My friends at XML need some help, and asked me for sup­port. They are look­ing for interns for a period of 3 to 6 months, start­ing from sep­tem­ber. They’re young, small and inter­est­ing, and can only offer a min­i­mum salary. Here’s their advert:

XML is a con­tem­po­rary cul­tural prac­tice spe­cial­ized in Archi­tec­ture, Research and Urban­ism. From its base in Ams­ter­dam XML is involved in world­wide cross-​disciplinary projects with an empha­sis on cul­tural analy­sis. XML’s projects are fuelled by a reflec­tion on the con­tem­po­rary city as source of cul­tural pro­duc­tion. The work has been rewarded sev­eral prizes amongst which most recently the first prize in the Europan 9 com­pe­ti­tion Almere.

We cur­rently invite people to apply for a posi­tion as trainee in our office in ams­ter­dam. Can­di­dates should have fin­ished at least two years of rel­e­vant design edu­ca­tion. Fur­ther require­ments include:

- excel­lent model-​making, draw­ing and render skills
- strong graphic and design talent
- will­ing to actively con­tribute to the rapid growth of our young office

Appli­cants for this vacancy should send their cv, moti­va­tion letter and portfolio(pdf) to hr@x-m-l.org.