Stephan Saaltink has had an outstanding career as a typographic and editorial designer since the 1970s. He has held prominent leadership and art direction roles at major Dutch newspapers and magazines. Additionally, Saaltink is dedicated to design education and has held director roles at top design schools in the Netherlands and the United States. Currently, he works as the Head of Communication Design at Designskolen Kolding in Denmark.

1. Summary Resume
Stephan Saaltink (1953) has an outstanding career as a typographic and editorial
designer. He started Typography & Other Serious Matters in Rotterdam, and worked at
Total Design in Amsterdam.
As an artdirector he joined a leading Dutch newspaper (NRC Handelsblad) and an opinion
magazine (Vrij Nederland). He introduced two typefaces, Lexicon (Bram den Does) and
Capitolium (Gerard Unger), to a bigger audience in The Netherlands.
Saaltink is dedicated to design education. He was the director of the Willem de Kooning
Academy Rotterdam University, and a visiting scholar at Western Michigan University in
Kalamazoo, USA for two years. Recently Saaltink moved up north to work in Denmark at
Designskolen Kolding.
experience
General publishing [1980-2014].
Book design [1979-2014].
Change and innovation (all the time).
Course leader Graphic Design [1981-1985].
Course leader Visual Communication [1985-1990].
Editorial design (Art Director) [1992-2007].
Educational manager (Head of School / Director) [2007-2011].
Entrepreneur (Founder Typography & Other Serious Matters) [1990-1992].
Head Communication Design [2014].
Corporate publishing: annual reports & corporate magazines [2000-2004].
Leadership (Art Director / Type Director / Head of School / Director) [2000-2011].
Lecturer Color [2011-2013].
Lecturer Graphic Design [2011-2014].
Lecturer Service Design [2014].
Lecturer Typography [1981-1990 and 2011-2014].
Lecturer Visual Systems [2011-2013].
career
2014
Head Communication Design at Designskolen Kolding (DK).
> https://www.designskolenkolding.dk/
2011-2013
Visiting Scholar Frostic School of Art Western Michigan University (USA).
> http://www.wmich.edu/art/

2. 2008-2011
Managing Director Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University.
> http://www.wdka.nl/en/
2007-2008
Head of School (Media & Design) Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University.
> http://www.wdka.nl/en/
2004-2007
Art director (magazine) Vrij Nederland, Weekbladpers, Amsterdam.
> http://www.vn.nl/
2000-2004
Type director and senior designer Total Identity / Total Design Amsterdam.
> http://www.totalidentity.com/
1992-2000
Art director / design director NRC Handelsblad.
> http://www.nrc.nl
1990-1992
Founder Typography & Other Serious Matters.
> http://www.typography.nl/
1985-1990
Course leader Visual Communication & part-time lecturer at Academie van Beeldende
Kunsten Rotterdam.
1981-1985
Course leader Graphic Design & lecturer at Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten Arnhem.
1980-1990
Free lance Graphic Designer.
1980-1981
Designer bookazines at SUN.
1978-1979
Junior book designer Het Spectrum.