D. research in which she investigates collective work with nonhuman agents under the term 'post-signature'.
Klap is chairman of the board at Valiz Publishers, part of the board of governors for the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, and a board member of both the Wim Crouwel Institute and The Hmm.
In 2022, ARK won the Golden Calf for ‘Best Digital Cultural Production’ for the project LAWKI at the Netherlands Film Festival.
Algorithmic Cultures – During the Week on Algorithmic Cultures December 5th - 7th 2023 senior researcher Flavia Dzodan put together a three-day programme at Sandberg Instituut. The programme was an introduction to the research group on Algorithmic Cultures led by Flavia Dzodan, which was previously known as the A.I. research cell.