MONIKA BLAZEVIC

Name: Monika Blazevic

Age: Just turned 19

Residence: Amsterdamsqaux

Education: ROC Mode & Techniek, can’t wait till Art Academy

Employer: Moi, designers and photographers

Activities: Designing, sewing, drawing, connecting, Twittering, partying…

Freelance Activities: In the past I did a lot of styling for different designers and photographers such as Mada van Gaans and Marlies Sluijter

Projects: The last show that I had was a battle at the same time called the MAF Fashion Battle, I made a. awesome collection in 1 month and won the damn battle too! Besides the fact that I also made some clothes for the VAgE gASTEN, I’m working on my second collection at the moment…

About Me: As a little girl I always watched my grandma making clothes. When I just turned 6 I made a bikini out of paper (sitting behind the sewing machine was too dangerous..)! When I went to High School I was very interested in the classes Textiles and Drawing. When I turned 14 a friend of mine asked if I wanted to make a dress for her for the school party, of course I would! From there on I began making my clothes and since last summer I have my own clothing label which is called MNK.BLZVC.
Now I´m working on my second collection which will also get its own show in September (drums please) and I’m working hard to get my clothes in shops this summer.
My inspiration? Everywhere baby, look around you, how can you not get inspired by Amsterdam? Every day is a new and fresh day to get only more experience out of it…

Photo’s by Marlies Sluijter.
And oh yeah, read my interview at: http://www.mconline.nl/#/mixincreativity/special/mnkblzvc

DIRK SCHMIDT

Name: Dirk Schmidt
Age: 31
Residence: Rotterdam
Education: After finishing the mavo I tried the graphic design school but ended up in coffeeshops during the day, at house parties during the night and in the football stadium in the weekends ... thats about all I remember.
Work History: I started off on my 22nd with a internal education at an artist impression agency (architectual paintings) and they gave me the opportunity to start my own business, I soon found out that aquarel painting wasn't my thing.

In 2002 DLVS (http:www.dlvs.nl) gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to start scan stuff and make coffee in an internship kind of way ... remember that this was without an education and I'm still very thankfull for that. Mark de Leeuw and Monique van Steenbergen are still in my opinion the key people of where I am today. At DLVS I became a graphic designer and had the chance to get involved with mainly fashion clients. At this agency I participated in the whole communication route, from photogaphy to the bochure design, and later on also the prints of the fashion label BadaBing!

After seven years at DLVS I felt that it was time to move on in my career and develop more web- design and usability skills. Nonverbaal (http://www.nonverbaal.nl) is where I still work today.

In my spare time I started my own company 'ziek' (http://www.molligepolsen.nl) For me this is an important way to be creative in other fields of interest, this ranges from photoshoots (one with Daisy van den Bosch, mentioned earlier this blog) to graphic design to dj'ing and recently producing music.

Producing electro is definitely my newest addiction, thanks to producer Boris Ross it's possible to translate our ideas into a product ... BUT. enough about that because we didn't release anything yet and the tracks aren't even mastered. STILL. You get the first preview of two tracks on your blog (YEEEEE)



Employer: Nonverbaal
Activities: blogging (very little lately), football, designing, dj'ing, producing, art direction, party organising, party, kent, absolut.
Freelance Activities: Well there is something I didn't mention, there's a venue in Rotterdam where the owner asked me to do a party. A place where 4 warehouses are connected together but I'm forced to delay it unfortunately due to the other stuff I'm doing right now - more of that soon (I hope)
Projects: in order of importance:
* master the tracks
* webdesign and development for 3 artists and ourselves
* presspictures for the new formation
* flyer for the acting academy Amsterdam
* a lot of flash banners for 'the travel media group'
* continue on that party concept (with my good friend robbie)
* set up a new myspace page
About Me: This is a good section to mention my girlfriend Elke who is the driving force behind the concept of not being narrow minded, meaning; get everything out of your talents, she is my biggest inspiration ever and she helps me a lot with writing and concepts and tons of other things.

Well ... I'm Dirk and I think humor is important, bye!

BRIAN ELSTAK

Photo: Dennis Branko

Name: Brian Elstak
Age: 29
Residence: Koog a/d Zaan - Amsterdam... back back forth and forth.
Education: HBO Bachelor Communication
Work History: Started drawing as kid. This joyess activity turned out to be a passion. Plus it came in handy later on in my life. In the year 2000 I founded the creative platform MIXIN (http://www.mixin.nl/) with six superhero friends of mine. Because of that project I was able to meet a arena full of creative inspirators. All talented individuals in different lines of work. All my own creative endeavors really started from there with MIXIN. In 2001 I landed a job with the pioneering Amsterdam based theater group Made in da Shade. Shade later became 'MC' in 2008 due to a merger with Cosmic theater. I now still work for MC as part of the Communication and marketing team. MIXIN also merged with MC this year.
Employer: MC, myself and I.
Activities: PR, marketing, writing, blogging, painting, designing, directing, connecting and regulating for MC.
Freelance Activities: Painting, designing, directing and connecting for all sorts of people. Mostly for Jiggy Dje's NOAH's ARK record label. But I recently directed two 'Zwart Licht' videos for TopNotch/Universal Music.
Projects: At the moment I'm making moves to direct more. I have an idea for a short film that I want to do. Plus I'd love to shoot more videos for my favorite Dutch Hip Hop acts, such as RFx, Flinke Namen, Zwart Licht, Jiggy Dje, fLE $ $ (Spacekees) and DuvelDuvel. I'm also looking forward to exhibit my new work (paintings) in galleries. We're also working on new and AMAZING dope theaterplays at MC right now. You'll know when the posters hit the streets of Amsterdam. Or stay tuned to http://www.mconline.nl/ and http://www.lifeofbrian.nl/
About Me:I'm about to be a father. Something I'm looking forward to. I hope I'll be good at it. I do know that I'm going to do my very best, that's for sure. And furthermore... Brian Elstak plans, connects, initiates, organizes, directs, regulates, illustrates and communicates by any means necessary.

