Debby Bosman [debz]

Er is er 1 jarig! HOERA!

2011-09-01T16:20:00.004+02:00

PersC viert vandaag haar 12e verjaardag! Het is alweer bijna twee jaar geleden dat wij naar Rotterdam verhuisden, en dat inspireert nog steeds.

Bent u een keer in de buurt? Kom dan eens bij ons langs voor een kop koffie. Vandaag zit er dan zelfs nog een stuk taart bij... Daarna gaan wij graag voor u aan de slag!

BOOOOOO!!?!?! MT Portret

2011-07-07T23:37:00.004+02:00

Soon I'll reveal why I've made these...

IcE CrEaMmmmm

2011-06-30T20:17:00.001+02:00

Having a break with the PersC Crew on the hottest day of the last few weeks.
VOB | MCP came with this ice cream car to our PersC garden to give us a free refreshment ^_^
Thnx guys!

www.persc.nl

blablabla it's just an italic A

2011-06-13T20:04:00.001+02:00

I like the AvantGarde font a lot.
But some of my friends just don't get it.
That's why I've made this piece.
Just to show them it's not just an italic 'A'.
But it's THE italic 'A'.

JuSt A dOoDlEiCiOuS dAy

2011-06-13T18:49:00.000+02:00

Long time no see!
Just had a doodleicious monday.
It looks like every time I have a day off or when I'm on a holiday I get sick or something.
Therefore today was just the right day to have a relaxed day of doodling in my bed.
Blackbook, black fineliner, Touch Twin markers and off we go.

Cu laterz peepz.

^_^

A new challenge!

2011-04-21T22:36:00.002+02:00

I've started a new challenge!
From now on I'm working as a Creative / Designer @ PersC Communicatie | Creative | Interactive
I must say, it's quite new for me working within such a team and not having any contact with the clients, but I'll get used to it doing so.

You can visit the website here:

See y'all soon.

Hugo Floris van den Bosch

2011-02-20T11:02:00.000+01:00

A present I've made for my friends Meijke & Boris who recently gave birth to Hugo Floris van den Bosch, the cutest baby boy ever.

Latte Art by debz. (first barista course)

2011-02-04T20:23:00.001+01:00

The results of my first barista course.
Need much more practice on the figures, but there's hope ^_^

Unbox your freshness challenge, Sportlife VIBES.

2011-02-03T21:40:00.000+01:00

I'm participating in the Unbox your freshness challenge of Sportlife Vibes.
Please visit the following link: http://www.sportlifevibes.com/unbox/debbybosman/ and vote!
THNX!!!

^_^

"Coffee To The People" The Coffee Factory Mobile Espresso Bar

2010-12-10T22:22:00.005+01:00

My first assignment as Inhouse Graphic Designer for The Coffee Factory.
Great week guys! BIG THNX for the warm welcome.

A new job!

2010-12-01T16:48:00.004+01:00

From the 6th of December I'll be the Inhouse Graphic Designer of TCF.

Next to this, I'll continue my freelance activities as studio debz.
so you can still contact me for small projects at my contact page

Sneak Peek pitch for The Coffee Factory

2010-11-24T16:35:00.002+01:00

A sneak peek of one of the lay-outs I've made for the Coffee Factory.

NOMINATION WdKA MAASKANT AWARD 2010

2010-10-26T13:36:00.002+02:00

Yezz!!!
I'm nominated for the WdKA Maaskant Award 2010 :D

WdKA's Maaskant Award was established in 1969 by H.A. 'Hugh' Maaskant (1907-1977), a Rotterdam architect who served as a member of the Academy's Board as well. Maaskant contributed to the post war Reconstruction of Rotterdam with buildings such as the Wholesale Building ['Groothandelsgebouw'] (1949-1953) and the Euromast (1958-60). Maaskant also wanted to stimulate young artists and designers in their development and first professional steps. That's why he started the WdKA Maaskant Award, not to be confused with the 'Rotterdam-Maaskant Prize' for architectural critique, that Maaskant initiated in 1976.

Dierendag (Day of the animals)

2010-10-05T19:09:00.003+02:00

Just cause it was 'Dierendag'... ;)

New Customized Munny "Tweeeeeeeeeet"

2010-09-30T09:04:00.005+02:00

First of 6 new Customized Munny's.
5 to go :D

3rd place "Show me your Money"-Contest @ Gevaarlijk GOED Festival Nijmegen

2010-09-20T18:03:00.008+02:00

Yezzz!!!

3rd Place :D

debz. & Straatvrouw sales @ Brielle Bazar

2010-09-13T14:25:00.006+02:00

Last saturday Petra (Straatvrouw) & me went to the Brielle Bazar to sell our products.
It was a very nice day with a lot of happy people.
Here is an impression.

