At DWARS ontwerp, everything revolves around the power of collaboration. The studio was founded by Miriam de Lange (exhibition designer) and Mark Schulte (product designer), who combine their expertise to create projects where content and form enhance each other. With their diverse backgrounds, they approach each project analytically and use materials, resources, and space creatively to convey stories clearly and effectively.

Our designs are always storytelling-driven, with attention to both the bigger picture and the smallest details. By making smart use of available time and budget, we realize exhibitions and products that are sustainable, aesthetic, and meaningful.

DWARS ontwerp stands for a contrarian, unconventional approach: we seek surprising perspectives and new ways to make stories tangible and experiential. In doing so, we create spaces and objects that visitors don’t just see, but truly experience.

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Miriam de Lange | DWARS ontwerp

Miriam de Lange

Miriam is driven by her desire to tell stories through image, text, form, and sensory experience in a compelling way. She has a talent for analysing and systematizing story lines and translating them into spatial, graphic, or interactive designs. Drawing, tinkering and experimenting with various media are important aspects of her creative process.

Miriam developed her skills as a broadly-oriented designer in the museum sector. At DWARS ontwerp, she focuses on developing concepts and designing and realizing exhibitions, educational, and communication projects, using her skills in storytelling, graphic design and her passion for the creative process to create impactful designs.

Mark Schulte | DWARS ontwerp

Mark Schulte

Mark has a talent for developing designs and concepts with a strong identity. He approaches every project analytically and inventively, always seeking creative solutions. His background in product design and experience with complex projects, combined with extensive engineering and design skills, allow him to create and realize designs with a unique character.

At DWARS ontwerp, he draws on his broad knowledge of production techniques and his interest in innovative developments to approach each project from a fresh perspective. His goal is to create designs and concepts with a strong, distinctive identity that match the ambitions, objectives, and possibilities of each project.