Stephan Van Dam

Stephan Van Dam (born April 2, 1959) is a cartographer, graphic designer and information architect. He is the president, principal and creative director of New York–based VanDam, Inc.^[1] Van Dam holds several patents in the field of paper engineering and origami map folding. Twenty-six of his maps are in the permanent Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).^[2]

Stephan Van Dam
Van Dam in August 2010
Born	(1959-04-02) April 2, 1959 (age 66) Germany
Nationality	American
Education	Parsons School of Design, 1981 Harvard Business Club, 1985 School of Visual Arts, 1996
Occupation(s)	Cartographer Graphic Designer Information Architect Publisher
Awards	Gold, Industrial Design Society of America, 1986 ID Magazine, Honorable Mention, 1989 AIGA, 1997
Website	www.vandam.com

Van Dam presented Understanding Maps at the original TED (conference) in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

He has received awards for his work from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the editors of ID Magazine^{[citation needed]}.

See also

• Pop-up maps, a product published by his company