Liza is the Creative Director at Studio Dumbar. Studio Dumbar (part of Dept) is an award winning international agency with a Dutch heritage, specialising in visual branding.
Liza is directly involved with all main projects such as the visual identity for the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, NGO Alzheimer Nederland and Transavia airlines. She is an MA Design graduate from the Royal College of Art, London. Before joining Studio Dumbar she worked for Pentagram London for several years.
In 2004 Liza co-founded and co-hosts the podcast station Typeradio.org with Donald Beekman and the type foundry Underware. Typeradio has an archive of more than 500 interviews for download. As of 2018 she has been elected member into the prestigious design association AGI, Alliance Graphique Internationale.
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The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 2 June and ends 10 July 2026.
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