Art & Creative Director
Gent Area, Belgium
- Current
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- Art & Creative Director ⎜ Founder at Little Miss Robot
- Past
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- Design Director at These Days
- Freelance at Quidante
- Art Director at Codefellas
- Designer at Emakina
- Education
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- Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst
- Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
- Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst
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Valentijn Destoop’s Summary
"Create every project with the passion as it was your first and with eye for detail as it was your last."
Every phase of Valentijn his live was a step in the direction of becoming a better designer. Starting with the admiration of his father's sculptural work.
The combination of strong design, focus on quality and hunger for technology provided him a name as a talented designer and interactive director by winning several national and international awards.
Valentijn has passion for everything that is creative in live and even in his free time there always a project on his mind.
Living in the Flanders, Belgium and also to be seen on Quidante.com
Valentijn Destoop’s Specialties:
Collaborated with leading brands including Nokia, Pioneer, Coca Cola Company, Microsoft, Quinze and Milan, Bikkembergs, Chiquita, Sony Music, IBM, Dieteren, P&G, National Lottery, De Standaard, Brussels Airlines, Proximus, …
Valentijn Destoop’s Experience
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Art & Creative Director ⎜ Founder
Little Miss Robot
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2009 — Present (4 months)
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Design Director
These Days
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2006 — September 2009 (3 years 8 months)
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Freelance
Quidante
(Design industry)
January 2005 — September 2009 (4 years 9 months)
Visual design & consultancy for people and companies with premium products or services that are searching for high quality aesthetics.
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Art Director
Codefellas
(Internet industry)
September 2005 — January 2006 (5 months)
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Designer
Emakina
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; ALEMK; Internet industry)
October 2004 — May 2005 (8 months)
Valentijn Destoop’s Education
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Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst
Master , Multimedia and Graphic Design , 2002 — 2004
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Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Exchange Student , Digital Media Design , 2003 — 2003
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Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst
Bachelor , Advertising and Photography , 1999 — 2002
Additional Information
Valentijn Destoop’s Websites:
Valentijn Destoop’s Interests:
Design, Technology, Photography, Marketing, Nature.
Valentijn Destoop’s Groups:
Organisatie Adobe User Group Belgium
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These Days -
Sint Lucas Ghent Belgium Alumni -
Adobe User Group Belgium -
Young Designers United
Valentijn Destoop’s Honors:
2007 - Jealous Computers - MIXX - Best use of interactive media - Gold
2007 - Jealous Computers - Epica - Interactive - Bronze
2007 - Jealous Computers - Eurobest - Consumer Products - Finalist
2007 - Tourism Flanders - International Advertising Competition - Outstanding landing page - Bronze
2007 - Tourism Flanders - Belgium Cannes Cyberlions - Silver
2007 - Chiquita Game - International Advertisign Competition - Best Food industry landing page - Gold
2007 - Chiquita Game - Montreux - Brandpromotion/Corporate image - Gold
2007 - Picture Poetry - Epica - Interactive - Bronze
2007 - Picture Poetry - Belgium Cannes Cyberlions - Silver
2006 - Bikkembergs - WebAward - Best Fashion Website - Gold
2006 - Bikkembergs - Night of the internet - Best Business Site - Silver
2004 - Quidante - MultimediaMadness - Best web application
2000 - Roar - Federation of Graphical Companies - Fantasy Card Game
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