Cheers!

Goodbye school, Helloooo work.

2010-08-25T19:41:00.009+02:00

Just got back from my vacation.
Did a lot of nice things like going to Antwerp, Breda, Tilburg, Theme Park 'De Efteling', BMX-ing etc. and I finally got my tattoo in memory of my dad who died 3 months ago and how our life has been the last 20 years.
I'm very proud of it. Hope y'all like it.

Designed by me, tattooed by Gabriele of Inkstitution Rotterdam | www.inkstitution.com
From now on, No more school, but serious business ;)
C ya!

Graduated!!! Diploma Ceremony :D

2010-07-11T14:59:00.005+02:00

Graduation Expo

2010-06-18T22:30:00.008+02:00

You can see a part of my graduation work @ the Graduation Festival (MADE AT WDKA)
Be there!

HARD.book

2010-06-17T23:40:00.003+02:00

HARD.book
Graduating Project. (Personal Project) Book I've made about my dad's life the last 5 months.
08/04/1938 - 15/05/2010 R.I.P. my dearest dad LOVE YOU

ROTT, TABS & CRON (Graduating Project)

2010-06-11T00:11:00.007+02:00

Graduating Project.
3 papertoys refering to three creative hotspots @ Rotterdam, Oude Noorden. With this three characters, I've made an interface with information about the spots. The movie will be posted soon.

ROTT = Galerie op de Rotte
TABS = Rotabs Style Center
CRON = Creatieve Route Oude Noorden

Sneak peek interface characters (Graduating Project)

2010-06-06T16:52:00.006+02:00

Sneak peek of one of the (prototype) characters I've made for my graduating project (interface).

The Memory Remains

2010-05-21T23:39:00.004+02:00

08/04/1938 - 15/05/2010 R.I.P. dad :'(

2010-05-17T19:03:00.004+02:00

Adidas Poster 'Summer Break'

2010-04-27T20:39:00.004+02:00

Another graduating project.
We've had to choose an Adidas product and make a poster with the theme 'Summer Break'.

Book cover 'Extreem Luid & Ongelooflijk Dichtbij'

2010-04-27T20:32:00.005+02:00

This is one of my graduating projects.
It's a remake of the book cover 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' (in dutch: 'Extreem Luid & Ongelooflijk Dichtbij')

bandage - by debz.

2010-04-22T10:10:00.006+02:00

One of the graduating projects is the ZGO (Self-Defined Assignment).
I'm working on a diary about my dad and our experiences the last few months. This font is one of the things in this book. It's made of the leg bandage of my dad.

Sneak peek #02

2010-04-09T09:12:00.005+02:00

Sneak peek of some other work in progress.
Cu!

Sneak peek

2010-03-29T23:32:00.003+02:00

Sneak peek of some work in progress...

Deadline assignment: Cartoon Festival Rotterdam 2010

2010-03-18T21:13:00.010+01:00

We've had to make an A4 flyer as promotion for the 1st edition of the Cartoon Festival Rotterdam.
The theme: Werken in de haven van de toekomst (Working at the harbor of the future).

My Super Dad...

2010-03-18T20:56:00.008+01:00

Heyz!
I'm back!
It has been a while, cause my dad's health is one big mess.
Two months ago I've found my dad beneath the stairs, not breathing, no pols etc.
A lot of stuff happened and now he misses his left leg and he's got an ICD implanted to give his heart a boost when it goes crazy.
Well... he survived the impossible :)

I'm glad he's still with us!
Time will tell...
Stronger by fight!

PS: I'm very very very busy at the moment, cause beside taking care of my dad, It's also my graduation period.
I'll post my work when I've got the time to do so.

Rotterdam Noord, The Urban Dream

2010-01-15T11:05:00.006+01:00

Postcard and canvas I've made for Deelgemeente Rotterdam Noord.

Deelgemeente Rotterdam Noord Scarf

2010-01-08T17:11:00.005+01:00

Scarf I've made for Deelgemeente Rotterdam Noord.
They'll give the scarves as a gift for their clients @ the Netherlands and abroad.

GraphArab Scarf.

2010-01-06T11:50:00.006+01:00

GraphArab Scarf.
Scarf made out of one piece of fabric, based on the clothes of the Arabic Assassins of the Middle Ages.
The ones with graphic Arabic prints will soon be posted.

Album cover 'About Birds And Bees'.

2009-12-29T14:43:00.003+01:00

The album cover I've made for the New Daily Bread record 'About Birds And Bees'.
A contest by Vice Magazine.

