Enkeling is het alias van Symen Veenstra. Hij is illustrator en werkt vanuit Amsterdam. Zijn werk vond o.a. zijn weg naar kranten, tijdschriften, websites, jaarverslagen en folders. Hij maakte illustraties voor o.a. Blaadje, Bright, COC, Defiant.tv, Geldgids, Vara’s Kassa, Kop of Munt, La Vie en Rose, Maandag, OOM, het Parool en Shell. Daarnaast maakt hij vrij werk. Een gedeelte van zijn typografisch werk heeft hij inmiddels geëxposeerd. Enkeling streeft ernaar elke dag een verse illustratie of tekening op enkeling.nl te plaatsen.
Enkeling is the AKA of Symen Veenstra. He is an illustrator who works in Amsterdam. His work appears in papers, magazines, websites, annual reports and folders. He made illustrations for a diverse range of clients. It’s Enkeling’s aim to put a new illustration or drawing on his site every day.

Typography Sketches

Typography Sketches, Thames, Hudson, Steven, Keller, Lita, Talarico, typografie, book, boek, Enkeling, 2011

Some of my work got published in Typograhy Sketches by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico.
I have to say, it’s a great lump of a book. It can be purchased at a quality bookstore near you or through the Thames & Hudson site [temporarily out of stock].

1470 miscellaneous | Tue 6 Dec 2011 4:28 pm

from the Swizzle back in the drizzle

switzerland, rocks, typography, Enkeling, 2011
switzerland, drawing, castle, Enkeling, 2011

Hello everybody, just got back from holiday in Switzerland. Expect to see some new work posted in the near future.

1345 miscellaneous | Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:39 pm

Silver at the European Design Awards

european, design, awards, silver, calendar, zwaan, rockalender, prize, joechei, Enkeling, 2011
european, design, awards, silver, calendar, zwaan, rockalender, prize, joechei, Enkeling, 2011

I won a silver award for my Zwaan Rockalender at the European Design Awards 2011, so yay!
[Enkeling not pictured]

1331 miscellaneous | Fri 27 May 2011 2:33 pm

Dzone

Dzone, versch, graphic designs, magazine, work, illustration, Enkeling, 2011

I was asked to show some of my work in Dzone, a nice magazine for graphic designers. Fresh issue out now.
Photo by Armijn Woudman

1310 miscellaneous | Fri 29 Apr 2011 6:42 pm

The Beginning

Moe van het nietsdoen, bore-out, illustratie, illustration, Switch Magazine, Enkeling, 2011

My work got featured in new e-magazine Share it from Colombia. You can download it here. Advance warning: its a huuuge ass PDF.

1254 miscellaneous | Tue 22 Feb 2011 1:46 pm

Ridiculous Typography Rules

Enkeling expo in de Plantage Etalage

My contribution to Anneloes van Galen’s new book at BIS Publishers: Never Use More Than Two Different Typefaces
And 50 other Ridiculous Typography Rules
.

For some more information, look here.

1219 miscellaneous, typography | Fri 7 Jan 2011 1:27 pm

Playful Type 2

Playful Type 2, illustratie, illustration, typography, Gestalten, experimental, Enkeling, 2010

Some of my typographic work ( this one and that one ) got featured in the book Playful Type 2 by die Gestalten.

1181 miscellaneous | Mon 8 Nov 2010 4:22 pm

Enkeling intiem IN10

IN10, weblog, Enkeling, 2010

This week I will be bloggin [in dutch] on IN10’s weblog. A chance to speak on some of the things that inspire me.

1066 miscellaneous | Mon 3 May 2010 1:34 pm

Ik droom van bomen

Ik droom van bomen, fietstas, bicycle bag, spraycan, stencil, Enkeling, 2010

1053 miscellaneous, photos | Thu 15 Apr 2010 5:05 pm

Birth School Work Death

When I graduated from Groningens art academy Minerva in 2000 I made this movie. Something to cheer you up when you’re feeling down. Tell me what you think!

