Who is Guido de Koning ?
I was born in the South of The Netherlands on the thirtieth of November 1982 in a place called "Sittard" Between then and now I have lived in; Belgium, Turkey and currently in the United Kingdom
How did I get into Interactive Media ?
Growing up I always had an interest in technical and electronical things and at a young age I would always break electronics apart, they were not always already broken at that point, to see what made them work.
Over the years my interest in computers grew and technology, especially when I started to go on-line regularly. Along with that my interest towards graphic design and interface design started to develop as well. Mainly due to the fact that I got involved in some on-line projects where I designed some promo graphics for.
Many years later I decided to start studying Interactive Media in London which entailed graphic design and interface design. This gave me a chance to develop my skills to a professional level. Since I was very interested in making this into my career.
Work Experience
I have worked in a lot of different places including; The Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Here I have gained first hand experience in on-line design, print design, interface design and video editing.
The good thing about this is is that I have seen a lot of different work ethics in these countries. The way people work sometimes differs a lot and it is always nice to see a new fresh approach to design and the business side to it as well.
Style
I always design very clean and neat. I can absolutely not stand the thought of making a collage with an overload of graphics. There is just no "rest" in that for me personally. I love clean neat graphics and generally like to think that I give a visual impact with a minimalistic design.
Influences
For some reason I have always very much liked corporate styles and love something that really looks commercial. Its just what attracts my attention and what I would love to re-create sometimes with my own twist to it.
I guess I always like this sort of style since the largest companies usually have the latest and newest styles in their designs. For example,
Apple
HP
Lenovo
Asus
etc.
What tools do I use ?
It depends more on the situation on the nature of the project. If the project requires me to learn a new technique or new piece of software then I will not hesitate to take this challenge upon me. Currently I work a lot with the Adobe software package and to the technical side of my designs I usually use; PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, VBA, Javascript, DOM, AJAX
Working Process
I always start from scratch and build upon my initial ideas. I have never started something that I wanted to keep as a design straight away. I always changes everything a million times or more until I am satisfied with the result. This could also mean re-starting from scratch again until I think the result appeals me. Still then I usually leave my design alone for a few days open it up again to have one last critical look. This could even mean re-aligning things just a few millimetres.
Guido de Koning
20220908
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