Donald Beekman was born and raised in Amsterdam. After studying at the Rietveld Art Academy he started his own graphic design and music studio called
DBXL. All his life Beekman has been making music in various bands, which left him with a large network of people in the music business. So over the years he has designed an enormous stack of logos, record and cd sleeves, flyers, posters, identities, magazines and packaging.
Beekman also designed many typefaces, most of them emanating from logos or artwork designed for his clients. His fonts are published by FontShop International, Die Gestalten, Cape-Arcona and VetteLetters.
Since 2004 he has been co-hosting
Typeradio .