Not my core business, but what makes my heart beat faster. Foundations, apps, games, products and a band: these are the projects I started next to my work, with their current status.
Working on itAn independent foundation that wants live music to sound better: less volume, more detail, more dynamics. Together with artists, venues, festivals, sound engineers and fans. First OORMERK Showcase: Melkweg Amsterdam, September 2026.
Read more▶ NOS news ↗oor-merk.nl ↗
Working on itThe whisky app to discover, taste and share together. Host blind tastings with live scores, track your collection and explore more than 36,500 whiskies. For iOS, Android and web.
whiskycircle.app ↗
PlayableFancy a quick break? Finished scrolling Insta? Play a round of Agency Simulator! Dreamt up as an April Fools’ joke, built with Claude and painfully familiar to anyone who ever worked at an agency.
Play at agencysimulator.nl ↗
Reunion 13 Feb 2027Winner of the Heineken Student Music Award 2001 (best student band in the Netherlands, at Paradiso). Twenty years after their farewell, the band reunites for one night on 13 February 2027 at Sneeuwpop in Dinxperlo.
charingx.nl ↗
Maturing until 1 Feb 2032A cask of single malt whisky on Arran, shared with friends. Started as a hobby, ended up among the casks. Maturing since February 2022, bottling on 1 February 2032.
⏳ Still 5 years, 3 months and 12 days to go until bottling
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Prototype ready · on holdA coffee filter with the measuring lines printed on it, from “one quick cup” to “a full pot, 10 cups”. Winner of the Public Award at New Venture Gelderland 2013. It holds a design patent and the prototype is ready; the project is on hold.
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Sold to Chew ExpressA pet burial kit for a personal farewell: a box to decorate yourself, with stickers, a colouring book and a story for children. Since sold to Chew Express.
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