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
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Fourth incarnation of the Retro Space arcade cabinet in aluminium
2017
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Never has a consumer electronic product seen such an extravagant variety in case design as early handheld games from 1976-1985. Never have computer games been so beautifully reduced to their essence as these handhelds offered. Never did 2Kb of memory offer so much fun.
1983 was the best year with top titles like Amidar, Astro Thunder 7, Burger Time, Dig Dug, Ms. Pac-Man, Q*bert, Super-Cobra and Zaxxon.
Martijn Koch, architect from the Netherlands bought 180 of the best handheld games, photographed them, took them apart, analysed their tech, and put all the material together in this stunning book, a catalog like you never saw before.
Een plat pakket doe-het-zelf versie van Retro Space
2013
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Photo report of the STRP Festival 2011 by Mick Visser
2011
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Tool to convert Rōmaji, Katakana and ASCII/UTF-8
2011
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Mick Visser made a photo report of the STRP Festival 2010 in Eindhoven. I participate in the photography process as image editor. Our colaboration results in the best posible quality for the images.
From left to right:
Christoph De Boeck - Staalhemel
Lawrence Malstaf - Shrink
Jean Michel Bruyère - La Dispersion du Fils
Lawrence Malstaf - Nemo Observatorium
Lawrence Malstaf - Transporter
Roos van Berkel & TUlip - 2 of a kind
The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77
Lawrence Malstaf - Knot
Lawrence Malstaf - Nevel
Malcolm MacIver, Marlena Novak & Jay Alan Yim - Scale
Lawrence Malstaf - Territorium
Underworld
Luxury villas at the Berlaer site in Helmond
2010
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Redesign of the classic office desk calculator within 1 hour
2010
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Interior photographs of creative companies in a former Philips factory
2010
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26 arcade cabinets for Dutch Game Garden
2010
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A new and usable subway map for the biggest city on earth: Tokyo
2009
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A new factory for Kingspan insulation panels at Medel near Tiel
2009
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A man is a real man, if welding is what he can!
2009
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Hacking Ikea table with Sega Megadrive or Pac Man inside
2009
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Photos of 2 projects by Johan van den Berkmortel
2008
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8 Apartments for senior citizens in Heteren
2008
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A new business building for 2 entrepreneurs in Kesteren
2008
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Website for Retro Space
2008
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Modern arcade cabinet for home use
2008
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Entry Europan 9 Martijn Koch and Wendy van Rosmalen
2007
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11 Apartments for senior citizens at the Rozenpad in Heteren
2007
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A design for a new metro map for Copenhagen
2006
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Veranda extension to house in Beek en Donk
2006
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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
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For most tourists the city of Faro in southern Portugal is nothing more than an entrance by plane to the Algarve. Which is a pity. The biggest city of southern Portugal is probably the only one giving room to creativity. You will not see kitsch appartment blocks for Dutch and Germans, but subtile shaped private houses for the Portugese themselves. You will see images that remind of modernists like Gerrit Rietveld, Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier. You will wonder wheter MVRDV got inspiration here, or if Portugese architects checked out work of the Durch architecture firm.
Photographs of Detroit
2005
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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.
Hong Kong has little room to built. There is a small piece of land to build on between the water and the mountains. The only option to house the millions of citizens is to use efficient towering blocks. Some area's have a FAR (floor to ground area aspect ratio) of 5 to 10.
Portrait of the Brandevoort city extension of Helmond
2004
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Office building for the Dutch Tax Administration
2003
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