Colin Keays (1994) is a spatial designer, writer and editor based in Rotterdam, working across a number of international cultural projects. He was commissioned by Nieuwe Instituut to curate the Dutch Pavilion at the 2023 London Design Biennale, which was awarded with a special mention from the professional jury. He has worked closely with architecture and design studio Cookies since 2021 and is editor of OtherNetwork, a global platform researching independent cultural production. Colin holds a BA in Architecture with First Class Hons. from the Manchester School of Architecture (2016) and an MA in Contextual Design from Design Academy Eindhoven (2019), where he teaches in the BA Studio Digital-Native.









Year
Project
With
Type/Role
2023
BUTT Magazine,
Cookies,
Nieuwe Instituut
Cultural Programming
2023
Nieuwe Instituut,
Embassy of the Netherlands
Curator
2023
Cookies,
Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
Editor
2023
Workwear
Cookies,
Nieuwe Instituut
Exhibition Design
2022
e-flux Architecture,
OtherNetwork
Editorial, Writing
2022
Cookies,
FCA – Ghana, 
ifa Gallery Stuttgart
Art Direction, Production,
2022
Righting the Wrong
DAMNº Magazine
Writing
2022
“I didn’t learn all that much of a practical nature” – 75 Years of DAE [Upcoming]
Design Academy Eindhoven
Research
2022
Queerness in the City: Ghosts at Day’s End
IABR,
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Lecture
2022
Club Extra Extra #4 – ‘A Romantic Night with Martin Malibu’ at the Dutch Pinball Museum
Extra Extra Magazine
Cultural Programming
2022
Club Extra Extra #1 – Night Walk
Extra Extra Magazine
Cultural Programming
2021
Metropolis M
Writing
2021
In Light of Recent Events (preface)
Ward Goes
Writing
2021
gaybar.archive
Creative Coding Utrecht
Online Exhibition
2021
Design Academy Eindhoven
Writing
2021
Arcam
Research
2020
“What if all the August projects end up being about coronavirus?” Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Catalogue
Design Academy Eindhoven,
Anastasia Kubrak,
Joseph Grima
Research, Editing
2020
A Nostalgia for the Mud? Awakening Queer Potential to Challenge the Smooth City
Failed Architecture, Independent School for the City
Lecture
2020
“Soon All This Will Be Picturesque Ruins”
TAC Eindhoven
Solo Exhibition
2020
GEO–DESIGN
Online Exhibition
2019
Learning from Efteling: The Complicit Designer and Attraction-Based Urbanism
C Magazine
(Contextual Design Department, DAE)
Writing
2019
Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show
Design Academy Eindhoven,
Tamar Shafrir,
Joseph Grima
Editing, Curation
2019
Dutch Design Week,
Design Academy Eindhoven
Cultural Programming, Moderation
2019
Back Gate Film Club – Screening of Arch Brown’s Pier Groups (1979)
Self-initiated
Art Direction,, Cultural Programming
2018
Dutch Design Week,
Design Academy Eindhoven
Cultural Programming, Moderation
2018
Eindhoven Footnotes: Tales from a Technocratic City
Onomatopee,
Josh Plough
Research, Writing


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