B Noortje van Eekelen W www.aced.site Noortje van Eekelen is founder of ACED, interdisciplinary platform for design and journalism. Van Eekelen has a background in both the creative and journalistic field. As a socially engaged designer she worked on various expressions, published in national and international media. From 2013 to 2015, she worked in journalism, for Het Financieele Dagblad and NRC Handelsblad. From 2012 to 2020 Van Eekelen worked as a tutor at both MA and BA departments of Design Academy Eindhoven and AKV St. Joost. She has an MA Design from Sandberg Instituut.