'Customize a Kika bear'-workshop part #02

2009-12-23T22:44:00.004+01:00

The 2nd workshop was also a suc6!
Here you can see the result.

Thank you soooooooo much for all the support :D

'Customize a Kika bear'-workshop part #01

2009-12-13T15:38:00.005+01:00

The workshop was a great suc6!
19 december 2009 part #02 of the 'Customize a Kika bear'-workshop @ Rotabs Style Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

All of the money will go to Kika (Children Cancer-free)
Children Cancer-free is soliciting funds for this special research, that could help children to beat cancer faster.
The customized bears will go the little patients of Sophia Childrens Hospital, Rotterdam.

Hope I'll see you there!

A lovely Cup Of GraffiTea!

2009-12-10T22:58:00.002+01:00

This is my entry for the 'Design a lovely Cup Of Tea contest' of Matt 'Lunartik' Jones.
GraffiTea, the brew which legally brings bold graphics & colors into the streets!

Customize a Kika beer!

2009-12-07T14:15:00.004+01:00

On 12 & 19 december 2009 we'll customize Kika bears for the children of the Sophia Childrens Hospital Rotterdam.
Come and join this special workshop!

Flyer Rotabs events dec 2009 & jan 2010

2009-12-06T22:53:00.006+01:00

Hey there!
A lot of cool events @ Rotabs Style Center!

This is the flyer I've made for Rotabs Style Center.
We also participate the Creatieve Route Rotterdam Noord.
Come and join!

Just keep visiting my blog, cause I'll post a important & fun event real soon :)

'Year of the Tiger' pitch UitAgenda R'dam

2009-12-01T14:47:00.004+01:00

The illustration I've made for the 'year of the tiger' pitch of Uitagenda Rotterdam.
It will be displayed on the City Media screens @ metrostation Beurs :)

debz. work @ Unit_8, Rotabs style center

2009-11-13T20:51:00.007+01:00

Heyz!
Unfortunately we've had to stop with Studio Knooppunt, but I've started a new unit, Unit_8 with Petra Stegeman.

I've made some new products as you can see.

Sooo...
Come and see our work live @ Rotabs style center, Zaagmolenkade 46, Rotterdam!

'SLOW' exhibition WDKA students @ Rotabs style center

2009-10-23T13:40:00.004+02:00

Be there!
:)

Small things, big memories.

2009-10-02T17:18:00.003+02:00

Heyz!
This is something I've made for the Swatch Young Illustrators Award 2009.

All of the small objects represent a BIG memory, whether it's happy, sad, boring etc.
C ya

Geeks!

2009-09-16T15:22:00.004+02:00

Hellowwwww!
Yesterday I've made some new products. (Geeks!)
It's a collection of necklaces, rings and brooches.

Come and see them in 'real life' @ the gallery shop of Studio Knooppunt @ Rotabs style center :D
C ya!

Back again!

2009-09-12T11:18:00.006+02:00

Heyz!
Back again :)
I'm very busy @ the moment, cause from now on I'm one of the 4 girls of 'Studio Knooppunt'.

We've started a (textile)design studio @ Rotabs style center, which is sooo nice... but hard work!
Hope you'll come and visite us some day :)

Rotabs style center
Unit 15
Zaagmolenkade 46
Rotterdam
Netherlands

wed - fri: 10.00 - 18.00
sat: 10.00 - 17.00

www.studioknooppunt.com

C ya!

Final presentation 3rd year WDKA

2009-07-09T14:35:00.004+02:00

Last monday I've had my final presentation of this 3rd year WDKA.
It isn't the best work I've made, but I was satisfied with some of the results, like the book I've made for the Minor Textiles.

Well... c ya laterz!
I'm going to work on a new project.

Knitting project with fashiondesigner Conny Groenewegen

2009-06-22T18:46:00.006+02:00

Hi!
Ok, I'm back for a minute :)
Today we've had to give a presentation of a knitting project we did with famous dutch fashiondesigner Conny Groenewegen.
This is the result of that 'secret project' I've posted a couple of weeks ago.

Tadaaaaaa!
Hope you like it :)

Silkscreen project SingerSweatShop

2009-06-19T22:56:00.010+02:00

Heyz!
For the course Graphic Design we've got a silkscreen project running.
Today I've printed a couple of bags, but today was a day nothing really worked out very well :S so I think I'm going to print some again next week.
I'm quite happy with some of the results, but it was hard to get it done right, cause at the end I noticed that all of the bags were a different size. It took me hours to meassure everything and making marks with tape.
But I kept my cool... :)
Now I'll show you my hard work :P

It's a promo bag for an event called 'drop a stitch'.
On the front there's the date, the name of the club and the name of the event.
On the back there's an invatation to help me design a big canvas with embroidery.
'Like graffiti, but different'. All of the common embroidery stitches are printed on the back as well.
Now I'm busy to finish the project (and others) so you won't see me for at least 3 weeks.
C ya!
edit:
Well... here it is...

