Me

I studied Fine Arts at what's now called ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Kampen (now Zwolle), The Netherlands. They say an art study makes you an artist. Maybe they're right. I do paint and I design stuff. Does that make me an artist? Much of my inspiration comes from old punkrock flyers, worn paper and fabrics, broken stuff. I like my work to look unfinished, undesigned. Design by accident.

(...)I didn’t study graphic design. I left the design department after six months because the teachers (and students) there were too bound to rules in my opinion. Especially typography rules. As you may know a lot of Dutch designers and therefore design teachers are heavily influenced by the ‘less is more’ principle. Well, that’s not my cup of tea.

From an interview (click here to read the whole thing)

Websites

I create and code websites using web standards. What else should I say? They do what they have to do. I hope...

Inspiration

David Salle, Jasper Johns, Steve Albini, Mark Hollis, Thurston Moore/Sonic Youth, Simeon ten Holt, Gerhard Richter, Francis Bacon, Stanley Donwood, LUL, It Dockumer Lokaeltsje, Charles Peterson, Dr. Tchock!, Wayne Coyne/Flaming Lips, Knut Orvik, The Ex, Robert Smith, The guy who invented beer, Carol van Dijk/Bettie Serveert, Nick Cave, David Yow/The Jesus Lizard, Pete Townshend, Randy Pausch, Kurt Cobain, Eli Content, Glenn Branca, This Heat, Umberto di Bosso é Compadres, Jan Jacob Slauerhhoff, Robert Zandvliet, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Burgess/The Chameleons, The guy who invented the photo copier, George Henze

Contact

You can e-mail me: peterboorsma AT gmail DOT com

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Tag overview for: 'webdesign'

Entries on this site with 'webdesign'

New work
We released two new websites in one week at Two Kings headquarters. Both are my designs. Two very different designs. Froeks , a videosite for Frisian youth is a typical 'P
Tribe Monitor
Logotype, website and interface advice for Tribe Monitor, a social statistics aggregator that helps you find out by tracking your online presence. Tribemonitor.com
Tribe Monitor
As you may know I was working on a thing called Tribe Monitor for New Music Labs . What is Tribe Monitor? TRIBE MONITOR is a social statistics aggregator that helps you fi
HorecArt
A website for a company that makes great interior designs for restaurants/catering businesses. Visit Horecart.nl
Into the Great Wide Open
I am one of the initiators of Into the Great Wide Open, a music and arts festival on the most beautiful Dutch island Vlieland. This is how it looks like and feels like. In
Henrie Vogel
Website for Dutch painter Henrie Vogel www.henrievogel.nl
De Klos
A new website for De Klos. A small but very nice club in Emmeloord www.de-klos.nl
Short update
I really need to update my portfolio. Busy days, busy days. Here's some links to websites I built recently: Popbelang.nl De-klos.nl Intothegreatwideopen.nl (more info on t
Studentertainment
A website for Studentertainment. Entertainment for students in Zwolle, The Netherlands. Design, code and implemented the cms (PivotX) www.studentertainment.net
New looks
Here it is: version ? of this website. I started designing somewhere in july and published a sneak preview of it in august . It changed a lot since then as you can see. I
Two Kings
popup Zo, nu hebben we zakelijk ook eindelijk een nette website: www.twokings.nl . Een heuse poldermodel website. Het hele team werkte er aan mee.
Parkside
Website for Parkside, a Dutch band that released their album Cables on my MOMI Recordings label. www.parksidemusic.nl What did I do: Design, coding, cms (PivotX)
Verse MOMI
Ook MOMI is omgezet naar PivotX en daarnaast behoorlijk aangepast qua lay out. Ik hoop de website hiermee wat meer een webloguiterlijk te geven en minder magazine-uitstral
Verse Planet Trash
Elk nieuw ontwerp brengt mij een stapje dichterbij mijn einddoel: het overnemen van de Nederlandse muziekblogscene. Planet Trash is de volgende. Nu die gekke Raaphorst nog
Parksite
As you know I am quite proud of Parkside. We released their album Cables and I did the artwork for it. I also did their website . I am in total control. My ambition is to
Details
Op A List Apart staat een artikel waarin wordt beweerd dat de details een goed ontwerp bepalen. Man, ik ben een slechte vormgever. Ik heb een hekel aan detailwerk. Heel va
Juist!
Een presentatie van Elliot Jay Stocks. Bekijk de presentatievideo op Viddler.com | View | Upload your own
Noortje Licht
A website for Noortje Licht , a theatre company. Delivered: Design, Website (XHTML, Flash, CSS), cms (PivotX) www.noortjelicht.nl