_Thomas Marzano – @thomasmarzano – Public Portrait

Website : Digital Thoughts
Twitter: @thomasmarzano

My philosophy in life is simple, “Memories make us what we are and who we  are. What we do right now, will be a memory tomorrow. Make sure it is a  great one!”  This is something which inspires me personally and professionally,  keeps me grounded and embodies what moves me in anything I do.

My name is Thomas Marzano and I work as the Creative Director for Philips Design, which is the design department of the Dutch multinational Philips.  There I direct the online communication design team and feel privileged to be working with very talented and gifted people. They inspire me every day with their amazing passion for design and tremendous talent. My work revolves around designing brand experiences for Philips that can touch people and add meaning to their lives. The best challenge I can give myself is trying to achieve the ‘what seems to be’ impossible.

I see myself more as a humanistic expressive and inspired creative thinker than a designer. Which drives the creative outbursts I make. Being it in my music, my writings or design.

leisurely morning coffee is a vice I enjoy when time allows me, my long train ride commute is the best time for me to work on my emails (which are loads!). I am a Nikon boy and love bringing new life and meaning to what I see around me with my camera! Movies, music and cooking are my great life passions, but the greatest of them all, providing me most inspiration and feeling of pride… is my son M.A.X.

Inspiration is the oxygen to my soul. Anything in life can inspire me at any moment during the day, and  spark of a daydream. Where strange thoughts and ideas start floating, sounds play and images appear in my mind. My daydreams often come back somehow in my work, music or writings, my daydreams are the fountain and source of my creative expressions.

_Dave Harrison – Public Portrait – @daveharrisonnet

Twitter : @daveharrisonnet
Web : http://daveharrison.net

My name is Dave..the end (that was my first try, I’m a bit shy and wilt away from self promotion, not good for someone who is self employed though, so I’m working on this weakness)

I made the decision 18 months ago to work for myself and stop making other people rich. What was the result, well I’m a lot happier, have more time to spend with the family and work on personal projects and now I get to choose the jobs I take.

So how’s that working out for me? Well here’s how I see it, “slow and steady wins the race”. I love designing and building effective websites that do a job. Doesn’t matter what the job is as long as afterwards I can sit down with the client and say “hey look your website is doing that job we talked about”. I think of myself as a designer and a creative person but the creativity is always steared by a pragmatic and practical approach. Yeah I here you…very conflicted but good fun too.

So anyway, I’ve been working as a designer/developer hybrid for nigh on 13 years now and I like to think I have all the experience and skills necessary to make my clients web strategies a great success. I wear a lot of different hats rather than specialising in any one field and come from the camp that believes this all-roundness combined with some strong values allows me to best serve my clients.

When I’m not working or honing my design skills I enjoy spending time with my family, going for long walks, taking photographs, scuba diving and learning new bushcraft skills.