The one bag (out of 16) that was succesfully printed.
:P

'De Kooning gaat door het stof' @ KICKOFF party Rotabs style center

2009-06-09T22:39:00.003+02:00

KICKOFF Rotabs & exhibition 'De Kooning gaat door het stof'

2009-06-03T18:05:00.001+02:00

Be there!

Character 'Boekenweek' (School assignment)

2009-05-24T20:14:00.007+02:00

This is the character I've made for a school assignment, called the 'Boekenweek'. (Week of the book)

The idea was based on a fox, cause in stories, the fox is always clever and smart. (Like the owl)

It's made out of cardboard, crepetape and pages of an old book.
I've also made some accesoires, so you can change the theme (kids, travelling, detective, history etc.)

Well... I'm very very very busy, so I'm going back to work!
Bye!

Bootz!!!

2009-05-09T19:01:00.005+02:00

Hi there!
Since I've won the 'I Love De Maas' contest I've got a lot of requests for designing some boots.
Here are the 2 pair of boots I've made for the kids Daan & Emma.

They are the (grand)son & (grand)daughter of the people who are sitting in front of me @ De Kuip every 2 weeks.
Daan & Emma are also big Feyenoord fans and they can sing the Feyenoord song 'Hand in Hand' from beginning till end :) (soooooo cute!!!)
C ya!

Knitting on the knitting machine

2009-05-03T14:19:00.006+02:00

This is the next project for the Minor Textiles.

We've had to choose a picture of an artist we like (I chose Stefan Sagmeister) and then make things on the knitting machine which refers to that picture.
At the end we have to make a shirt (T-shirt, tanktop or something).
I'll show you when it's finished!
I'm also going to show you the picture I chose as my inspiration for the final piece. but for now, that's a secret :P

Bye! =]

DIMI T-shirt Contest

2009-05-03T12:10:00.003+02:00

Hi there!
Here is another t-shirt design I've made.

This time it's for the DIMI magazine.
I've participated the contest, so now all we have to do is wait till the winner has been prenounced ;)

CU laterz!
I'm going to chill for a bit, cause there are still 3 more days left without school thingies.

Scooter & Jinx t-shirt design contest @ Bang Bang T-shirts

2009-04-19T18:53:00.006+02:00

This is the design I've made for the T-shirt contest.

Check this link for more info about the contest and the things they do.
Bye!

Sewing techniques, weaving, silkscreen printing etc.

2009-04-08T16:24:00.002+02:00

Hi there,
Finally I've found (and made) the pictures of the stuff I've made for the minor Textiles.
Here's a (very) small compilation.

Laterz!

Baby Di Di & Mei Mei Custom

2009-04-08T16:10:00.006+02:00

Heyz!
This is another Baby DiDi & MeiMei custom I've made.
It's the same theme as the other one, but the colors and faces are a bit different.
Front:

Back:

Cu laterz!

Me, learning to read, speak and write the Arabic language

2009-04-03T16:47:00.013+02:00

marhaba!
This week we had 'Projectweek' @ the academy.
The theme of this week was 'Cultural Diversity'... so yeah... it had something to do with a lot of different and diverse cultures ;)
I chose the project 'How to: Naskh' so we've learned how to read, write and talk the Arabic language.
It was a very nice week and we've learned a lot. (like the Arabic Alphabet)
I'm not going to show all the things I've made, cause I've almost wrote a book of 200 pages or so.

I can now read, write and speak a little bit Arabic. The reading and writing are going better than the speaking, but that's ok. For this one week I'm very happy with the progress.
We thought it would be very difficult to learn, but our teacher, Mr.Amien was/is a very good teacher. As a present he gave 5 of us a nice Arabic cardboard with drawings of animals with their Arabic names on it. I've got a nice one with birds.

The picture below is my first and lastname, written in Arabic.

For my final presentation in july, I'm going to make a bigger one in Kufic style with all those nice decorations.

السلام عليكم (goodbye)

T-shirt contest Lazy Oaf

2009-03-30T20:04:00.004+02:00

Hey!
I've participated the 'Design T-shirts with Lazy Oaf'-contest.
I've always wanted to make a Blackbook T-shirt. (like you're wearing one)
This is the result!

