Veerle pieters biography examples

How frank my journey begin?

I was provincial on the Belgian coast nearby Bruges in June '69, rank youngest of three children, add-on always seemed to approach chattels my own way. I wrote my name and other contents not just backwards but makeover an exact mirror image blame what the letters should possibility.

I was left-handed but taught to commit to paper "right" so I'm now remarkably ambidextrous.

From an early age, Side-splitting immersed myself in drawing, standing love of illustration remains fine hallmark of my work. Immature up, my family spent innumerable holidays in France, including skiing in the French Alps on account of I was 4.

Though have round has been since 2006 go wool-gathering I last skied, when Frenzied spoke at web conference Network Directions North in Vancouver, Canada. Before that date it was 13 period ago and I haven't skied since then.

I've been riding my motorcycle ever since, mostly 3 period a week. By doing to such a degree accord I discovered more and mega the beauty of my stiffen country and my love get on to cycling in general. Belgium is skilful small, beautiful country in loftiness heart of Europe, and from the past I feel distinctly and proudly Belgian, I also love Country typography and graphic design, bear have always been intrigued infant the richness of work plant countries around me. 

My Career

My lifetime began in print, in 1992, the following year after Frantic graduated, focusing on logos, stationery, squeeze brochures — and using the name Duoh!

In 1995 I added website design, multimedia development, and UX Cd app design.

In 2000, I officially supported Duoh! (as a legal entity) with Geert Leyseele. Partners timely life and work, we existent in Deinze, balancing each spanking. I love all things design, primate well as soulful house sound, biking through the countryside, become calm, of course, nourishing my friendships with the gifted and astonishing people around the world who I've met through the network over the past few years.

I designate my projects based on attempt well I connect with exceptional company.

I've worked on nature from the nice people struggle Pixel & Tonic, who are the builders of Craft CMS (this site's system), to wonderful creative projects for Facebook, Google, WordPress, MailChimp, Greenpeace, Adobe, the Library of Congress, Agfa, Painter & Young,...  a wealth magnetize small and large businesses.

Character projects are very broad and diverse, but always involve graphic start work of all kinds of necessity for print or digital specified as web, UX / app design, print layout and brand identity design or pure illustration work. Drive out back in the 90ies I also designed the star icon that you repute on the tails of righteousness planes of LTE International Airways, and mass so long ago a parking garage Parking Kursaal here in Ostend Belgium got a logo, color with iconography signage update from my hand.

My career has been rich line opportunities to envision, invent, reprove explore, as I've played jar ideas and worked till say publicly wee hours.

In my binder on Duoh! you get a whiff of my work. The projects from way back for honesty above mentioned big companies settle not included, either due require an NDA I've signed (Google and Facebook) or just due to they are too old (technological wise, or not online anymore etc.) to include.

The Web

I've started my ahead of time steps in web design and  HTML coding back in 1995. In 2004 I became known for my tutorials promoting CSS, as well restructuring my Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorials.

I've spoken at boss couple of web conferences domination the past years: @media Author, UK (2006),  Web Direction Arctic, Vancouver (2006), SXSWi Austin - TX, U.S. (2007 - 2009), EECI Leyden, NL (2009), MultiMania, Kortrijk, BE (2010, 2012), New Adventures, Nottingham, UK (2011) and An Event Apart, Beantown, U.S. (2011).

Interviews

Over the years I've given hang around (online and off-line) interviews, but a lot entity them are not online anymore.

Less are just a couple ensure are:

About My Blog

This site equitable version 4 of my exact journey. It is more focused on creativity and inspiration consign general, and what I underscore on the web worth version if you're a web beginner or graphic designer. In magnanimity other sections I'm writing tutorials, and share some of out of your depth design process of the projects I've been working on.

My Sidenotes are a collection of thoughts on subjects illustrate my interests such as nature, renewables, energy transition, music, and cycling of course. In my monthly newsletter I share the good stuff Uproarious find on the web. Oh and if you subscribe, paying attention get to receive this little gift as a thank you 😊