Jordi Romkema

Lately I've been working on some SMS to Screen designs. Most of them enable the user to send a text message to a special number and their message will be desplayed on television. To be honest it's not groundbreaking work design-wise, but for me it has been really satisfing seeing my work on television. I'm used to seeing my work online all the time, I remember back when I first started doing web design I got that same excited feeling everytime I put something online. So eventhough these are all...

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This post is long overdue since the site I'm about to write about has been online since February this year but I never got around to write about it. The site is called Kijk Dit Nou and plays a vital role in the daily live television show on TMF with the same...

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Recently we at MTV Networks launched a big SpongeBob SquarePants vertical in The Netherlands at www.spongebob.nl. The Dutch SpongeBob website is an online fanclub facilitated to kids so that they can soak up everything...

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As you might have noticed already I am a fan of bright colors used in web design. Today I stumbled upon Rox, a website for a music & art festival in the UK. Although the primary colors are shades of grey and black (again, a big fan) the design comes to life thanks to the use of bright green, blue and green.

The...

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Expo Cooperative is a collective of designers that create and solve problems together. They share their results, research and output with the design community. I came across their site today and there are several elements on their website that really impressed me. The first thing that immediately struck me was the use of vibrant...

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Spring has officially begun a week ago and the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development launched a new website to promote Tennessee in the springtime. They usually do this every season but never got the chance to write about it. Their main website Tennessee Vacation is absolutely stunning and now they...

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I just came across this new website created by Pikaboo, a creative studio from Brussels in Belgium. Their site is really simple but extremely well executed with smooth animations. At first I thought it was a Flash-based website because of the smooth transitions but I...

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Today I stumbled upon the portfolio of Melissa Hie. When I first saw the entry page I wasn't really that impressed but when I clicked the "Ready, Go!" button I was hooked to this site! When you click the Go button the screen slides away and the next screen comes up. Looking under the hood, it's a pretty simple but impressive combination of CSS and Javascript that enables these slide animations from screen to screen. It's a technique that...

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Web Designer Wall has an interesting article that explains ...

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Out of all the Democratic candidates Barack Obama has the best site hands down. I'm not really into US politics but since he's in the news so much lately, here in The Netherlands, I decided to check out his website. It was certainly more than I expected, the colors are brilliant, easy for the eye, cold yet it makes me feel warm and at home. The website itself is clear and easy to use. If I was able to vote I would vote for him just...

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