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The Rodina is a post-critical design studio working across visual identity, exhibition design, and coded environments. Operating between culture and technology, the studio has developed an experimental practice shaped by strategies of performance, play, and subversion.

Our approach treats design as a process of knowledge-making and a site of visual dialogue. Working primarily with cultural institutions and progressive organizations, we specialize in visual identities, distinctive exhibition design, experience-based user journeys, emotional cartographies, porous editorial formats, sensitive infographics, and participatory installations.

Our methodology emphasizes the latest technologies and accessibility, empowering diverse constituents to engage meaningfully with complex content. Each project is developed dialogically and processually, in close exchange with the client and in careful consideration of their audiences.


Clients

CARA New York, USA
Harvard GSD, USA
AMMA Fundación, MX
JOAN Los Angeles, USA
Columbia Uni. GSAPP, USA
FRONT International, USA
Van Abbemuseum, NL
Marres Maastricht, NL
EPFL Pavilions, CH
ZKM Karlsruhe, DE
FACT Liverpool, UK
Rewire Festival, NL
Sonic Acts, NL



Design Pedagogy


The Rodina exhibits, leads design workshops, and gives lectures internationally. Tereza Ruller is a Professor of Communication Design & Digital Practices at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe. Together with Vit Ruller, they teach Critical Narratives and 3D Environments at MA Information Design at Design Academy Eindhoven.



Internships


Thank you for your interest! However, we are not looking for any interns at the moment.

Alexandra Superson, LU
Handi Kim, KR
Milana Kasianova, RU
Nicolai Schmelling, DK
Marianne Noordzij, NL
Jonathan Castro, PE
Anežka Minaříková, CZ
Adam Švejda, CZ
Cyanne van den Houten, NL
Constant Fernandez, FR
Jules Vaulont, FR

Contact

The Rodina
Borneolaan 291
1019 HZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

studio@therodina.com

+31(0) 646 814 126


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Activities

MA Information Design, DAE
Critical Narratives and 3D Environments
tutoring
Eindhoven, NL
HfG Karlsruhe, Communication Design
Unruly Bookkeeping
seminarlectureinstallation
Karlsruhe, DE
HfG Karlsruhe, Communication Design
9-to-5: Portals as Interfacial Expansions
workshop
Karlsruhe, DE
ELISAVA, MA Design
The Synthesized Self – Crafting Personal Narratives through AI and Sound
workshop
Barcelona, ES
Design Academy Eindhoven, MA Information Design
Critical Narratives and 3D Environments
tutoring
Eindhoven, NL
HfG Karlsruhe, Communication Design
The Bestiary of Silicon Valley
seminarlecture
Karlsruhe, DE
HfG Karlsruhe
The Chamber of Secrets
colloquiumlecture series
Karlsruhe, DE
HfG Karlsruhe
The Ladies I Have Been Called Upon to Instruct in Painting – On Unlearning Colors
seminarlecture
Karlsruhe, DE
ELISAVA, MA Design
On Critical Board Games
workshop
Barcelona, ES
Textile Museum & University of the Arts London
Carrier Bag Climate: Storytelling Tools for Textile Futures
workshop
Tilburg, NL
PXL-MAD Gallery
Imagining – Becoming – Communicating
exhibitionworkshoplecture
Hasselt, BE
Galerie TIC
Always Avoid Discussions, Never Discuss
exhibitionperformancehappening
Brno, CZ
Graphic Days Torino Vol.10
Dear Love,… On Affection and Care
workshopexhibitiontalk
Torino, IT
London Design Festival
Carrier Bag Climate – Knitted Storytelling
workshopexhibition
London, UK
Somalgors74 & HfG Karlsruhe
On Porosities of/by Design
workshophappening
Tschlin, CH
Hochschule Mainz
SEEN Around the World-Symposium
lecture
Mainz, DE
SEE Conference
Performance Graphics: From Image to Interaction
conference talk
Wiesbaden, DE
Boston University MA Graphic Design
Liminal Design Exercises
Amsterdam, NL
Matter of Art Biennial, National Gallery Prague
Seeding Letters, Growing Worlds
performative publication launch
Prague, CZ
Design Academy Eindhoven, MA Information Design
Critical Narratives and 3D Environments
tutoring
Eindhoven, NL
GDA ArtEZ Arnhem
Design Research: Climate Affordances
tutoring
Arnhem, NL
HfG Karlsruhe, Communication Design
Garden as a Method
seminar
Karlsruhe, DE
ArtEZ Master of Architecture
The Spatiality of Playfulness
workshop
Zwolle, NL
Forward Festival
The Rodina – Transformative Imagination
lecturetalk
Amsterdam, NL
Lucerne University of Applied Arts
On Performative Design
lecture
online, CH
Chelsea College of Arts, Graduate Diploma Graphic Design
Carrier Bag Climate
tutoringlecturehappening
London, UK
VOGUE Czech Republic
The Courage of the Curious
interview
Prague, CZ
Transart PhD & John Moores Uni.
On Communication Design as Performative World-making
workshoplecture
Liverpool, UK
Bananafish Gallery
Colors of Upupa Epops – Examining the Role of Play as a Transformative Force in Contemporary Design
exhibitionhappening
Shanghai, CN
HBK Saar
Principles of Serendipity
lectureexhibition
Saarbrücken, DE
HfG Offenbach
Correlations Forum for AI in Art and Design
lectureworkshop
Offenbach, DE