Nick van Vlymen - nv2studio

hi, i'm Nick van Vlymen ;)

I'm a freelance Front End Developer Web Designer, an avid video gamer and I like to tinker with my motorcycle a lot. In a previous life I was an Illustrator, but that's just water under the bridge!

Background data

Here is a rudimentary breakdown of my skills & knowledge of some web related applications and technology.

Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Illustrator
HTML / CSS
jQuery
PHP / MYSQL
InDesign / Print

Some facts

I enjoy listening to Calvin Harris, dub and anything that gets my blood moving. I am obsessed with new gadgets & technology and being a part of the evolving web sphere. I am currently consulting with an OSS developer, providing a turnkey solution in resource/warehouse management software.

In my spare time, I rebuild 80's arcade cabinets, collect inspiring pop-art and boot-around on my hand-built custom motorcyle. I have more hobbies than there are hours in the day to enjoy them.

I'd love to hear from you, drop me a line and we'll chat nick[dot]vanvlymen@gmail.com

Recent Projects

User Conference Prototype

// Front-End Development / Design

The User Conference is a concept site that was part of an end assignment while pursuing a new opportunity. The Project outline called for a microsite based upon an existing brand and loose creative input.

The creative brief asked that the end design include elements of these colorful bricks, as the conference would hand out bags of colored Lego for the attendees to use as a networking tool.

The projects lifecycle took 3.5 days and included:

Multiple wireframe layouts
Multiple conceptual photoshop designs
Working registraion page with optional guest and email functionality
Save the date email e-blast
Support pages for venue and events

// Resources

User Conference
August MMXII

EnStream NFC Enablement

// Infographic

Infographic produced for the EnStream redesign project. Since EnStream is deeply involved in NFC Wallet development, it was only appropriate that we create some visuals that help illustrate where the ecosystem is heading and how valuable it will be for first to market merchants and businesses.

// Resources

NFC Enablement Infographic
March MMXII

EnStream Wallet App Site

// Web Development

www.enstream.com

EnStream is a Bell, TELUS and Rogers joint venture, uniquely positioned to establish itself as Canada's leader in the NFC field, creating a "one stop" solution for credential issuers and service providers across all mobile devices.

The updated site is a vast improvement over it's predicessor, allowing administration over the majority of the site via a secure CMS login. The sites structure is based on the HTML5 Boilerplate framework and includes a fluid responsive design for viewing on multiple platforms.

// Resources

EnStream Corporate Site
April MMXII

EnStream Wallet App Site

// Web Design

The EnStream Mobile Wallet app site was developed to help support the NFC Wallet application through a mobile and web interface. The design was kept similar to the redesined EnStream site to help maintain a strong brand and user experience. The use of jQuery and CSS3 transition effects help balance interactivity while allowing the site to flow in a natural manner. Obviouls influences came from the Apple site. The end product will include an interactive demo experience that will tie in popular use cases and a number of videos.

The site has been built using the HTML5 Boilerplate framework and will allow a responsive user experience both on bigscreen web and mobile/tablet devices.

// Resources

EnStream Wallet App Site
January MMXII

Zoompass Mobile Gateway

// Web Development

www.zoompass.com

The Zoompass Mobile Wallet is an innovative mobile commerce solution offering a unique way for Canadian mobile phone subscribers to make purchases, as well as send and receive money, quickly and securely. The Site was redesigned back in 2010 to build a better user experience in conjunction with the updated User Interface on the mobile platform.

A simple desgin was chosen that would facilitate quickly changing the overall theme of the site while page templating allowed the marketing and product development departments easy access to modifify content for contests and promotional material. The site supports localization for French and English users and features a light weight jquery product demo area.

In the summer of 2012, Zoompass and its assets were sold to Paymobile, another Canadian Business with the goal of growing the application out.

// Resources

Zoompass Mobile Gateway
July MMXI

University of Guelph

// Flash and Video Site

The Guelph Better Planet Microsite

This was a collaborative project with Torpedo Creative Group who I had done numerous other creative projects with. The goal of this project was to take soem lo-fi conceptuals from the art director and to produce a functional microsite. Flash was later added to help with interactive components such as embedded video and animated transition effects.

// Resources

University of Guelph
March MMXI

in the lab

Honda Projekt F3R1

// Other Stuff I Do

This was a project I started two years ago on my stock 1998 Honda F3. I was inspired by another Honda bike of similar heritage that was converted into a Yamaha YZF-R1 Clone. It also included an element that I very much liked on a motorcylce... a SSSA (Single Sided Swing Arm).

I started aquiring the parts over a number of months, and documented my build on the Honda CBR Forums.

Two Years later I am still working on the finishing touches of the bike. Since there are no other bikes like this, everything I am doing is custom DIY out of my garage, the only thing I didn't do was some welding on the SSSA.

The mods list reads like this:

1993 SSSA from a Honda 750 Intercepter
2003 Honda F4i front and upper fairings and headlight assembly
2004 Honda F4i gauge assembly
2003 Yamaha YZF-R1 rear upper and lower tail fairings and exhaust
Custom Hot Rod Sparkle over flat white paint
Custom Vinly
Flush mount LED turn signals
LED side mirrors
HID headlights

Custom Honda F3 Motorcycle
April MMXII

Not just a creative homo sapiens

hi, i'm Nick van Vlymen ;)

Background data

Some facts

Recent Projects

User Conference Prototype

// Front-End Development / Design

// Resources

EnStream NFC Enablement

// Infographic

// Resources

EnStream Wallet App Site

// Web Development

// Resources

EnStream Wallet App Site

// Web Design

// Resources

Zoompass Mobile Gateway

// Web Development

// Resources

University of Guelph

// Flash and Video Site

// Resources

in the lab

Honda Projekt F3R1

// Other Stuff I Do