My name is Maarten Houwer. I am Art Director / Creative at NoSuchCompany. At my best when I connect the creative dots. ‘You can find inspiration in everything, if not, please look again.’ - Sir Paul SmithTumblr (3.0; @maartenhouwer)http://maartenhouwer.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xYdoCOI7Mg8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>‪<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman" target="_blank">Richard Feynman</a> Biography - <em>Best Mind Since Einstein</em>‬</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/23034121368http://maartenhouwer.com/post/23034121368Mon, 14 May 2012 13:43:52 +0200sciencerichard feynman<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/41353175" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Jonathan Harris: Cowbird And Humanizing The Web</strong></p> <p>In this video from PSFK CONFERENCE NYC 2012, new media artists Jonathan Harris talks to the audience about how he walked away from success and notoriety and was inspired to counter current trends to build <a href="http://cowbird.com/" target="_blank">Cowbird.com.</a></p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22779775124http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22779775124Thu, 10 May 2012 16:36:02 +0200cowbirdinternettrendsstorytelling<a href="http://startupsthisishowdesignworks.com/">Startups, this is how design works.</a>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22711311207http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22711311207Wed, 09 May 2012 13:32:35 +0200designwebsite<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0fBAvFbwFCY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Very nice slow-motion <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89p%C3%A9e" target="_blank">epee fencing</a> movie!!</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22664417325http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22664417325Tue, 08 May 2012 21:16:40 +0200fencingsportslow-motion<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pm67LQQg1qzk6oeo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/storyboard-a-project-by-tumblr-that-highlights-curators-their-content/" target="_blank">Storyboard, A Tumblr Project That Highlights Curators & Their Content</a></p> <p>Tumblr has introduced <a href="http://storyboard.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Storyboard</a>, an editorial feature project that will highlight curators and their content on the popular blogging site.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22653622023http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22653622023Tue, 08 May 2012 17:10:00 +0200storyboardtumblr<p>Is simplicity a religion, strategy, or just fodder for business blogs?</p> <p><em>&#8220;True simplicity starts at conception. It’s infused into the being of the creators, and by proxy, in the soul of every product they design.&#8221;</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.getfinch.com/about/" target="_blank">Francisco Inchauste</a> takes a closer look at simplicity in <a href="http://www.getfinch.com/2012/04/simplicity-isnt-simple/" target="_blank">this essay.</a></p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22313033347http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22313033347Thu, 03 May 2012 11:04:51 +0200simplicityessay<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vDGrfhJH1P4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>Three Little Pigs;</em> a ‘well told story’ advert for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Guardian</a> imagines how we might cover the story of the three little pigs in print and online.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22311876214http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22311876214Thu, 03 May 2012 10:02:00 +0200advertisingstorytellingbedtime story<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36519586?color=ff9933" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>“Did you enjoy your story?”</em></p> <p>Creative duo <strong>Dan Riordan</strong> and <strong>Dana Saint</strong>, better known as <a href="http://www.gnarlybayproductions.com/home/Say_Hello_to_Gnarly_Bay.html" target="_blank">gnarly bay productions</a> made a story for Tomorrow: A Cinematic Meditation on the Human Condition. The most breathtaking, heart-stirring film since Radiolab’s <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/04/20/radiolab-symmetry/" target="_blank"><em>Symmetry</em></a>.</p> <p><em>Watch with headphones, watch until the end, and watch with your whole heart. :)</em></p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22194381384http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22194381384Tue, 01 May 2012 17:09:00 +0200filmhumanbedtime story<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:user:maartenhouwer:playlist:0Lyy5cDfap4CXYilSarTjh&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22189331260http://maartenhouwer.com/post/22189331260Tue, 01 May 2012 14:32:34 +0200playlist may2012<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xltcvxfp1qzk6oeo1_r2_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.davidairey.com/tien-min-liao-handmade-type/" target="_blank">Tien-Min Liao’s</a> beautiful handmade type.</p> <p>“This is a self-initiated typographic experiment that explores the relationships between upper-case and lower-case letters, and also records <a href="http://vimeo.com/38484728" target="_blank">the transformation between them.</a>”</p> <p>Click on the image for the full alphabet!</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/21643000365http://maartenhouwer.com/post/21643000365Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:10:00 +0200typography<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cRmbwczTC6E?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman" target="_blank">Richard Feynman</a> talks about Beauty.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/21377401807http://maartenhouwer.com/post/21377401807Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:11:00 +0200beautybedtime story<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZyQjr1YL0zg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is how Subliminal Advertising‬ works. Amazing.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/21203474221http://maartenhouwer.com/post/21203474221Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:41:27 +0200sublimal advertising<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:user:maartenhouwer:playlist:4NwjcXY5V6oDMIK0YoozVQ&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20965534506http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20965534506Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:02:46 +0200playlist april2012<a href="http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/space_infographic">How big is our own solar system? Come with us...</a>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20833500728http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20833500728Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:59:51 +0200spaceuniverse<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1o51f9Muy1r6eu40o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dus.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20173051587http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20173051587Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:01:20 +0200universe<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/38798735?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Importance of Frustration in the Creative Process, Animated by <a href="http://vimeo.com/flashrosenberg" target="_blank">Flash Rosenberg</a></p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20056791913http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20056791913Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:37:07 +0200creativityprocess<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4b71rT9fU-I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>‪BBC Horizon: Do you see what I see? “The Himba tribe”‬</em></p> <p>One of the strangest areas of research is how the language you speak can affect how you experience colour. Horizon travels to meet the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himba_people" target="_blank">Himba tribe</a> from Northern Namibia (3:00). <strong><em>They have only five words for colour.</em></strong> Their world of colour seems very different to the one we are familiar with.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20005134266http://maartenhouwer.com/post/20005134266Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:41:00 +0200colourhimba<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Weq_sHxghcg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>See this epic copy video with a halfway turning point.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/19627460387http://maartenhouwer.com/post/19627460387Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:02:00 +0100brand manifestcopybedtime story<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m14tdjiUlk1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/19570160316/tomorrow" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/tomorrow/" target="_blank">Tomorrow</a></p></blockquote> <p>True.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/19578371484http://maartenhouwer.com/post/19578371484Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:38:53 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q9wcvFkWpsM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>NYTimes Data Artist <a href="http://blprnt.com/" target="_blank">Jer Thorp</a> on <em>Humanized Data</em> at the Intersection of Science, Art, and Design.</p>http://maartenhouwer.com/post/18898941661http://maartenhouwer.com/post/18898941661Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:38:55 +0100scienceartdesigndatahuman