HD Interaction

Heinz First Harvest

Boondoggle Amsterdam asked us (Random Studio) to help think of, and create a website to promote the new Heinz First Harvest product. Heinz First Harvest is a once in a year limited edition of the a tastier Heinz ketchup, for which only the best products are used. Through the website the users can get information about the production process, from the planting of the seed until the botteling. We made a highly interactive plant, which grows over time, unlocking new content. Weather conditions are loaded in dynamically to reflect the current situation of the plants.

The campaign also had two competitions that used Facebook connect. The first was giving away 300 of the Heinz First Harvest bottles. The second competition element used the unique code on each bottle to win a trip to Lisbon in Portugal. The whole campaign is currently running in 6 countries, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden and Spain.

Below you can find the promotion video for the campaign, created by Boondoggle Amsterdam:

WSBF~ Poetry tool

A good friend of Random Studio, thisissaf.com, asked if we could create a poetry tool to fortify his brand “When seven becomes fourteen”. I took it upon myself to create the website from backend to frontend including social network integration. With only a week of development time there is certainly room for improvement, but I’m sure we’ll do some updates soon. You’re a poet and you know it, so start over here.

Gazelle Twin interactive album

Beginning of juli 2011, Gazelle Twin launched an interactive album to promote their new album “The entire city”. Champagne Valentine is responsible for the art direction and I was the programmer at Random Studio to breath life into it all. You can see the interactive album with your own eyes over here.

Random Studio portfolio site

Finally we launched our new site for Random Studio. The site shows of both projects and experiments in a quick and responsive way. I did the original development architecture and animation style but everybody at Random participated in the development of this site. It was a tough cookie to crack, but in the end I am very pleased with the result. I also created the two initial experiments: The weather man, and Message in a bottle. The site is backed up by a shadow html site, for all the people that haven’t installed Flash on their devices (iPad/iPhone), but the design for that still needs some work.

Champagne Valentine landing page

Already a bit old, but I still find this website to be a lot of fun, mainly because it is so simple and it runs smooth on most computers (unlike some other websites I did). I don’t know how long this website is going to be up since Champagne Valentine tend to change their minds, so check it out on www.champagnevalentine.com or over here. Or just check the video below.

In the woods

After working on this project for some time (postponing the deadline, client changes etc), we finally put it live last week. In the woods is a teaser website for the first part of a trilogy that will be released later this year (or next year). The original request from the client was to build a 3D forest in Flash, that was not going to happen , so I suggested to use a parallax effect instead, combined with a forward motion. The result turned out quite nice as you can see here www.itwpathway.com. Prepare for a lot of loading though, since a lot of graphics have to be loaded for each section.

Nuon CO2 OK

Latest project. A small website, filled with animations, to trigger people to change to green energy from Nuon.

30/50

At Random we worked on a game for www.nederlandveilig.nl. The goal was to bring awareness to the 30 km/h and 50 km/h zones. We created a 3D environment with a unique style. By giving the player limited control of the vehicle, we forced the player to concentrate on maintaining the right speed and look out for obstacles on the road. If you want to experience the game for yourself, check it out here. Or watch the video below.

Best of 2009

An overview of projects from last year which I liked the most:

• Axe instinct
• 180 Amsterdam
• House of orange
• Placebo – interactive video clip
• Alex – Wie volgt
• Philips MSS 2009

Philips MSS 2009

My first month as a partner at Random is over and my first project is finished. We had to make a campaign website for the Philips MSS shaver. The idea was to use your webcam and a face recognition algorithm to “scan” your face so the shaver could attach itself to your face. Shaving your face also triggers panels on the right side to explain the unique features of the shaver. People without a webcam can shave the face of a model instead. Check out the website over here, or watch the video below.