New Old stuff: I Love Grandma

A print of this picture was the birthday present for my Grandma's birthday (2006).

New Old stuff: ZeBar

A fun bar-design for a friends (Gido!) theme-party (Smurfs in the Jungle) in september 2008. I'm proud of the way we used the construction that was already there in the design. Anyway, it was fun ;-)

Update: Travelling in Asia!

The 4th of november I'm flying away to one of my dreams: A Big Trip :-) An adventure that will take place in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, Myanmar and India. My first goal of this journey: live & learn. Furthermore I hope to design 2 products and learn calligraphy in a monastery (a silly dream I had ever since I saw the movie Hero).

What happened between the end of 2007 and now?

• First of all I got my Bachelors Degree in Industrial Design, and I may now call myself Bachelor of Science.
• I worked as a jack of all trades for six months at Buro Blink (a creative advertising agency) and for six months at Enschede Promotion (the organization responsible for promoting Enschede). In these jobs I had the chance to learn a lot about marketing.
  
• I made it to the final of the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition (see below).

Update: Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition 2008

In case design doesn't work out for me I could always become a model *cough*

A highlight of 2008 is the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition, in which I made it to the national finals with my design called Ring Glass.

The Ring Glass is my take on the traditional cocktail glass. I'm always interested in human relations and how they are affected by objects. Making human interaction more playful and fun by cool designs is one of the biggest kicks in the world. The Ring Glass is a glass that you can wear in your own way, one that provoces conversation and one that you can offer to your girlfriend in a very special way :-)

Anniversary Shirt for Daedalus

For the anniversary of Daedalus (my study association), a T-shirt was made. I got to design the print. The words mean "5 years of Daedalus". I'm quite happy with it :)

BehindtheDesigns.com launched!

A project of Jurrien Dijkstra (a good friend of mine) and me was launched yesterday: www.behindthedesigns.com. On this website you will find interviews that will hopefully inspire you. The first designer the site features is Nolen Niu. Check it out!

Graffity: Daedalus Anniversary piece (2006)

My first (commercial) graffity assignment: a piece for the fitfth anniversary of Daedalus. I'm the proud guy standing next to it :) The wings carrying the big "5" are the Daedalus logo (the right one is the normal edition, the left wing is mirrored).

T-shirt: Daedalus contest

A t-shirt design for the Industrial Design student union: Daedalus. I designed it as an entry in a T-shirt contest.

Educational project: TED (2004)

The assignment for this project was: "Create a cuddle toy that is enhanced by electronics". Our entry (TED) was awarded with the audience award.

In retrospective, I think we were awarded this price because of two reasons:
One: because we had our own view on electronics and toys, and decided to stick to our own vision instead of the one our teachers had. Two: because we were able to communicate this vision very strongly to the audience visiting the final presentations.

If you want to know more about our vision and the way we communicated it, feel free to send me an email or to ask me when you see me. It's a bit too much to describe here.

Big thanks to my collegues for this project: Irene Rijkeboer, Reiny Zwakenburg (and Erik Kroes).

Birth of Bill

Graffity sketch.. Bill rules :)

(click to enlarge)

Recruitment Campaign Student Solutions Twente

This is a commercial assignment I did for a local company called "Student Solutions Twente". The managing director of the company asked me to design a poster to recruit new software-developers.

In close cooperation with the company I created a communication-concept which involves a series of 3 posters: one for each vacancy. The repeatment of the logo promotes SST as a brand, and the fact that it's a series (which isn't common on poster boards) makes it stand out a lot between other posters. We also decided to add an email adress to enable direct communication between the potential employee and the company. To make the poster stand out between the other posters even more I decided to keep the design as clear and simple as possible.

Part of the concept is that the poster will be printed in several sizes (A3, A4 and postcard size) for optimal implementation depending on each location and situation.

The posters will blend in, yet stand out.

For more information about this company, see www.student-solutions.nl.

Graffity: Oboe (2005)

A graffiti piece I made in my backyard for a "free assignment" for my education (Industrial Design) for which I chose to study graffiti. Since I have no idea what those alien artefacts mean I chose to name this piece "Oboe", wich has no meaning at all. :) I made it somewhere in 2005. (Click on the images to enlarge)

Frisse vlokken

I love the way quiet sundays give you inspiration..

Welcome

Welcome to my portfolio.

This is my first post. Since building a site takes some time, I decided to start the easy way: through this blog. On this I can build up my content whenever I want to, without having the barrier of first creating a clever site with an intuitive menu structure etc. Besides: I like things clear and simple. By showcasing some of my work here, I hope I can give you an impression of what I do. Enjoy browsing!

With kind regards,

Bartjan de Bruijn