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  • Start Thursday 2022

    Uncovering the cinematic past, one slide at a time

  • Confession Relay 2022, 2011

    Read a confession from a previous visitor, but only after you leave your own.

  • Through the covid crisis in 21 steps 2022

    Walk through the pandemic, day by day

  • Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 2022

    A renovated site for a renovated museum

  • Depictor 2021

    Connecting media and metadata on Wikimedia Commons

  • Mapping the history of slavery in Suriname 2021

    Uncovering the past, connecting to the present: The story of the freed slaves of Suriname

  • Utrecht Time Machine 2021

    Brings a rich history to life

  • magikal.nl 2021

    A single-serving website to know if it’s your turn to get vaccinated

  • The Self Design Academy 2020

    Website for a design exhibition

  • Rare Tijden 2020

    A browser extension that adds a single sentence to all major news sites

  • Structured Search 2020

    FInd free images on Wikimedia Commons using structured data

  • Mind Meditation 2020

    Find focus in a hectic world

  • Looking at art with Boijmans 2020

    See art in a completely different way

  • Zorgcowboys game 2019

    Operate a home care company, for happy clients or happy profits

  • de Volkskrant 2018 - 2015

    Digital storytelling for a leading quality newspaper

  • Data Science Fundamentals 2018

    A data science course for non-programmers

  • Communist Game 2017

    A game that gets you to the top of the Chinese food chain.

  • Grunbot 2017

    Can a neural network generate Arnon Grunberg’s columns?

  • Choose your system 2017

    How would the Dutch parliament look with a different electoral system?

  • Face the Interface 2017

    What would it be like if an algorithm could tell you a story, simply by looking at yourself?

  • Giro ‘d Italia 100 years 2017

    Seventeen multimedia stories about the “Italian Tour de France”

  • 20 years volkskrant.nl 2016

    Surf the web like it’s 1996

  • In the Treasury of the Rijksmuseum 2016

    An audiovisual guided tour through the depot of this museum.

  • KANYE WEST TWEET GENERATOR 2016

    HAD TO ALL CAPS THIS!!!!!! NO MORE RULES…. MAKE YOUR OWN RULES…

  • Donald Trump Votewiser 2016

    Find out which Donald Trump suits you best

  • Meet the Outsiders of the USA 2016

    An audio story about the Greyhound bus

  • JEZELF (Selfies) 2015

    A collection of 9000 selfies.

  • Drugs Confession 2015

    What’s your sin?

  • The DNA of MDMA 2015

    Multimedia longread about drugs.

  • De Correspondent Headline Generator 2015

    Generates an endless supply of intelligent headlines.

  • The Nonsensical Shirt Generator 2015

    Because “Oil Service / US 1975 / Beach Club no. 42901” sucks.

  • Zhiqing: Sacrifices for Mao 2015

    The lost generation of China

  • Climate specials 2015

    Stories with spectacular drone footage

  • Cat GIFs memory 2015

    The best things in life, combined

  • Catalytics 2015

    Catify your Google Analytics

  • Face Replace 2015

    Get the face of a total stranger for ten seconds

  • Bodyscanner 2015

    What if you could enter a machine that put a price tag on your body? And that determined your life expectancy and illnesses?

  • in.beeldengeluid.nl 2014

    A trove of audiovisual history.

  • 365dagenkunst 2013 - 2011

    A fresh piece of art, every day.

  • Graveify 2013

    Turn any website into a sympathy card.

  • Piratepad visualizations 2013

    Live infographics of Piratepad notes for a heritage conference.

  • Dutch Design Bullshitbingo 2013

    Because social is the new contextual.

  • VPRO 2013-2009

    Innovative websites for a Dutch public broadcaster.

  • Wikipedian in Residence 2013 – 2014

    Connecting the National Library and Archive to the free encyclopedia.

  • The Kinetic Web 2012, 2022

    Make a kinetic piece of art from every website.

  • SimMuseum 2012

    Manage your own museum.

  • Godverdehoeren-button 2011, 2022

    Frustrated? The Godverdehoeren-button gives relief. Works on every site!

  • Mental Pong 2011

    A very frustrating game.

  • The Farewell of Oliver G. 2011

    An experiment in digital storytelling.

  • Open source software 2010 -

    A list of free/open-source software i wrote

  • 365 DAGEN HAY 2009

    I made a piece of art, every day.

  • Wilders Quote Generator 2009

    Another liberal hobby.

  • askJoe 2006

    A useless personal coach for management solutions

  • Balkenende Translator 2004

    Translates every Dutch sentence into ‘Balkenende-speak.’

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