[okfn-be] Great ideas deserve to be spread

Tue Dec 6 19:33:40 UTC 2011

Hey Kat,

Nice to e-meet you as well.

I am very interested in such a project. But to be honest: I *currently* do
not have much time for sideprojects. My main focus is currently
strategy/branding/graphic design. But I hope to make things a bit more
clear with my presentation (which is coming up very soon—no ETA promises,
sorry ;)).

If you could give me some more information, I might be able to assess the
situation a bit better!

Cheers,

— Xavier Bertels • Grafisch Ontwerp • xavierbertels.com

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:39, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hello Xavier, and welcome to the OKFN network!
>
> Your message peaked my interest because I'm currently in the process of
> booting up an international OKFN working group (ie, a virtual gathering of
> people interested in projects and ideas around these topics) centered on
> open design/hardware with some folks from Helsinki and London. It would be
> great to get your insight (and perhaps involvement from Belgium's side) on
> this.
>
> Nice to e-meet you :)
>
> Kat
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> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Xavier Bertels <student at xavierbertels.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> Allow me to briefly introduce myself: my name is Xavier Bertels and I am
>> a twenty-four year old Graphic Design student at the MAD-Faculty in Genck,
>> Belgium. I also work full-time as a Web Designer at Netlash-bSeen<http://netlash.com>in Ghent, Belgium.
>>
>> To obtain my master’s degree this year, I have some time that can be
>> allotted to what our professors like to call a “Social Project”. What
>> better way to spend that time than to offer my help to an organisation that
>> does something I really believe in?
>>
>> Having great ideas is one thing. Spreading them in a concise message so
>> that everyone can understand their personal benefit from that idea is
>> another. Last week, I had a lengthy conversation with Pieter Colpaert and
>> Lieven Janssen. We talked about open data, music, science fiction, graphic
>> design, strategy and whisky. I will be here to listen to ideas and focus on
>> the last three of that impressive line of subjects.
>>
>> Next steps? Yes. A presentation is coming up with some of the ideas we
>> have discussed. And a roadmap of how I see things evolving strategy- and
>> graphic design-wise. Those things won’t be written in stone and everything
>> will of course be open for discussion. But, more on that later.
>>
>> So. Hi again. And I will hopefully hear you soon!
>>
>>
>> With kind regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> — Xavier Bertels • Grafisch Ontwerp • xavierbertels.com
>>
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