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Last weekend I travelled to Abu Dhabi. Had some fun in a dragracer, a Radical and some competition karts. But best of all was talking to Wolfgang Warnecke, Shell’s chief scientist. The man must have been the inspiration for ‘the … Continue reading
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Even though I spend practically every tuesday and wednesday in Leeuwarden at the Academy for Pop Culture, I rarely write about it. Mostly because to me it has been such a steady everyday thing, that I sometimes fail to realize … Continue reading
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The Academy for Pop Culture has sent me to Latvia two times now and even though I couldn’t make it this year, I have had a hand in selecting students that could go. We asked Kia, Seat and Volkswagen to … Continue reading
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Yesterday night I hosted the shorts competition for Ciné Premières 2011. A film festival dedicated to French cinema. With some great entries it promised to be quite the night. And it didn’t disappoint. Especially meeting directors Julien Petit, Olivier Treiner, … Continue reading
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It’s been one hell of a week. I drove a Range Rover Evoque and an all electric Nissan Leaf. I was in the UMCG hospital for work and non-pleasure. I briefed, debriefed and rebriefed 12 students to make sure they … Continue reading
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I first met the GT-R in Gran Turismo 2 on my Playstation. We got along from the get-go. A leftfield choice for speedmerchants. Insane amounts of horsepower out of very low key design and components. And the GT-R has grown … Continue reading
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Tomorrow I’ll head over to Canada Feeder Lines for the last interview in the series for the NNPC. The last time I wrote about the subject was before the Occupy Wall Street movement started and still it ended in the … Continue reading
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Bright #42 is out and has some great features on Eindhoven and Dutch Game Design. I had the biggest contribution of any Bright magazine yet with the interview of Peter Schreyer (Kia’s Design Chief) and Gerard Unger (one of the … Continue reading
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Last tuesday at 2 o’clock in the morning Roger Muskee, Ronnie Zeemering and me drove off to Frankfurt for the IAA, the biggest stage for the car industry in the world. We wanted to make a video that didn’t just … Continue reading
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Friday I interviewed Olympian bobsledder Edwin van Calker for Tyrezone, a sponsored magazine by Profile Tyrecentre. Our interviewee arrived almost an hour late, cause the doping committee rang his doorbell. Cup in hand. Of course he had just relieved himself, … Continue reading
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I might have miscounted one or two and unfortunately I haven’t been too strict with registering details, but I have at least driven 100 different cars since getting my licence. Before I owned my own car I got to drive … Continue reading
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Here’s some of my pictures of the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps. Click the links at the top to swap pictures.