1020 miscellaneous | Fri 26 Feb 2010 2:03 pm

Myfonts / my lettering

Myfonts, Facebook, blog, Dawn, lettering, typography, Enkeling, 2010

Myfonts Facebook blog kindly mentioned my work for Dawn’s site. Thanks for that!

978 miscellaneous | Tue 12 Jan 2010 6:16 pm

Illustration Now! 3

Illustration Now! 3, book, Taschen, Enkeling, illustrators, 2009

My work got featured in the third issue of the excellent Illustration Now! series by Taschen.
So like Black Sheep said: Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!

907 miscellaneous | Wed 18 Nov 2009 3:55 pm

IdeaFixa

IdeaFixa, Brazil, magazine, digital, Enkeling, 2009

My work is featured in Brazilian digital magazine IdeaFixa. Go check it out at ideafixa.com.

864 miscellaneous | Wed 16 Sep 2009 4:57 pm

Dead End Hero Exhibition

dead end hero, exhibition, Deventer, Kunstenlab, Enkeling, 2009

I’m taking part in an exhibition called Dead End Hero in the Kunstenlab in Deventer, together with Hans van der Ham, Harma Heikens, Pawel Jankowski, Paul Klemann, Jan van Nuenen, Boudewijn van der Poel, Ewoud van Rijn, Hidde van Schie en Wytse Sterk.

858 miscellaneous | Thu 10 Sep 2009 11:47 am

Temporary Setback

enkeling, strung out, provider problems, holiday, sores, enkeling, 2009

Hello everyone!

I just returned from holiday only to find out my site was offline and my mail couldn’t be opened.
It turned out my provider had a huge crash and somehow there were no proper backups made.

Luckily I had a backup done in march this year so the majority of the posts were saved. Expect the remainder of the posts to be restored by wednesday, thanks to my provider.
Sorry for the inconvenience!

Best,
Enkeling

UPDATE 20/08/09
All missing posts and links have been replaced. Only your comments for the last 32 posts have been lost. If you’re still missing something else please let me know.

1 miscellaneous | Mon 17 Aug 2009 10:59 am

Plantage Etalage

Enkeling expo in de Plantage Etalage

This month I’m showing some of my typographic work in Puntspatie’s Plantage Etalage here in Amsterdam. So if you’re going to Artis look across the street for some funky lettering!
For some more information, there’s a pdf at Puntspatie’s site [in dutch only].

Original photo by Kjeld de Ruyter.

713 miscellaneous | Fri 6 Feb 2009 6:04 pm

Spam Exhibition in France

SPAME-MOI, typography, spam series, france, exhibition, La Motte-Servolex

I’m participating in an exhibition called SPAME-MOI in France at the moment. Since the theme of this exhibition is spam I’m showing some works of my Spam Series. For more information check the SPAME-MOI site here.

604 Spam Series, miscellaneous | Wed 22 Oct 2008 1:36 pm

Cursus Verzuimgesprekken voeren

photo comic for Sinds ik, magazine for OOM

Click on the image to enlarge.
Photo comic for OOM.
photography: Jordi Huisman, actor: Bart Broekhuijsen

537 commissions, miscellaneous | Thu 28 Feb 2008 12:33 am

Cursus Binden en boeien van medewerkers

photo comic for Sinds ik, magazine for OOM

Click on the image to enlarge.
Photo comic for OOM.
photography: Jordi Huisman, actors: Bart Broekhuijsen, Maarten Hutten, props: Frank Hijlkema

536 commissions, miscellaneous | Wed 27 Feb 2008 1:28 pm

Cursus Veilig hijsen

portrait of what I believe to be a porn producer from the documentary Inside Deep Throat

I had to make my mind up about posting some of these images here, because it doesn’t really fit into the rest of the work on this site.
Last year I did a series of photo comics and cartoons around courses in the metal industry, for OOM. Untranslatable for non-dutch speakers I’m afraid.
photography: Jordi Huisman, actor: Bart Broekhuijsen, props and additional photo manipulation: Frank Hijlkema

535 cartoons, commissions, miscellaneous | Tue 26 Feb 2008 2:44 pm


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