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
Tool to convert Rōmaji, Katakana and ASCII/UTF-8
2011
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
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
Result from a weekend workshop at WiSPER in Leuven: A trophy for real men, made from construction beams. The trophy is welded using MIG and metal arc welding (MAW) techniques.
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
Veranda extension to house in Beek en Donk
2006
Concept for a modern picture story based on Cinderella
2005
A digital magazine on sustainability, photography, cityscape and opinion
2005
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
Mixture of the Big Shadow and the Fake Lamp
2004
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
Office building for the Dutch Tax Administration
2003