Van 17-25 oktober vindt hij weer plaats: De DDW, de Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. Voor mij een van de hoogtepunten van het jaar! Met name de Graduation tentoonstelling van de afstudeerders van de Design Academy is een jaarlijks terugkerend moment van geluk. Het is zo mooi om te zien hoe...

Our house has four floors. At the fourth floor I have created my own condo. Having my own space has always been important to me. A place where I can get my thoughts straightened, where I can reflect and where I can muse. My attic is small and you can hardly stand straight but it contains...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1NOWHd00nA] This is my all-time favorite sitcom that I can watch over and over again. When this was originally aired I saw these guys on a black and white set in my bedroom at home. The main characters were four students sharing a house: violent punk...

After several tips from trusted people I decided it was finally time to watch the TV series Mad Men. What a catch! It’s about an advertising agency on Madison Avenue in the early sixties in New York. It highlights smoking, prejudice, antisemitism, drinking  and bigotry. The position of...

Dear Bobby, You were no rockstar, nor a famous politician You were in every inch a gentleman, and the kindest man I ever met You adored football, that was your game, and football adored you in every way You lost the fight, but won everyone’s heart London, West Bromwich, Ipswich,...

In September 2004 Wendy and I backpacked our way through the Indonesian islands Java and Bali. The Lonely Planet was our only companion and we were certain about three things. One and two being the flights from and to Singapore and the third certainty was our visit to The Karimunjawa Islands,...