Didier Hilhorst

Personal Information

Address 41, Rue du Kiem
L-5337 Mourfort
Luxembourg
E-mail d.hilhorst@nundroo.com
Personal website http://www.nundroo.com/
Telephone +39 338 636 1416

Education

Sept. 2004 — Current

Master’s Degree in Interaction Design (Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy)

 

Sept. 2003 — Sept. 2004

MSc Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Thesis title: Digital Product Interaction, 100 pages — available upon request.

 

Sept. 1998 — Sept. 2003

BSc Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Thesis title: Digital Success, 73 pages — available upon request.

 

Sept. 1998 — July 2000

Law School (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

 

Sept. 1991 — June 1998

Secondary School (Schola Europaea, Luxembourg)

 

Professional Experience

Sept. 2003 — Current

Sinelogic, Interface Designer (United States, The Netherlands)
Clients: DRC Medical, Brad Tuckman, Digital Web Magazine, LifExpand, Newsgator Online Services, Newsgator for Microsoft Outlook, SharkVentures http://www.ibeginwithanidea.com/portfolio_sinelogic.html

 

Nov. 1999 — Sept. 2003

Nundroo, Freelance Web Designer (The Netherlands)
Clients: Halgand S.A., Bos Kledingzaken N.V., EWC Europe, Quodo, Nelissen & van den Dungen, AIESEC Netherlands, Recipeweb. http://www.ibeginwithanidea.com/portfolio_nundroo.html

 

June 1999 — Aug. 1999

ABN AMRO, Internship (Luxembourg)
Review of investment profiles, stock market analysis and portfolio management.

 

Extracurricular Activities

March 2004 — Sept. 2004

Columnist Digital Web Magazine
Art of Interaction is a monthly column that looks at the integral role of design and aesthetic quality intrinsic to the user experience. Design, usability and HCI. http://www.digital-web.com/columns/artofinteraction/

 

June 2000 — July 2001

Exchange Development Manager, AIESEC Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
AIESEC is a global student network of 50,000 members. I was a full-time member of the Executive Board (full university scholarship) responsible for strategic development of the exchange programme and co-managing a team of 20 persons.

 

Skills

Software
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office (X), Mac OS X, Windows XP Professional.

Design
Sketching, storyboards, creative problem solving, physical/electronic prototyping, model making, digital prototyping, user research.

Programming
HTML, CSS, XML, PHP, MySQL, Java, Processing, Javascript, Actionscript, Wiring.

 

Exhibitions and Publications

April 2006

Exhibition, Milan Furniture Fair
“La Fabbrica del Design”. Presents Music & Memory (interactive music installation), Milano, Italy, 7-21 April 2005.

 

April 2005

Exhibition, Milan Furniture Fair
“Strangely Familiar Future” — Unusual objects for everyday working life (as part of the Tecno .05 exhibition), Milano, Italy, 12-19 April 2005.

 

January 2005

Exhibition, Strangely Familiar
“Strangely Familiar” — Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, AB+, Torino, Italy, 22 Jan. 2005.

 

January 2005 — Current

Magazines: Featuring “Quattro”
Move X Magazine, Feb. Issue n. 34, Belgium.
Repubblica Delle Donne, 26 Feb. 2005, n. 439, Italy.

 

February 2005

Book: The Zen of CSS Design
Authored by Shea, D. and Holzschlag, M.E., this book features design work and CSS code (pp. 174 - 179). ISBN: 032130347.

 

Other Publications
Communication Arts (USA, 2004), Computer Arts (UK, 2004).

 

Languages

Dutch, French, English, German and Italian.

Interests / Sports

Modern art, golf (playing handicap: 18), skateboarding, snowboarding, sportscars.

References

Available upon request.