Government relations advisor Marcel Douw (partner at Total Identity) and graphic designer Marco Stout (Director and Founder Stout Kramer, visual communication agency) were our guests on Monday, June 30th at restaurant Huson.

Identity, branding and communication were the themes of the evening. Marcel as Director of Total Public extensive experience with the (semi) public sector. The clientele of Marco consists largely of organizations working in the architecture industry and cultural sector. Both have experience to work on spatial tasks with their knowledge.

The public domain is the common playing field on our dining table. Project lead time, tools and the size of the final products are totally different. The evening was a sort of crash course in communication and customer approach for us as architects and urbanists.

Daan Bakker (Daf-architecten), Jeroen de Willigen (DeZwarteHond), Jasper de Haan (architect) and I invite each month a number of colleagues to eat, drink and discuss about our profession, the city of Rotterdam and related matters.