Very excited to welcome the great Linda van Deursen at After 8 – for the release of Image Continuum, the first book in the “Slideshow” series published by the MA Graphic Design at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn!

Linda van Deursen will be joined by series editors Alexandra Margetic and Sean Yendrys in an informal conversation about the publication.

In Image Continuum, graphic designer Linda van Deursen speaks on the subject of her own image consumption, and how the process of image editing, selecting and sequencing presents itself in her work and teaching. The book includes contributions by MA students Hanafi Gazali and Laura Martens, who further expand on the topic and ideas introduced by Linda.

“Slideshow” is a new lecture-to-book series inviting graphic designers to share the research, methods, and material processes behind their applied work, positioning their practice as a site of inquiry. Produced within the context of the MA Graphic Design at the Estonian Academy of Arts, each talk is published as a standalone volume, accompanied by responses from current students who use writing to engage with the ideas presented. Together, the books reflect the conversations, critical frameworks, and exchanges that define a design school environment—bringing practitioners’ work into dialogue with student perspectives.

** Linda van Deursen is a designer and teacher based in Amsterdam. Her work focuses on editorial design and graphic identities for cultural institutions. Together with Armand Mevis she founded graphic design studio Mevis & van Deursen (1987–2022) which notably worked for The Temporary Stedelijk and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, as well as the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale (2006) and documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel (2017). She has initiated, edited, and designed numerous books for artists and photographers such as Yael Davids, Armin Linke, and Nigel Shafran, and cinematographer Robby Müller. She served as head of the graphic design department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (2001–14) and was appointed critic in graphic design at Yale School of Art in New Haven, CT in 2003. Since 2017 she teaches at the Master Non Linear Narrative at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. She has also been a regular contributor the MA graphic design at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn, from which she received an Honorary Degree in 2024.**