I've made this one in Illustrator (duh!)
I think I'm going to screenprint it @ school.
Hope it will look cool :)

Expo @ gallery Intermezzo

2009-03-30T19:57:00.004+02:00

Hi there!
Back again ;)
The expo @ gallery Intermezzo was a (very very very) tired, but nice experience.
I've sold three of my dear Fellaz. Mr. P-Nutz, Sweetz and Wheelz.
This was the cosy corner where I've showed my stuff.

See ya!

Exhibition @ gallery Intermezzo, Dordrecht

2009-03-10T15:48:00.004+01:00

Come and see!
We are selling the products we've made for our Minor Textiles.
There's a lot of cool stuff for a fair price, so come on over and join us with a nice cup of tea and tasty cake :)

North Sea Jazz Festival (poster contest)

2009-03-10T15:43:00.006+01:00

Heyz!
This is the poster I've made for the Nort Sea Jazz Festival poster contest.
It's an optic illusion. When you look at it, there's a wave and it moves...yeah!

Hope yall like it :)

GruBen aus Berlin!

2009-02-26T18:35:00.034+01:00

Hi there!
We are back from Berlin and we've had a great time.
It was very very very cold and all of the colour that was left in my face, just vanished, but a hot cup of coffee @ Starbucks (every single minute) helped us trough the day ;)

Day eins:
When we were in the train there was sitting a very funny looking man next to us... he just looked like a pizzabox or something :)

Everyone @ the train was watching us when we were trying to take the picture, and the only one who didn't noticed was the man himself.
After we've got out of the train, we went to our hotel in this nice creative street of Berlin in Friedrichshain.

That night we found some used bullets on the street, but we didn't told our family till we were home ;)
Then we went for something to eat @ Alexanderplatz.

Instead of the nice fountain and the hot sun, we arrived at an icetrack or something...

We've had to walk very very very slow, otherwise you just fell on your butt and could never get up again.
And then when we finally arrived at the Alexia building, I saw my favorite food...SUSHI :)

Luckily Nathalie really digs sushi too, so we've ordered a bunch and left with a smile!

Day zwei:
The other day we went to The Berlin Wall (East Side Gallery) and Potsdamer Platz to see the Holocaust monument, the Reichstag, the Brandenburgertower and a couple of musea.

Very long... very slippy...

Also very slippy... it was suicide to go in there!

Playing hide and seek ;) (freezing me)

Waiting... waiting... shaking...waiting...SHAKING... (and then we went away)

Day drei:
Shopping!!! And drinking hot coffee or a very cold Frappiato @ Starbucks :)

Day vier:
We've saw a little gallery 2 streets from our hotel which is called Zozoville.
This gallery belongs to 2 nice artists (Mateo & Johan Potma).
Mateo was there and he signed an artprint for each of us.

This one is mine. It's his selfportrait.
His work seemed formiliar to me, so I've checked some of the illustration books I own and found him in there.
It was a really nice guy and we've called him the 'import German', cause he was one of the few who did speak english very well and didn't walk around all day with a beer in his hand, scratching his tummy.
At the end I've found out that he was born in the US... San Mateo (yes...MATEO) and he went to artschool in San Francisco.
So yeah...

Then we went to the Stasi Museum and the Judisch Museum.
It was very interesting but after a while we get bored, so we began to make our own stories with the pictures.
@ The Judisch Museum there was a wishing tree, so I've made a wish for someone close and put it in the tree.

I'll hope it will come true...

Day fünf
This was our last day...
We've had to get the train on 14.50 so we hadn't much time to do something that day.

So I've left my cloudy sticker on the streets, just spreading love over Berlin and went to Hackesher Markt, which is a nice place to stay for a little while, drinking a hot or cold coffee (again), shop a bit (again) and to eat something ;)

Then we went on the train back home, but the journey wasn't over jet...
We've had to get of the ICE train in Emmerich and put our stuff in a bus which drove us to Arnhem...So we've had a little sightseeing!
Then we've had to take the normal Intercity to Utrecht and then finally went to Rotterdam!

And now I'm home again, working my guts out, cause there are sooooo many deadlines :)
So you see me again when my work is done (or something like that)
Bye!

I've won!

2009-02-13T00:24:00.013+01:00

Yeah!!!! I've won!!! Woehoe!!!:D (LOL)

Don't mind that crappy look of me, but I was so tired after standing there while everyone wants to take pictures of me, the nice sign they've made with my name on it and the boots, that my eyelids just began to hang. The smile wasn't there either.
That's just the main reason I don't like pictures of me, taken while I know they were taking them...
The guy next to me is the other winner Yoshi Cohen of the category (12-16)
He made a real cool movie!

