Category Archives: work

things I do for clients

The Jummy Machine

Posted on 13 June, 2012 by jandecoster

Today is a big day, as I can finally tell you about the big project I’ve been working on for the last 5 weeks. The Jummy Machine is a robot that moves with over 14 motors, controlled by a MegaDuino … Continue reading →

Posted in fun, JDC, SO, work | Tagged acting, air, animatronic, Arduino, boondoggle, Character design, delhaize, Flash, interactive installation, megaduino, Pictoplasma, proefvandewereld, robot, robotics, xbee | Leave a comment

Cooking @ Multi-Mania 2012

Posted on 6 June, 2012 by jandecoster

Early this year I was asked to give a presentation on the 22th of May at Multi Mania 2012, by the Adobe Usergroup Belgium. They wanted to know what I had been up to since I gave the last presentation … Continue reading →

Posted in events, fun, JDC, SO, Uncategorized, work | Leave a comment

MINI Fan The Flame: Making of

Posted on 12 March, 2012 by jandecoster

Ever since I first heard about the Arduino project in 2008, I was waiting for a challenging project with this cool piece of hardware. That challenge finally came in December of 2011. I was riding on my bike trough Mechelen one sunny afternoon in … Continue reading →

Posted in events, JDC, SO, work | Tagged Arduino, burn, burn unit, burning rope, cars, Countryman, Fan The Flame, interactive installation, MINI, minimal intervention, riding on my bike, transportation | Leave a comment

HADHI: Moving Fairtrade

Posted on 7 November, 2010 by jandecoster

Early this year I was contacted by two charming women, that own a fair trade design shop in Antwerp. They asked me to make a fair design website, and so I did. The design is Slightly Overdone and was constructed … Continue reading →

Posted in SO, work | Tagged design, fairtrade, Hadhi, Nationalestraat, online shop, website | Leave a comment

Winning prize “Ga Voor Geluk 2010”

Posted on 20 October, 2010 by jandecoster

Left to right: Jan Toye, Grieke Forceville, Jan De Coster, Marc vande Gucht The organisation “Ga Voor Geluk” (Go for happiness) awarded a prize of 10.000 euro to our project Prevention 2.0 this year. Tonight we received the gigantic cardboard … Continue reading →

Posted in JDC, work | Tagged Ga Voor Geluk, Prevention 2.0 | Leave a comment

Build a kick-ass flash pinball game in 20 easy steps

Posted on 12 October, 2010 by jandecoster

Last summer I was commissioned by Tequila/Agency to build a hyper-realistic pinball game, to fit in their launch campaign for the new Nissan Juke. A small SUV city car. You can see the result on this link http://slightlyoverdone.be/jukeballdemo/. As cool as … Continue reading →

Posted in SO, work | Tagged Actionscript 3, Flash, Juke, Little Chief, Nissan, Nissan Juke, Pinball, Tequila/Agency, Vintage pinball, Williams | Leave a comment

Posterdesign Alcoholhulp

Posted on 11 October, 2010 by jandecoster

Posted in SO, work | Tagged alcohol abuse prevention, Alcoholhulp | Leave a comment

VeronikaPot.com: A logo in negative space and a website that senses the mood of it’s content

Posted on 2 April, 2010 by jandecoster

When Veronika asked me a while ago to make an online portfolio for her photographs, I was glad I could also take a shot at designing a logo and accompanying graphic identity. Making both the design for the website and the identity … Continue reading →

Posted in SO, work | Tagged graphic design, logo, logodesign, photography, Veronika Pot, websitedesign | Leave a comment

baby creations

Posted on 15 February, 2010 by jandecoster

One could argue whether babies can be considered the product of a purely creative process 🙂 Communication about the birth of babies however is a very creative process, and a lot of fun in the last days leading to the big day, … Continue reading →