is by far the best way to truly discover a new place. So IN10 and and the Saints developed a mobile game for new students in Rotterdam to help them getting lost in their (new) city and let them discover what it has to offer in a funky way! “What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?”

Kitsune Noir arranged a desktop battle in which prizes are involved. The idea is that you make a desktop wallpaper based around FACIAL HAIR… Hell yeah!

I can really recommend the London Design Festival.
10 days of inspiring events, exhibitions and getting
connected. It reflects London’s status as the world
creative hub. Get to places like Designersblock,
Tent or the Serpetine Gallery.

New game from EA and Maxis where you are god. Looks cool and sounds really funny. Release date: Septebmer 5th. (Also check the youtube page.)

This summer Arnhem will host the 10th Sonsbeek International Sculpture Exhibition. 28 artists of world renown were invited to visualise the aspiration for human greatness. The works of art show ‘Grandeur on a human scale’.

The line-up of speakers for the upcoming Picnic event 
in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam is now live and
includes people like Bill Moggridge (IDEO) and Michael
B. Johnson (Pixar). This year I’m again no big fan of the
design, the site is getting a bit more clear though.

New jazz festival this summer in Amsterdam with artists like Hans Dulfer, Room Eleven, Kraak & Smaak, Candy Dulfer, New Cool Collective, Tawiah, Eric Lau ft. Rahel, Ntjamrosie and many others. And it’s all for free!

“The freedom for which the Dutch capital is so famous is making place for regulations, obedience and the idea of safety. Starting July 1st 2008 it is against the law to smoke in coffee shops and bars.” Amsterdam graffiti and design king Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman has a probelm digesting this. Reason enough for an exhebition. July 4th at cafe De Duivel, where smoking is mandatory.

We made a book, but if we had known it would start its own life we would have never made it.

Three times a year Nachtsalon takes over a museum in Amsterdam. The goal is to get more young (adult) people going to museums. On May 29th the Joods Historisch Museum is the place to be. Linked with JHM’s current expo about comics, the theme of the night will be superheroes with a documentary, a lecture about superheroes after 9/11 and live performances.

Hotel California is the new Refreshing Sounds Session. For a few bucks you can see Jonny Manak and the Depressives perform and immediately after that C-Mon & Kypski, Lazer Sword and DreDay will create a remix which you can hear later that evening. The event will be held at Plein79, Den Baw$$ this friday!

Same old vibe, same old dj’s (SP, Edzon & Lil’Vic) but a new fresh location! This friday Appelsap is at the Westerunie. Especially for this occasion dj SP made this lovely mix which is off course a free download. If you like ATCQ hurry up and download this. See you on friday! If you want a spot on the guestlist, just leave your comment below hahaha.

The One Minutes is a non profit stimulating the creation of audio-visual works that last exactly one minute. Work by young directors from all over the globe. This cool project deserves a far, far better website though.

Check out these videos of some of the most interesting speakers today!

A reminder for the 24th Amsterdam Fantastic Film
Festival where they show films you normally can’t
see at your local cinema. From anime to fantasy,
cult and horror. Nerd movies.

A party that highlights the interaction between video and audio. Performances by KeyJay, VJ Neef, the Orchestra of Max Tak and Diephuis. Also introducing: 5 shorts with live soundtrack, written and animated by Film Academy and Conservatory students. Sunday 13.04.08 @ the WesterUnie Amsterdam from 19.30 till 01:00.

Some how I really like these basic live visual sets by Same Same. Ofcourse you can’t go wrong with a white cross.

You probably already heard about it but The Next Web Conference is already in about 12 days! Still need a ticket? Well, i managed to get a discount for you and yours haha. If you register using DisneyDollar$ as promocode you’ll get a 30% discount. You do the math.

The nominees for the annual Dutch SpinAwards (creativity in interactive communication) are announced. What are your favourites? If you don’t know the cases, you can find descriptions here. Winners will be announced on April 3rd 2008.

Face On is an interactive online and offline exhibition exploring the future of the portrait.

In 2006 the planet crossed a tipping point – more than half the world’s population now live in cities. 19.20.21
is a 5 year initiative to study the global effects of urbanization.

Thursday January 24th we’re celebrating the release of Ntjamrosies full length album Atouba. We invite you to join us in Dizzy Jazz cafe Rotterdam. It’s absolutely free! So come celebrate with us, Ntjamrosie’s live band, Nelson & Djosa, Inna Vision & Mind Eye.

Tonight there is another Appelsap party at the Melkweg with dj’s SP, Manga & Lil’Vic. Mc Jozef Fit and Maria Melodee are your hostess this evening. Free entrance till 0.00 o’clock!

The insane MC Made in da Shade/Cosmic theater performance extravaganza; HRMNNH! KUNG FU HOSSEL is still going strong! 3 more dates have been added to the Westergasfabriek (Transformatorhuis) gig in…

If you haven’t seen it yet, you’re missing out! It’s B-A-N-A-N-A-S! From the 6th ’till the 17th of November, 20:30 hrs, at the Westergasfabriek in Am*dam. Peep the trailer, the teaser and the music video.

The Uber Flash Award is initiated by Achtung and will be awarded every Adobe User Group (AUG)  event. If you make new and innovative multimedia work, and would like to show it at an AUG event (28 november) …

redundant but damn cool stuff at Bright live the expo for innovative digital lifestyle, creative design and cutting edge technology. Coming up again on 30 november & 1 december: Westergasfabriek A’dam. Dope shit oldie!

Next week on Saturday November 3rd 2007 Amsterdam will celebrate again Museum Night (n8) for the eighth year in a row like POW! 42 museums and institutions will open their doors and organize special events from 7pm until 2am! Do I need to say more?

With all this new work don’t forget to get new music. Appletree present to you Louis Bordeaux who’s about to unleash his first release, Lets Love Life. During the ADE we celebrate this release at the Bitterzoet venue. Make sure you drop by and contact me for those guest list spots. It’s gonna be crazy!

If you missed the PICNIC ‘07 event last week, you can still watch online most of the conferences that took place there. I liked this one very much. It’s about Pixar studios, Transformers, the new WTC in NY, Batman, Six Feet Under and lots of motion graphics…