Oh well... I'm going to Berlin!!!!!! :) And I can take a couple of friends with me!
And ofcourse... eternal fame ;)

Nominated for the 'I Love De Maas' award :)

2009-02-03T18:11:00.006+01:00

Yeah!
I'm one of the four nominees for the 'I Love De Maas' award.
It's very nice to win, but I'm already satisfied with the nomination :)
Well, I'll let you know if I won (or not).

Interview debz @ Rotterdam UitAgenda

2009-01-29T16:52:00.005+01:00

Heyz!
Well... here it is :) the interview about my work for the 'I Love De Maas' exhibition.
The boots are mine ;) the upper left picture is from another artist.

Cu soon!

A couple of Fellaz

2009-01-27T11:44:00.008+01:00

Hi!
Yesterday we've had to show our product to Gallery Intermezzo.
I've showed her these six Fellaz and she liked them very much :D

I've also made a book with 8 postcards.
All of the Fellaz are in there!

All of these postcards have an description of each character @ the back.
From the end of March, you can buy the book and the Fellaz @ Galery Intermezzo, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

2Legz

2009-01-22T14:03:00.007+01:00

I'd like to introduce to you... 2Legz!

This is another Fella I've made for the Minor Textiles.
He likes 2 sit @ the canteen of our school and just watch the people who are eating their lunch.
There's a stupid thing placed @ the center of the canteen, but 2Legs digs that strange looking thing and likes to sit there all day long, watching over the paintings of the students.
Cause of his 2 weird placed legs... he can sit at anything he want, cause they keep him in balance :)
You can also see him @ the postcardbook I've made.

TDS Calendar

2009-01-22T13:41:00.003+01:00

Finally the TDS Calendars arrived at my doormat.
The boots are a project I've made for the I Love De Maas exhibition, but TDS asked me if I would mind if they show them in their calendar too.
Well... I didn't so here they are!

Mr. P-Nutz

2009-01-18T16:35:00.005+01:00

Heyz!
This is one of the Fellaz I've made for the Minor Textiles.

He really digs peanuts!!!
You can see him @ the postcardbook I've made.

Baby Di Di & Mei Mei Contest / Expo

2009-01-14T00:04:00.019+01:00

Hi there!
Pff... Beside all the things I had to do for school and my freelance work, I've also participated a couple of contests.
This is one of them!
You can read all about it at this page: www.dunny.nl
Well... this is the result!
I'm happy with it, cause it was just my 3rd DIY toy custom ever.
After the contest, the toys will be on a small tour along three places in The Netherlands where they will be exhibited:
- Outland (Amsterdam),
- Van Nieuwenhuijzen (Rotterdam)
- Galerie Groen licht (Maastricht)
After that, they will be on a international tour.

The theme is: Forbidden Love
When they're looking away from each other, they're crying and they both have a broken heart.
But on the other side... their other faces are smiling and their hearts are just full of love.
Isn't that sweet... or is it just sad???

Birdboy

2008-12-28T18:29:00.003+01:00

Just a doodle on cardboard.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2008-12-23T13:35:00.003+01:00

Tomato in the Rain

2008-12-10T19:07:00.004+01:00

Just a doodle I've made, while listening to a song of the Kaiser Chiefs.

VPRO cover #1 contest

2008-12-08T23:55:00.009+01:00

Heyz,
Because our 3rd new concept-development teacher isn't there on friday, we've got the assignment to participate the contest of VPRO.
The subject was 'a party for the mind'
Well... I'm not quite sure if I'm so very happy with the result (I guess I'm not), and it's not very 'VPRO-ish' but I've send it out anyway.
Sooooo here it is ;)

Bye!

Manual

2008-12-06T10:42:00.002+01:00

For the course Illustration we've had to make a manual.
The subject was free, so I chose to make a manual about 'how dreams work?'

The character in the manual is the mini version of me... mini me.

The bandage refers to my many little accidents I had as a child, cause I believed everything I dreamed and I wanna try the things that happened... like flying after I jumped of the stairs ;) ouch!

Textile thingies

2008-12-06T10:39:00.003+01:00

I've made some textile stuff for my minor @ WDKA (which is also called 'Textiles')

The birdie and those eggie thingies are prototypes of the real ones.
In march 2009 we'll have our expo @ gallery Intermezzo Dordrecht.
You can also buy them in their gallery shop :)

Statistics 010 (Crooswijk)

2008-11-18T19:18:00.011+01:00

Hello!
We've had to make our own schoolassignment in a group of 2-4 people and I've worked together with Anne (http://annejulia.exto.nl/) for the course Graphic Design.
The two things we've had to make:
- 16x A5 pages research document
- an infographic
Our assignment was called 'Statistics 010' (010 = Rotterdam) and we've had to do research of one of the areas of the city.
Our area was Crooswijk.
They have to demolish houses, cause there's a whole new plan for that part of the city.
Almost everyone in that neighborhood are against the demolition plans, so we've bundled our research and made an A1 poster, wich you can see here :)
At the front we've made an infographic about the 3 most common ways to demonstrate against the plans of demolishing Crooswijk.