KOHFIE KONNECT - DUBBEL KO (CLIP/TRAILER) from mixin creativity on Vimeo.

ZWART LICHT - BLIKSEMSCHICHT from mixin creativity on Vimeo.

ZWART LICHT - DUBTRIP (FS GREEN REMIX) from mixin creativity on Vimeo.

JORGOS KARIDAS

Name: Jorgos Karidas
Age: 24
Residence: Utrecht
Education: Illustration at the Utrecht School of Arts
History: As long as I remember, the one thing I always loved was drawing! Inspired bij comics which I use to read, graffiti and streetart I saw around me. I started doing some freelance murials for friends, making drawings and paintings. When I started studying illustration in utrecht I met Jeroen (illustrator/graphic designer) and Michiel (grafitti) and we started The Olifants; an art collective which operates in the field of illustration, murials, graphic design, T-shirt design customizing and more. Together we offer a great diversity of styles in different fields.
Employer: Me, Jeroen and Michiel
Activities: The Olifants
Freelance activities: http://theolifants.blogspot.com/
Projects: Turning The Olifants into a great creative agency hopefully with the help of DR.MEDIA
About me: Faster horses, younger women, stronger guns, and older whiskey.

DUY QUOC VO

Name: Duy Quoc Vo
Age: 26
Residence: Amsterdam
Education: Amsterdam Fashion Institute
Work History: Started fashion photography for fun and interest during my third year on the academy. I fell in love with it and decided to put all my focus on it.
Employer: Me
Activities: Publishing, Art direction, Photography and Cinematography
Freelance activities: Working for international and dutch magazines such as ELLE, Avantgarde, Issue One, BLEND, Intersection etc.
Projects: Ongoing research on life and semiotics of popular visual culture
About me: Nothing much to tell about me, cause the me doesn't excist.
I'm just the self with a burst of memories and values that loves to create.

Photo: Duy Quoc Vo

Untitled from Duy Quoc Vo on Vimeo.

GILLES DE SMIT

Name: Gilles de Smit
Age: 30
Residence: Amsterdam
Education: Some...
Work History: ID&T (1997 - welcome to the internet), Lowe Lintas (2000 - how to sell the internet), BBned (2003 to 2006 - how internet actually works)
Employer: Me, myself and I.
Freelance activities: online marketing, development, consultancy and graphicdesign for several large Dutch consumer brands Alone: http://www.gillesdesmit.com or within collective: http://enzo.is/
Projects: ZWOEL - http://thisiszwoel.nl - Although the project currently looks dead, last event was more than a year ago, we recently started tweaking,building and planning again. We just finished a beta test: ZWOELFM, the new online radio station, which turned out to be a success. Within the two months that we broadcasted we delivered almost 10k of client connections with anaverage listening time of 45 minutes. We're aiming on organizing at least one ZWOEL event within the end of this year. Next year you'll be listening ZWOELFM all day and zippin' on Gin & Juice at the ZWOEL festival. For shuh!
About me: Diggin' music since day one. Zeros and ones since the Commodore64. Working to combine both for years. Partying and living life.

DAISY VAN DEN BOSCH

Name: Daisy van den Bosch. too Dutch, just call me Days.
Age: 21 going on 22
Residence: Amsterdam
Education: Communication, Media and Image. I quit after 2 years to go to the Art school in Rotterdam to study Fashion Design. I also had to quit this study, because I was so busy with my own fashion collections. That’s when I ended up in a reality T.V. show called Project Catwalk. I was runner up!! Now I don’t study anymore, but I’m auditioning for a Music Academy, to do what I also really love to do; Singing.
Work History: (head)Designer at fashion label Badabing!, Freelance stylist.
Employer: Inbetween jobs.
Freelance activities:
- Styling for photoshoots in Dutch fashion mags like: Code, BLEND, VICE
- Styling for performances in Clubs like: off_corso, club 8.
- Produce special designs for clients.
Projects:
- I have designed a wonderfull collection which I intend to produce myself. Its inspired by one of my idols. Who? That's a secret!
- Audition for the Music Academy..

About Me: Outside: Funny, crazy, happy party girl. Inside: Eager to learn about everything and everybody, crazy ambitious, serious, musical, creative.
The main thing is that I’m the happiest when I always do what I love. I’ll do everything to achieve that.

My own website will be online soon: www.daysfashion.eu
This is my final show at project catwalk:

WELCOME!

Welcome to TRIPLEXCREATIVES!

Nothing special goin' on here. Just an online 'these-are-my-friends-and-this-is-what-they-do-smack-in-the-face'.

First one up is, Priscilla Rosmolen.

The girl will be online this week. Oeh la la.