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Happykampers

Through my work and projects I get to meet and work with lots of amazing people; people who change things simply by touching them. These people can shift paradigms, change thinking, create both movement and movements, inspire others, make things happen and realize seemingly impossible projects. readmore

For better of for worse by TIKA — ‘The more you surround yourself with man-made things, the more you lose’

Just stumbled upon this great video for a Dutch band named TIKA. As you do not know I’m working in a personal project, soon to go live, on ‘happy places’. This video so fits into that.

In the documentary music video, actor ‘giant’ Carel Struycken (who rose to fame by playing iconic freaks in pop culture, readmore

FOREVER IS COMPOSED OF NOWS.

Emily Dickinson

The Future Belongs to the Curious

From the moment we open our eyes it fuels our existence. We are on a mission to remind everyone to never lose your sense of curiosity or wonder. Long live learning!

Guest lecturing at CEDIM, Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseno de Monterrey, Mexico

I’m truly happy to say that I’ve been invited as a visiting teacher at CEDIM, a place that felt like a candy store when I was there last year, full with unlimited potential to create anything. I will be there from 9 to 20 April. Looking forward to it!

BNO interview: John Thackara

‘Driving safely in the dark: opportunities for design as the crisis unfolds’. It is the full title of the lecture held by John Thackara on December 15th, to celebrate BNO’s 15th anniversary. I have been a fan of him for a long time, following readmore

Open day!

It’s done and I love it. Based on a simple idea, namely that a school is a lot of people that together make the school, we made the poster.

Graphic design Martine Eyzenga
Photography Marcel Kampman, assisted by Bart Hoekstra, colour correction Maurice Mikkers.
Copy Theo van der Vlugt
Design readmore

NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. INDEED, IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.

Margaret Mead

THE REASON WE STRUGGLE WITH INSECURITY IS BECAUSE WE COMPARE OUR BEHIND-THE-SCENES WITH EVERYONE ELSE’S HIGHLIGHT REEL.

Steven Furtick (via Pieter Spinder)

Als je niet weet dat een bepaald beroep bestaat, hoe weet je dan hoe je ’t kunt worden?

Als je niet weet dat een bepaald beroep bestaat, hoe weet je dan hoe je ’t kunt worden? Of wat je nodig hebt om het worden?

Daarom interviewen we mensen met allerlei verschillende banen. Misschien helpen hun verhalen jou om te kiezen en om te praten readmore

Interview: Jeff Hull, game entrepreneur

Nice interview by Submarine with Jeff Hull of Nonchalance at PICNIC festival 2011, a hybrid arts studio in San Francisco with an expertise in Situational Design. Jeff’s company created The Jejune Institute, an immersive game set in San Francisco readmore

Making the Stad&Esch open day campaign

Because it is not yet finished, a sneak preview of a work in progress. Currently in the making, the new open day campaign for the school. A simple idea, namely that a school is a lot of people that together make the school, we’re making the poster. We cut out all letters in different sizes readmore

A great first PICNIC Creative Business Club meeting at Corio

The PICNIC Creative Business Club is a network of companies and organizations which comes together throughout the year. Its objectives are to create the future and explore game-changing solutions to economic, social and environmental challenges.

Members participate in PICNIC events and connect with a diverse group of Dutch and international professionals, entrepreneurs and young readmore

Molen zoekt bestemming!

Het cultureel erfgoed in Zuid-Holland levert een bijdrage aan de ruimtelijke kwaliteit van de provincie. Met de themajaren brengen Zuid-Holland de bijzondere waarde van de cultuurhistorische complexen in Zuid-Holland onder de aandacht. Op deze manier wil de readmore

BEWARE OF THE LOLLIPOP OF MEDIOCRITY; LICK IT ONCE AND YOU’LL SUCK FOREVER.

Brian Wilson

Speaking at Trendsfactory

Looking forward to be speaking at Trendsfactory in January. I will be sharing things we’ve learned from working with and for schools, and how you can apply them in other territories. Will be fun!

Change

Got this image from Jan Willem Weissink, CEO Corio Nederland when we were working on Hoog Catharijne together. He took it at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice, Italy. It’s a work by Maurizio Nannucci from 2003. It’s so relevant readmore

Start conversations

Sometimes learning occasions are so close by you don’t even see them. I sit in trains a lot. Because I live far away from where the questions I work on are asked. And I like trains, have been writing and telling about that frequently. I like readmore

Had good fun today in Meppel, talking about my ups and downs as an ‘entrepreneur’. And did that fully uncensored and that was nice too, even more because my mum and brother were there. Great to learn more about local initiatives that are heavily influenced by technology. Key learning for me was though that ambitions readmore

TALENT IS THE DESIRE TO PRACTICE. RIGHT? IT IS THAT YOU LOVE SOMETHING SO MUCH THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO MAKE AN ENORMOUS SACRIFICE AND AN ENORMOUS COMMITMENT TO THAT, WHATEVER IT IS — TASK, GAME, SPORT, WHAT HAVE YOU.

Malcolm Gladwell

VISION IS THE ART OF SEEING WHAT IS INVISIBLE TO OTHERS.

Jonathan Swift

Get to know Stad&Esch

Choosing for a school is hard enough as it is when you’re 12. Making that easier we can not, that’s something personal. But for Stad&Esch we decided to be at least be really clear what we stand for and inform you well. So we filmed students on different subjects, to get their opinion readmore

Get rid of business cards

The good thing of a business card is it gives you all practical information from a person who you just met, related to his job. Handy and concise. What you learn about that person is largely depending on the talent of that company to find a readmore

The Bureau of Doing Something About it

Spotted this on Fran’s blog, to cool:

Bruce Mau’s The Bureau of Doing Something About it: A pop-up studio, working in real-time, designed solutions in response to complaints.
Last year, the Toronto Complaints Choir, produced as part of the 2010-2011 World Stage season at Harbourfront Centre, collected readmore