Learning is working best when kids are into subjects of study that match their interests. It also works well when projects are realistic.
Also there has to be place for the making. It should be possible to make prototypes, do experiments, program shows and produce goods to express yourself.
This Is No School is the world on a stamp. A meeting square, workshops, labs, a theater, a fram, sporting facilities, restaurants, shops and a hotel.
T-shirts for YouTube channel 2kB of Fun
2018
Fourth incarnation of the Retro Space arcade cabinet in aluminium
2017
Pixel art illustration for the book 2kB of Fun
2017
The incredible world of handheld video games from ‘76-’85
2013
Een plat pakket doe-het-zelf versie van Retro Space
2013
Renewal of house extension with new car port for DAF 46
2012
Photo report of the STRP Festival 2011 by Mick Visser
2011
Tool to convert Rōmaji, Katakana and ASCII/UTF-8
2011
Photo report of the STRP Festival 2010 by Mick Visser
2010
Luxury villas at the Berlaer site in Helmond
2010
Redesign of the classic office desk calculator within 1 hour
2010
Interior photographs of creative companies in a former Philips factory
2010
26 arcade cabinets for Dutch Game Garden
2010
A new and usable subway map for the biggest city on earth: Tokyo
2009
A new factory for Kingspan insulation panels at Medel near Tiel
2009
A man is a real man, if welding is what he can!
2009
One of the most popular IKEA products is the LACK coffee table. It is so cheap, it must be hollow.
I opened the tables, I built in a retro TV computer game by Jakks and added real arcade controls to this game. This way the TV game has a longer life and the Ikea LACK is no longer the boring classic every household owns.
Thanks to Lara Verlaat for Playin Pac-Man.
Photos of 2 projects by Johan van den Berkmortel
2008
8 Apartments for senior citizens in Heteren
2008
A new business building for 2 entrepreneurs in Kesteren
2008
When the design of Retro Space was finished, we needed a matching website.
Because of the presumption that Retro Space could become a hit on the internet, we tried to make the website as small as possible. We did not want the website to crash on bandwidth problems.
Matching the style of the retro games, the website is designed in pixel art. All elements except some product shots are GIF images in 4 colours. It's just like the early years of internet when bandwidth was scarce.
Modern arcade cabinet for home use
2008
Entry Europan 9 Martijn Koch and Wendy van Rosmalen
2007
11 Apartments for senior citizens at the Rozenpad in Heteren
2007
A design for a new metro map for Copenhagen
2006
Veranda extension to house in Beek en Donk
2006
While doing a creative portfolio course at the CKE in Eindhoven I worked on a new interpretation of the story of Cinderella.
Thanks to model Christine Nabuurs, to Jeroen Roxs for the workshop location, and to John Körmeling for using his veranda.
A digital magazine on sustainability, photography, cityscape and opinion
2005
Anonymous modernist housing near Faro
2005
Photographs of Detroit
2005
The lamp is a joke. I had no space to place the Big Shadow Lamp by Marcel Wanders. I also liked the idea of the Fake Lamp by Sophie Krier, but not its shape. I mixed them and created the Fake Wanders. Definitely not for sale.
Tower blocks in Hong Kong
2004
Portrait of the Brandevoort city extension of Helmond
2004
Office building for the Dutch Tax Administration
2003
This Is No School
Pac Man LACK Hack
Cinderella
