PERCEPTOR

Perceptor is a design studio with a broad outlook.
We think, design, develop and play with technology.
Let’s make apps, games, websites and what not.

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november 2, 2012 – casper

This is week 117.

It has been a long wait, but it was worth it: the Giant from Another Place we announced here earlier has finally arrived. Besides being a professional barista (ever tried to do latte-art in a flat bottom tea mug using a Rancilio Silvia?) and experienced DIY’er he also occasionally does state-of-the-art things involving creativity, code and some obscure network called ‘The Web’ — a true creative technologist.

Welcome, Xavier!

october 26, 2012 – bastiaan

This is week 116.

Since we were nominated for a Dutch Design Award with Mendo, we're also in the Dutch Design Yearbook 2012. On the left you can read their review of the project. "Redefines the online book shop genre.", "A game changer in the sector." Sounds pretty good!

Back in the studio it's business as usual. Dunya's been working hard to make test driven development an integral part of our process. Casper is running around telling anyone who will listen to "make it flatter" whilst working on new designs for Liftcap. And I have been busy with a new project for Malmberg in collaboration with IJsfontein.

october 22, 2012 – casper

This is week 115.

Unfortunately, we did not win a Dutch Design Award (that is, not this year). However, we stick to Henny Huisman’s wisdom “participating is more important than winning”.

Besides, we were ‘beaten’ by a truly brilliant contestant (just don't judge the game by its website). Congratulations, Proun!

october 11, 2012 – casper

This is week 114.

Creative inspitation can manifest itself in many forms, some being more obvious than others. Sure, we admire the work of Dieter Rams, Wim Crouwel, David Lynch, Charles and Ray Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright and many, many more. How original.

Perhaps a less well-known source of inspiration has been transiently present in the studio on a weekly basis for about 114 weeks now. Each friday afternoon, Klaus kicks off our Friday Informalities, in which we spend time working on our own projects. This week we were given the honor of having him with us physically.

Thanks, Marijn!

october 8, 2012 – bastiaan

This is week 113.

Untime is featured in the just-released Grote Haagse Kunstkalender (which roughly translates to the Big The Hague Art Calender). We were given the opportunity to create an image for march 28, which was great as this is actually my birthday.

Rich, our open source rich text editor for Rails got some love from the community. Contributor Daniel Westendorf sent in pull requests to enable file uploads to Amazon S3 and direct object linking. Thanks Daniel!

september 29, 2012 – bastiaan

This is week 112.

Nope, that handsome lad is not one of us. Nor do we know him, or he us.

The image is part of an intriguing project by artist Navid Nuur. Bored at the museum is an expanding collection of images found on the internet, depicting the “creative boredom” that often seizes visitors to traditional museum spaces.

Initially published as a dead tree edition, we had the pleasure of working with Navid to bring the project back to where it came from: the internet.

Enjoy.

Week 111

september 24, 2012 – casper

This is week 111.

Nothing worth mentioning happened, but take a look at this week’s number.

Ain't she pretty?

september 14, 2012 – casper

This is week 110.

Thanks to our friends at Motoko, Perceptor is happy to introduce two new inhabitants of the studio to you: The Man from Another Place and The Giant. In November, The Giant from Another Place will also join us. Neat.

Next up is another trip to the desert! While making the necessary preparations, we're munching away home grown grapes from Bastiaan's vinyard.

september 7, 2012 – bastiaan

This is week 109.

Casper and me have been working hard on Liftcap, which is a new project that's going to take up most of our time in the forseable future. In the process, we've been talking about feedback loops, meaningful videos and creativity.

Also, Dünya is back and busy working on InTime. Which will be like Untime, but totally different.

september 3, 2012 – bastiaan

This is week 107.

A while back we mentioned working on something with Navid Nuur.

BOOM

This is week 108.

As if nothing ever happened, the events of week 107 have been reversed, transformed and archived for the future. To be continued. Soon.

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