AbsoluteB.com

Hi, and thanks for taking the time to learn a little about me. My name is Barry, I’m a graphic artist with a passion for unique designs and solution development, a flexible front-end developer and an all-round multimedia designer. I currently reside in Groningen, the Netherlands where I work for Bonobos Marketing as lead designer and front-end developer.

I’ve been designing, working and playing with multimedia development for over 10 years and to this day it remains a passion of mine to create exciting and unique designs that push my personal boundaries and standards as a professional in my field to the next level.

High attention to detail, perfection and determination are some of my stronger attributes as a designer and a developer, although because I constantly strive to improve everything that I do in order to get it juuust right, I sometimes find it a little difficult to announce when a project is finally done. In many current methods of project management however, this rarely comes forward as a negative asset and deadlines are something I take a firm stance in keeping.

Over the years I have taken on various roles in web/design/development projects and have been involved in pretty much ever phase; from initial client consultation, to designing, developing, as project leader all the way till post-launch maintenance. I enjoy experimenting with new methods and technologies which improve my work, designs and my skills in development. But I think more than that, I enjoy experimenting and learning new methods and tricks with technologies that I already know well. You’ll find that I regularly challenge what might be considered the norm or a standard. I believe that knowing these standards in design and development are just as important as knowing which one’s can be altered or even ignored because in doing so, you open the possibility to create a one of a kind and something unique.

Growing up from a young age, I had the opportunity to live in and visit several different countries thanks to my dad working for an International oil company. It’s for this reason that my dad is Dutch, my mom is Chinese, my younger brother was born in Scotland and I was born in Brunei and I grew up in various countries over the years. It’s also for this reason why I tend to think out of the box and strive to be unique in nearly every aspect of my life.

Beyond design and developing, I also enjoy spending time working on my 1998 Volvo C70 T5 coupe, at the gym (working out and not just sitting at the bar) and learning and dancing at Salsa parties as I have been doing for nearly 5 years.

I hope that with AbsoluteB.com, I will be able to share my experiences and my progression, not just as a creative professional, but also as a creative individual. I hope that people will find use in learning and possibly relating to my experiences, but more than that I hope to learn from others whom might share their feedback, thoughts and ideas on my site.