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What’s the most recent project
you’ve worked on?
Redbull fridge design, they asked
me to design 6 fridges.
When did you realize for the first
time, that you were a creative
person?
Not sure if I realized it back then,
but when I was 3 or 4 I started
drawing on all the note blocks I
could find and on the all the walls
in the house hahaha.
When was the last time you had
goosebumps?
I’m in Bali now in a small village
called Ubud, I must to say this
place gives me goosebumps all
over.
How and where do you reach for
your limits?
Conquering all fears.
What did you learn from the
Willem de Kooning University?
To follow your own path and take
matters into your own hands.
Who is your ultimate client or
collaboration partner?
I always use the following formula:
‘the holy PPP’ which stands
for ‘plezier, prestige and poen’
(pleasure, prestige and money).
If the job has two out of three, I’ll
take it. Otherwise I won’t. If the
job has three out of three it means
the job will be awesome.
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Have you ever received
a critical comment from
someone, which pushed you
forward?
I can’t think of anything
concrete at the moment but
I’m sure that’s the case. My
dad always has something to
say… About everything… But
that has always motivated
me to really, REALLY make
it happen.
#lifegoals?
Become a
Rock God
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How would your best friends
describe you?
Hard headed, a little prevailing but
always there.
What was your first music album?
Stankonia by Outkast.
What are the qualifications
of great work in your
opinion?
When the work is very
personal, or speaks for itself,
then no matter how simple
or complicated, you’ll feel
that it has been made with
attention and devotion.
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What are your favourite hotspots?
Work as well as pleasure.
Work: my studio at the Westzeedijk
(just a floor beneath my house).
Pleasure: my house at the
Westzeedijk (just a floor above my
studio).
Aside from that I love to hang in
the ALOHA bar in Rotterdam.
What
are
reoccurring
themes within your work?
Women, mythology and life.