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
Sound and Vision in Hilverum was interested in buying Retro Space arcade cabinets for their museum.
This request demanded an extra durable version of the Retro Space cabinets.
The new cabinet is fully re-engineered in folded aluminium sheets. The cab is fully modular, perfectly recyclable and gets prettier from a little use.
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
Photo report of the STRP Festival 2010 by Mick Visser
2010
Colaboration with bureau ZZEF
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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
A new catholic community centre for Heteren
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
Website for Retro Space
2008
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
Frank en Chantal van den Eijnden asked Johan van der Berkmortel and me to design an extension to their house in Beek en Donk. It was supposed to replace a decrepit shed and to add a new veranda with a fireplace. Two L-shaped entities frame the view into the deep garden. The brick element contains the chimney and acts as a bench. The wooden part contains the new shed, a log storage and a tool shed, and continues into the ceiling of the veranda.
This assignment is done in collaboration with Johan van den Berkmortel.
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
Brandevoort is one of the big suburban extensions according to the governmental document Vinex. Under supervision of Rob Krier, the city of Helmond tried to mimic the classic Dutch canal city for its big extension. Modern legislation on parking and the fact that a family in a suburban plan like this needs 2 cars to reach all daily facilities, resulted in weird interiors for the urban blocks. The gardens are petite, and most space is used for the cars.
Office building for the Dutch Tax Administration
2003