Nice to see some different stuff happening with the Go Pro. Instead of jumping of the usual buildings and flying trough waterfalls my good friend Pascal mounted his Go Pro on the head of his little cousin and went to the playground. The result is this very nice short video.
Gang violence is one of the defining features of life in El Salvador today. Thomas Hurkxkens created an intriguing 25-minute documentary for Al Jazeera’s Witness series. For poor youngsters in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, joining a gang seems to be the best choice. Machismo is a part of daily life.
On the 24th of August an intriguing exposition will open with the aim to start the debate on the image formation of aging. The expo will be held at Het Dolhuys, the Dutch museum of psychiatry in Haarlem, and will include series by Jeroen de Bakker and Erwin Olaf amongst others.
When NewWork joined Facebook years ago we set ourselves up as a group for all its contributors. We now have changed that to a fan page. How modern. It will automatically showcase posts and news plus here you can ask awkward questions like When is the new site coming? or Who are all those people who never post?
Graphic designer Jules David runs this lovely blog and Facebook page. With his keen eye for design and style, he looks for the most beautiful pieces of furniture on the pages of the dutch equivalent of eBay: Marktplaats .
Last week the studio of NewWork friend Bart Aalbers opened in Rotterdam, together with some other great illustrators. One of them is JellePelle, who illustrates stuff like board games, posters and children’s books – with amazing details. Really. It’s insane. I wish I had these books as a child!
Like to bike? And not afraid to ride down a mountain at 80 mph? A (dutch) friend of mine is running a chalet this summer in Morgins, Switzerland. On his site you can book different mountain bike trips, going from an expert level downhill week, to beginner trips. Check the promo on Vimeo (made by Gerbren).
Bleijh is a design studio from Amsterdam famous for its product designs like the Giant Downtown bike or the Sandwhich bike. The latter even got stolen right of the conference floor in Milan once. Bleijh does design other fine products as well but it’s great to see another bike design hit the stores in Holland.
22Tracks is a great website to get an overview of the latest music in 22 different genres, each playlist filled with 22 tracks. Today it celebrates its 1 year anniversary and what better way than to celebrate it with a basic iPhone app to get all that music on the go? Tonight is the official anniversary party in the Sugarfactory (free entrance)!
Dutch rapper/producer/comic fanatic and my old coworker Boy Wonder just released his new album Raise the Signal, DIY-style. Available at selected (web) stores or as a free download. Artwork by Venour who also made the video for the first single Hmm. Support your locals!
Today the famous Dutch writer Arnon Grunberg released his first iPhone app for the new, soon to be released, novel Huid en Haar. Arnon Grunberg is new media savvy. You can read his latest blogpost, news and some segments of his new book in this iPhone lite app. Last but not least use the App as a whip!
SP3KTR is not your average motion graphic artist. The boy decided to specialise in adult entartainment, and works for a notorious adult broadcast company. Check out his tastey selection of technicolor treats. Any good?
The new site for the work of mr. Super Silo is online. The man himself can describe it best: “I started putting my work up on the Behance network but I noticed that it didn’t gave me the option to tell all the stories involved in my work. What to expect? Everything Super Silo related: from my personal work to publications and video’s.”
My dear friends from anglo-dutch Studio Glithero in London invite you to check out their new work at The Garage. Blueware is a collection of ceramic objects with surfaces captured by blueprinting. Another project from this creative team that always gives emphasis to the process of creation rather then just the end result.
We’ve got an e-mail from a dedicated follower, desperate for an internship in her specific profession. Let’s help her out:
Dutch initiative working with interactive installations and/or products? This Interaction Designer is looking for an internship with your company.
The app of Dutch cartoonist Nozzman was first rejected by Apple because of explicit content and iPad jokes but the censored edition is now available for free in the Dutch app store. Besides rude and gross humor, it also contains code by me and Mangrove.
Resoluut is looking for a designer to join their forces immediately. If you are, or know an enthusiastic interactive minded designer…
Machine is an influential Dutch Design agency, they have been for quite some time. Besides logo’s, flyers, posters, art installations, VJ-ing, TV idents, expositions, videos, music, book covers, books, bars, websites and vases they also make record sleeves. Today New Worker Nalden shows all 151 of them on his blog.
Joris Jansen from the KABK in The Hague has won the Steenbergen Stipendium. This scholarship is part of the Fotoprijs, the dutch award for photography students. Joris approach to photography or creating images is very conceptual but with a visual appealing result as well.
Unfortunately Hotel closed its doors. Thanks for the great stuff you’ve made over the past 9 years, and best of luck with whatever paths you choose to walk on!
One of the writers of the Turkish / English sneaker blog Pabuc, Deniz Karaman, teamed up with fellow Sneaker-Freaker Can Soylu to open up Lastik Pabuc, Istanbul‘s first sneaker boutique, close to the Bosphorus. If you’re over there you better run by. Check photos on Facebook and keep an eye on the next Sneaker Freaker magazine.
Helping people is a good thing to do. Maybe it’s time for ‘I LOVE NEW STREET’ ?
We have been cleaning up and found a shiny new workplace for a designer and/or intern.
Appelsap is back in the Oosterpark! Which calls for a party. The Woodbuyers were immediately approached by guys like Pharoahe Monch, Theophilus London, Hef and Zwart Licht to let them perform. Dj’s like Benji-B, Lefto and SP ofcourse didn’t want to stay behind. All this for free! Except for those fine Löfel & Burke burgers.
After winning a webby award in NY, Dick Buschman held quite an unusual 5-word-acceptance-speech.. (and even made it to CNN)
This is the new site of Paul Rickus and Ivo Schmetz. I like their graphic work and I really like the way you can ‘filter’ their portfolio by color, size and type. But above all that you got to love the ‘Master Reset Button’.
TipSpot is an event calendar for Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. It takes your interests and preferences into account and provides you with an instant overview of what your friends are up to. I love this tool! And I would love it more if all my friends will start to use it! If you want an invite send us an e-mail.
The FreshCotton Design Contest 2009 has been won by Bart Aalbers, an illustrator from Rotterdam, with his serie called “Hulde aan de gulden“. A tribute to our Dutch guilder. Also featured on 101.tv (Dutch).