Van Gelder is best known for his typographically driven, book and identity designs for clients within architecture, contemporary art, and fashion. He describes his work as Systemic Design — a term coined by Swiss designer Karl Gerstner. Through this approach, Van Gelder conveys the content and voice of a book or identity through the designs they are bound in.
Van Gelder is a guest lecturer at the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam (Academie van Bouwkunst).
Awards
Van Gelder's work has been awarded with various design awards, including:
2021: Best Dutch Book Design for the artist books Masahisa Fukase –Kill the Pig and Jorge Méndez Blake – Lenguaje Desmantelado | Dismantled Language
2021: AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers for the artist book Masahisa Fukase –Kill the Pig
2020: shortlist DAM Architectural Book Award for the book design of The Walter Benjamin and Albert S. Project
2020: Type Directors Club for the visual identity of the festival Strange Sounds From Beyond
2020: AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers for the book Being The Mountain, Productora
2020: Best Dutch Book Design for the artist book Remy Jungerman. Where the River Runs and Wiel Arets - Unconscious City
2019: AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers for the artist book Remy Jungerman. Where the River Runs
2019: Best Dutch Book Design for the book design of The Walter Benjamin and Albert S. Project
2018: AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers for the artist book Álvaro Siza Viera: A Pool in the Sea
2017: Best Dutch Book Design for the monograph Tirzo Martha: I wonder if they’ll laugh when I’m dead
2017: ADCN (Club for Creativity) for the visual identity of De School
2016: Best Dutch Book Design for MCHAP 1 - The Americas
2016: visual identity De School - former club and entertainment complex in Amsterdam
2009–2012: Mark Magazine (Frame Publishers), a platform for the practice and perception of architecture at the dawn of the third millennium. The magazine explores the boundaries of architecture and anticipates the industry's future. Mainstudio was responsible for the editorial design of the issues 17 (Dec/Jan 2009) to 36 (Feb/Mar 2012) and restyled the magazine twice.
Design juries
Van Gelder has been part of the jury for the following design awards: