Speaker Details

Biography:

Peter is one of the co-founders of NorthernLight. In 1997 he decided to start up NorthernLight together with Steven Schaeken. Peter has worked as a project leader and creative director on over 50 projects worldwide. He has extensive experience in the world of museums, science centres, visitor centres and brand experiences. Peter was keynote speaker at several conferences, such as the ECSITE conferences, the Hong Kong Business of Design Week, the PICNIC conference, and the Xmedia Lab.

In recent years, Peter has focussed on developing projects with a synergy between physical and digital experiences, using new media such as multi touch tables, augmented reality, RFID and smartphone apps. This lead to the start of a new NorthernLight business unit, “digital experiences”.

In 2008, Peter lived for half a year in China, coordinating the design of the new exhibition of the immense China Science and Technology Museum, as well a setting up the China office of NorthernLight.

Peter completed his MSc in Design Engineering summa cum laude at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Prior to founding NorthernLight, he worked as a designer for the NEMO science centre in Amsterdam, where he developed and designed its exhibition gallery on human psychology. Before that, he worked for 2 years as a photographer for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), traveling to Albania, Kenya, Sudan, Malawi and Mozambique.

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Papers/Presentations

The Spirit of the Wild East

There is a surge of science center and museum projects in Asia: from Turkey and the Middle East to the Asia Pacific region. In recent years, NorthernLight has been responsible for development and design of exhibitions for new institutions in Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Quatar, Oman, Macau and several cities in China. Longer ago, NorthernLight worked on some of the Millennium projects in the UK. In his talk, Peter will explore the differences, similarities and learnings by comparing these projects. He will also express his love for what Peter calls The Spirit of the Wild East; the enthusiasm, energy and vigour that is omnipresent in these new Asian projects.

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