Paul Mijksenaar

Paul Mijksenaar (born 1944, Amsterdam)[1] is a designer of visual information and founder and director of the international design Bureau Mijksenaar, based in Amsterdam and New York City.

In 1965, he graduated from the Institute for Applied Arts Education Amsterdam (IvKNO, later the Gerrit Rietveld Academie) in product design.

[2] Mijksenaar is a specialist in creating visual information systems, such as wayfinding signage for railway stations and airports including New York's JFK and LaGuardia, New Jersey's Newark, and Amsterdam's Schiphol.

[3] His work for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was echoed in the set design for Steven Spielberg's film The Terminal.

He also writes a monthly article in the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad about everyday problems and solving them using information design.