It's a poster you can put on you window to demonstrate and at the back you can find all the information we've collected about Crooswijk and the demolition plans.
At the end we've had to put our product in context, so we've put them behind the windows in Crooswijk and took a picture of it... or... we've just used Photoshop ;) (cause the weather was very bad)

Well... hope y'all like it ;)

I Love de Maas

2008-11-13T18:03:00.007+01:00

Heyzzz!
From 13/02/2009 - 28/06/2009 there will be an expo called 'I Love de Maas' @ Maritiem Museum Rotterdam.
I'm one of the participants and here you can see a sneak peek of the piece I've made.

If you want to see the work...or works... ;) just come over and see! (you can also see one of the most awful pictures taken of me ever)
Also 3 famous dutch artists will show their work at the expo.
- Luuk Bode (artist & former student Willem de Kooning Academy)
- Eric van Straaten (artist & teacher at the Willem de Kooning Academy)
- Kas (rapper, videoartist & former student Willem de Kooning Academy)
I'll only be able to give you the title of the work: 'Rotterdam, sterker door strijd!' (Rotterdam, stronger by fight)

:D

Saturday November 08, 2008: Open Day WDKA

2008-11-13T15:44:00.008+01:00

Hi there!
Last saturday it was the Open Day of the Willem De Kooning Academie.
For the Illustration division we've had to make a room which was totally covered with paper, so everyone could draw on everything.
Just see the pictures for the result!
It was very cool to see everything covered in paper (it was a lot of work though).

We've also had to make some characters which were placed on a stage, so it looked like a fashionshow kinda thingie!

Bye now!

School assignment: DVD cover 'deeenminutendvdnummereen' (the one minute dvd part one)

2008-10-20T18:16:00.007+02:00

Hi there,
The storm is still there, but we have to keep going, so...I'm back :)
This is the cover I've made for the 'eenminutendvdnummereen'.
There are a lot of very unique and different 1 minute movies on this dvd.

I've used ironing beads, which I think is very cool material to work with, even though I'm 23 years old ;)
If you take a very good look at the cover, you'll see that it's a videotape. (front & back)
That's what the dvd is all about... things you won't expect!
Here you can see the dvd cover with all the other covers of the other students from my class.

Well...
Cu when I've finished my 'to do list'.
;)

A break

2008-10-03T10:41:00.003+02:00

Cause of some family issues and my own health, I won't be able to post work for a period of time.

Cu when the storm is over!

Assignment Graphic Design combined with Illustration ('dagansicht')

2008-09-17T16:46:00.007+02:00

Hi there!
Me again...
In Holland, we have a newspaper which is called the NRC Next.
They have a daily column, called 'dagansicht'. It's a picture which gives a comment on things who are or were recently in the news.
We had to choose a subject from the newspaper and I chose the LHC (Large Hadron Collider)
We also had to do research about this subject and because we had to read the NRC Next everyday, I wanted to do something with the newspaper. (see pictures below)

Finally I end up with the all-time battle between science and religion.
So I made a picture.... and here it is!

The 'H' is the Higgs particle and 'GOD'... well... that's GOD.
They are representing science and religion and are arguing about who made the world and everything else.
The colors are opposites, but there's a visual balance between the 2 colors (cyan & yellow), like I think... the truth is somewhere in the middle.
The magenta represents the fact that they are both fighting for the same purpose... finding the truth about the existence of the world... only both on their own way.

Just married! 16/08/2008

2008-09-14T13:42:00.007+02:00

Hi there,
At 16/08/2008 my friends Meijke & Boris are married.

As a present I've made them a funny salt & pepper shaker set.

The pictures are made by Meijke, cause I just forgot to take some for my blog. (stupid me)
She's a great photographer. Just take a look at her website if you're interested!

Click here!

I hope you will have a great life together :)
You're such a nice couple!!!

My best friend

2008-09-05T17:18:00.007+02:00

The friend who's always there when you need one...

(A letter doodle a la Parra... he's the master... I'm NOT)

Say hello to SONY ROLLY!!!

2008-08-27T22:56:00.007+02:00

Hi there!
SONY asked me to make a short video about a very very very nice gadget they made, called ROLLY
It's a super cool mp3 speaker system which can dance too :D

Just check the video and visit the website www.sony.com to get more information on Rolly!!! Or just google it :)

Because I've used the song of the Black Eyed Peas, this movie is not longer available @ Youtube.
Well... I had a fun time making it, so... I don't care.

