At the invitation of Ard Boer (of New Music Labs fame) I’ve been talking with the people at Buma/Stemra about their positioning in this digital age. And not just me, the Buma bunch consists of Ferry Rooseboom (Excelsior), Arnoud Engelfriet (ICT-lawyer), Jiggy Djé, Ard and yours truly. In 45 minutes we’re off to the next session.
Bright 33 is out now! Featuring the Volvo XC60 item I wrote about earlier. ‘Can we trust our cars?’ is the question I’m answering. Other work from yours truly about the successor to the Humvee and a Lamborghini that will never be built. Check out the digitally camouflaged QR codes on the front page at your local newsstand.
Every year Groningen enjoys the Noorderzon festival. A fantastic end of the summer combination of late night dining, drinking, music and theatre. And for the last couple of years the CBK (Center for the arts in Groningen) has asked a young designer to come up with something interactive to present at the festival.
Jack Brandsma's project for CBK@Noorderzon
Jack Brandsma, Marcus Petstra and Tjeerd Veenhoven are just some of the names of young designers that were selected in years past. Every year an external advisor is asked to select and help the designers. And this year, that external advisor is me. Today we briefed Fabian Hijlkema and Maren Lösing. They will present their ideas next month and one of them will get the go ahead. Will keep you posted.
Last saturday I presented Floss:orde, an evening consisting of presentations and interviews with artists and entrepreneurs about order. It was a tough cookie this time, but with plenty of highlights and good response.
Me on the phone with Erik Klein Wolterink about his kitchen photos.
A couple of days in Paris with the Academy for Pop Culture’s students and teachers.
Last week I had to bring the Volvo XC60 back to Volvo HQ in Beesd and drive my own car back home. Originally I had planned to drive there early on thursday. But I changed my mind and drove there straight from Leeuwarden on wednesday. That would save me precious time during a very busy week.
Halfway there I stopped the XC60 for fuel and locked it. Then all of a sudden it dawned on me: I hadn’t brought the keys to my own car. Annoyance, frustration!
So I called Volvo. But the Swedish would not help me break into my own car. So I googled a 24-hour delivery service. He could bring my car keys the next morning. Fortunately I found a place to crash in Amsterdam.
The next day I waited at Volvo HQ for my car keys to arrive. The courier called me that he was stranded 150 meters from me at a closed off railway crossing. So I walked across a field of mud, past workers breaking up the road, slipped through a gate and shook hands with someone in a white unmarked van at the middle of the railway crossing.
Moral of the story: if you want to save time, think it through, or you’ll end up looking like a drug dealer.
A few weeks ago we were shooting pictures for the University Medical Center Groningen. Two radiologists looking at the outcome of a scan. Photographer Roelof Bos made some great shots.
Afterwards we discussed the weird and wonderful things they see in scans sometimes: from cutlery to glassware to food. So a UMCG intern asked: ‘Do you ever have trouble determining what you see on the scan?’ ‘Sure. Sometimes you mistake an aubergine for a cucumber!’
For the upcoming Bright (#33) I’m writing an article on the responsibilities we entrust our cars with. To illustrate I’m testing the Volvo XC60 that can brake and accelerate for you and tell you when you’re dozing off. Marije Kuiper shot the photos last friday. I can’t give away the idea, but it’s gonna be a rocking picture.
I promise this is the last post I’ll write this year on the Porsche Panamera. But for now I’d like to proudly present the Bright.tv item I made with the boys from Schwung Visuell. You can find it here: http://www.bright.tv/series/porsche-panamera
Bright #32 is on sale now. And it’s a great one. Our editor-in-chief Erwin writes about the gadgets he uses to make the transition into fatherhood as smooth as possible, there’s a must read on radiation from DECT phones and wifi devices. And yours truly has tested the daddy of all daddy cars: the Porsche Panamera.
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I'm a t-shaped professional. Interested and knowledgeable about a wide range of things, with a clear focus on identity. I clarify, identify, enthuse, explain and speed things up. In a wide range of settings. From a brainstorm at a University Hospital to an editorial item for Bright Magazine. From teaching young students to think conceptually to helping the Ministry of Economic Affairs explain what they do with more schwung.
I fly solo sometimes, but work together with some of the finest people in their respective industries on other occassions. Be it graphic designers, photographers, code-gurus, filmmakers, project managers or musicians, they all have one thing in common: a genuine love for what they do. Which guarantees both a pleasant project and a wonderful product.
