Paul van der Laan works as a designer of type and typography from a studio near the royal palace in The Hague. Since 2003, he has been a professor in type design at the TypeMedia masters program at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He has given workshops and lectures at numerous schools across Europe and at various international conferences. Paul has designed numerous typefaces and worked on custom type projects for clients worldwide, such as NBCUniversal, Audi AG, Autodesk Inc, Banco Deuno, and VPRO.