JJAM

JJAM Curators Collective was created in 2010 by Julia Jarvis and An Michiels, who met on the MA Curating Contemporary Design at Kingston University in partnership with the Design Museum. JJAM aims to develop, commission and manage creative projects with a focus on emerging contemporary designers.

Julia Jarvis has a background in digital media, in her capacity as a digital and television producer from 2007-2009, she managed the creative process through its project cycle; facilitating both film and websites for a wide range of clients from Nokia, Oakley to architects offices: Stock Woolstencroft and EPR to deliver projects to a high standard. Julia is currently working at Spring Projects in London, assisting Gallery Director and Curator Andree Cooke.

An Michiels has been working as an architect in London based, design minded offices for the past 10 years. She was project architect for ‘Melody Lane’ a prize winning residential development by Julian Cowie Architects. During 2009-2010 she was an online contributor for the design website Yatzer. In 2003-2004 she co-directed ‘Eat My Video’, a series of quality music video screenings and panel talks which took place in the Belgian cities of Antwerp, Leuven, Ghent and Tongeren and toured to Johannesburg and Cape Town.