Introducing Olaf

In a nutshell: I come from a small town near Nijmegen, but have been living in Rotterdam since 2007 in order to study Communication & Multimedia Design (CMD) at the University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam.

After receiving my diploma this year – I decided to place a shot on Dribbble asking if someone could help me find a job. Bart-Jan replied within the hour and that’s how I ended up at VI-Company. What can I say, I’m a lucky guy!

When I was about 14 years old, I started experimenting with Adobe software: Flash MX at first, Photoshop and Illustrator followed not long after. Finding a study was rather easy, I decided to leave Nijmegen behind and move in with my dad (who already lived in Rotterdam) in order to study CMD. Since then, I’ve moved twice – now I live with my brother in a nice, roomy apartment where we’ve managed not to kill each other (yet).

Every Mon- and Friday I practice Wing Chun Kungfu at Wu Dae Rotterdam. It helps me to sober up after an intense weekend and to calm down after a week of inspiring projects. After my training I usually eat quark but I love spicy and Italian food. Oh, I also play the (electric) guitar from time to time.

Next to web design I (screen) print my own illustrations on paper and/or fabric. I’ve been screen printing for about a year now at Mesh Print Club, you can check out my designs and prints on my website.

I’m writing this on my second day at VI Company and I can honestly say that I’m starting to like it here (already). My colleagues are professional and speak their mind, I can learn a great bunch from ’m! Thanks for the opportunity, I’m looking forward on the teamwork and ALL the projects!

Sincerely,
Olaf