PHILIPS TV COMMERCIAL “What can light do”


Independent’s Philippe André has directed a beautifully crafted spot that displays Philips LED Lighting to dramatic effect. In a simple yet striking composition, the spot opens on a continuous row of Philips LED lamps, which illuminate the homes and lives of the characters in the piece like falling dominoes. Lighting every room and space in a perfectly [...]

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KLM Tile & Inspire

 

AWARDED 3 X EUROBEST
+ 2 X LOVIE AWARD

 
The Netherlands has always been (stereotypically) famous for its windmills, wooden shoes and Delftware – and for KLM of course. [...]

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A Trip Down KLM Lane


Since the 1950s KLM offers every World Business Class passenger a gift; a Delft Blue miniature Dutch canal house, filled with jenever – a traditional Dutch, juniper-flavoured gin. [...]

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GUCCI GUILTY

 
Worldwide Online Campaign
+ iPad App

 
The recent launch of the Gucci Guilty fragrance incorporated multiple social media platforms, with a worldwide banner campaign and YouTube forming the cornerstone of the campaign’s strategy. [...]

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Centraal Beheer LIVE Campaign

 

AWARDED WITH A SILVER LION IN CANNES


Today the Centraal Beheer LIVE Campaign received a Silver Lion in Cannes for Best Integrated Promotional Campaign. [...]

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VOLKSWAGEN
Tame the Tank


Online game developed to prove that it’s actually possible to drive all the way from Amsterdam to Milan on just one tank of gasoline. [...]

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FFWDW


Here a video I edited of some material I shot in Walt Disney World.
The waterpark is called Blizzard Beach.
[...]

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GLAMOUR


At the moment I’m working on a restyle for the upcoming website of GLAMOUR Magazine. [...]

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Walt Disney World


Today, Alain Littaye, an authority on everything Disney, and owner of the spectacular blog Disney and More published a set of my Walt Disney World photographs, [...]

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Josephine


This morning I had my breakfast in Fort Wilderness, where Josephine was waiting on me, [...]

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River Country Revisited

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Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin


Today I went to the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. I was really amazed by the exhibits they have on display. The main room has a giant dinosaur, and in the back there’s these beautiful diorama’s.

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Bear

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APX Photography


Today Namy Nosratifard and I came back from London after one of the most frightening flights of our lives. We made a series of 14 panorama’s for APX’s website [...]

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transavia.com


Today, transavia.com went live. [...]

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Kruger National Park



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Nike ACG


Today the worldwide banner-campaign for Nike ACG‘s sweetspots went live. [...]

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BUXEY.COM
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UPC Corporate


While working at SATAMA, I did plenty of concepting and art direction for UPC Global and UPC Corporate. Here some examples of designs for the UPC Corporate website. [...]

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WINQ Magazine

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Mijn Postbankpas
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BUTT Magazine / Comme des Garçons

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River Country Closed


River Country; Walt Disney World’s first water park officially closed today. As a kid I always had this postcard of River Country pinned on the side [...]

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Efteling Themepark Website

 

AWARDED GOLD IAAPA AWARD


One of my first big concept and design jobs was to create a website for a themepark in the Netherlands called: Efteling. I based the website on the book you see in this post [...]

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CONTACT DESIGNLAND

 

GEERT JAN BIJLSTRA
RAPENBURG 12-3
1011 TX AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS

 

+31(0)648064806

 

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