CU soon ;)

Final presentation 2nd year WDKA

2008-07-12T18:41:00.006+02:00

Hellow!
Last monday I had my final presentation of my 2nd year at the WDKA. (Willem de Kooning Academy)
It went very well.
We had to make a selection of our work we've made this year.
Well... just watch the slideshow if your interested or just a bit curious.
You can watch the larger picture by clicking on it.

And yeah... I know that my drawing skills are sooo terrible.
My concentration was very lousy this year!

Hope yall like it!

Opening = NICE!!! and Shake your bum bum!

2008-06-27T13:05:00.013+02:00

Hellow!
Yesterday was the opening of 'WILLEM de klant is Kooning' @ gallery Blaak 10.
There were a lot of nice and interesting people and the snacks were great ;)
I got a lot of compliments about my 2 products, the 'Memomatties' and 'I love Sweetie Treats'.

Afterwards we had a little after party with a couple of students at 'Strand aan de Maas' (Beach at the Maas)
We joint a salsa workshop which was very hilarious. (just watch the movie)

Well...great dancers ey? :)

'WILLEM de klant is Kooning'-shop

2008-06-20T18:47:00.005+02:00

There's a second version of the 'Willem de Klant is Kooning'-shop @ Gallery Blaak 10 (Witte de Withstraat 7a, Rotterdam)
This time it will be there for a whole week instead of 1 day, so come and take a look!!!

The opening will be on the 26th of june.

You can step by from 26/06 - 06/07

All handmade thingies!!! :)

Well...

2008-06-16T18:36:00.005+02:00

Helvetica assignment

2008-06-16T17:56:00.006+02:00

We had to make a book about one of the characters from the Helvetica Documentary.
I had to make one about Michael C. Place.
I really like his work, so I was very excited to do this assignment.

I also made a poster which you can find on page 28 of the book.

After this assignment we had to make one page (about that person) for a magazine about Helvetica which we are going to publish.
The page has to be about (the work of) the person and we had to use typography which has a connection with that certain person, except ofcourse Helvetica.

Well... see ya later.

Little tears

2008-06-01T22:56:00.008+02:00

Another doodle...
This time on a piece of giftwrap.

Pictures WDKA (Illustration) @ Berlin 2008

2008-05-28T18:32:00.006+02:00

Hi!!!
Here are the pictures of our trip to Berlin last week.
I had over more than 400 pictures, but I've just selected a few to show ya.

See ya!

TNT assignment

2008-05-27T16:13:00.006+02:00

We've had to make 3 postcard designs.
The subjects were given by the people of TNT.
My 3 subjects were: The week of children's books 2008, Mothersday and Valentinesday.

These are the results:

The week of children's books 2008:

Mothersday:

Valentinesday:

Next week, the jury will choose the best postcards and they will be used in a schoolproject for kids (6 - 9 year and 10 - 12 year)
Bye for now!

Opening 'From ZERO to Everthing' @ gallery ZERO Berlin

2008-05-25T18:12:00.008+02:00

Here are the pictures of the opening.
It was very nice with a lot of people and beer. (for me only water and a Coke)

These are only the picures of the opening.
In the next slideshow, you can see a few pictures of the trip.

Till then!

Finally finished

2008-05-17T21:17:00.005+02:00

Hi there!
I've finally finished my 'transformer' for the ZERO-project @ Galerie ZERO in Berlin.

That's me, finishing the last details of my happy fella on the floor of our holiday trailer.

And this is the result.
I hope it will be crowdy @ the opening of the exhibition (21 March 2008, 20.00)

Pictures of the exhibition will be here soon!
Bye for now ;)

debz @ Barcelonaaaa 27/04/08 - 30/04/08

2008-05-02T12:31:00.010+02:00

Hola!
My mom and I went on a trip of 4 days to Barcelona.
The weather was fine and we had a great time.
Of course we've watched Feyenoord win the KNVB-cup at a big screen in Barcelona, so I've put a picture of the celebration on the Coolsingel between the rest of the photo's.

Here you can see the pictures.

Adios for now!

From ZERO to everything

2008-04-11T19:42:00.022+02:00

My teacher asked me to make a picture with an article about our expo @ galerie ZERO in Berlin.
The theme is 'From ZERO to everything'
You can read the assignment here

This is the result:

Before this one, I made the route from Rotterdam to Berlin, with in the middle the envelope.
It was made out of one piece of iron wire.
Then my teacher told me the picture will be in the newspaper, so I noticed this picture won't work cause of all the tiny pictures.