Noortje van Eekelen
Founder and Program Manager

Noortje van Eekelen is founder and program manager of ACED. Van Eekelen has years of experience as a designer and project manager based in Amsterdam.
From 2013 to 2015 she worked within the journalistic field, at Het Financieele Dagblad and NRC Handelsblad. Based on her passion for journalism and design, she took the initiative in 2017 to set up ACED.
Currently Van Eekelen is working as a tutor at the MA Information Design at Design Academy Eindhoven. In the past she worked in both structural and temporary roles at the MA and BA departments of Design Academy Eindhoven, AKV St. Joost and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
In the past she gained work experience at design studios including Thonik, Studio Dumbar and Fabrique. Noortje van Eekelen has a MFA diploma Design from the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam.