Wrecks:NonStop

Facts about Nonstopcollective.

Welcoming!

Thomas introduces the studio and offers Stroopwafels and pear juice.

What exactly are we doing here.

Suzanne is curious and asks what exactly we are doing with the Rex magazine.

Lukas explains the concept. 

Suzanne is surprised we got such a big project in the 2nd year.

We ask how their studies program worked.

They explain how their Graphic Design bachelor was structured.

They always focused a lot in one project and forgot about the other ones. 

They didn’t have technical classes…they learned by doing.

We tell them our complaints about the study plan. 

We want more typography and technical classes.

We talk about knowing your software.

Carmen asks how they get along with technicalities if the input in school wasn’t a lot.

Thomas is the software nerd apparently. 

Suzanne has gaps in her brain when it comes to software. 

TIP! learn how to make websites, otherwise you have to pay a programmer…very expensive!

We talk about getting your name out there.

They started with the HelloGoodbye! project for the WDKA graduation project in 2013. 

Arthur has some of the posters at home. 

Thomas asks if they stole them.

Suzanne organises Tosti evenings where creative people come to talk and hang out while expanding their network.

We talk about getting stuck. 

They walk around the block.

Discuss their concepts.

Check each others past work to find inspiration. 

They both approach the design of their projects independently, afterwards they combine them and take the best out of each.

We wonder…what is being successful? 

Thomas thinks living of what you studied is a start.

We talk about WDKA memories.

Arthur asks what’s the first thing that pops into their mind when they think about the WDKA.

Hard working.

Fun, Fun, Fun.

I like going to school.

Very good teachers. 

Importance of being in a class with motivated students.

We talk about being confident about your designs.

Carmen asks if they are always standing 100% behind their concept. 

Thomas brings up the Stroopwafels and pear juice to break the ice with clients.

They always work.

Suzanne finds a huge Bumblebee in the studio.

Thomas says if you have a story to tell you have a story to sell.

These are the fundamental questions they ask their clients:

What is your vision?

What is your mission?

What is your audience?

What are the key insights of your business?

We ask why they moved to Amsterdam.

Amsterdam design is sweeter and funnier than Rotterdam design.

Their design is typographical and hard. 

They moved to Amsterdam to make their designs stand out. 

Entrepreneurs in Amsterdam start businesses with more capital to invest on design.

Favourite Designers/Design Studios.

Mirko Borsche is one of them.

They prefer German design than Dutch. 

German’s know how to experiment with typography properly.

We talk about Experimental Jetset.

Carmen asks what they think about design studio Experimental Jetset. 

Lukas explains it’s the “Helvetica” studio. 

They don’t like their archived website.

They really like their designs.

Susanne asks what do we think about Experimental Jetset. 

Carmen likes the amount of process they make public.

We ask how they ended up collaborating.

Susanne asked Thomas to collaborate with her in a independent design studio. 

Susanne had previously asked the whole class. 

We laugh a lot.

 She tells us she liked his experimental approach.

We ask how much they cost.

Lukas asks how much they charge per hour. 

Thomas estimates around 48 euros per hour. 

16 hours normally go to concept development.

We talk about parties!

Susanne likes Bar, Perron, TwentySix and Bahn. 

We discuss the drug scene in Rotterdam. 

Susanne has never been to Trouw. 

Susanne talks about when she goes to Apres-ski parties. 

Susanne used to listen to a lot of R&B. 

Lukas says Perron has lost its magic.

Lukas asks what’s their favourite Dj. 

Thomas answers Dj Flavour.

Thomas went to his mum’s bungalow house in Belgium with 7 friends whilst she was in Tasmania for New Years.

Random

Daniel offers Carmen pear juice.

We talk about what we each did before art school. 

Daniel talks about his long trajectory in art school.

One girl from their promotion is doing a master.

Conceptualising is the hardest phase of a project.

They work on 4-6 projects simultaneously.

They don’t do pitches.

Susanne did her internship at Onna, in Rotterdam.

Designing Facebook for clients is a big thing!

Carmen spots a Justin Bieber book. Apparently they are big fans!

We switch roles.

They begin interviewing us. 

Daniel explains his complicated background, he doesn’t feel from Belgium neither Hungary. Arthur talks about his hometown, the farmer’s town. 

They don’t know where Carmen’s hometown is, Marbella. 

They ask Carmen if she thinks Catalunya should be independent. 

Carmen doesn’t like politics.

Goodbye!

We have to catch the train to go back to Rotterdam.

Thomas suggests we take a group picture with their studio lights.

Carmen suggests we all put a Stroopwafel in our mouth’s for the memory.

Arthur starts eating them all.