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2011 wrapup
Latest work!
This year have been fantastic! More busy than ever on more great projects than ever. A big thank you to all the great people, agencies and clients I have had the pleasure of working with.
Above are screenshots from a few of the projects I have been working on recently!
20.12.11 _ news
FWA
Mobile of the day
I am happy to announce that today the mobile version of my website is "Mobile of the Day" at The Favourite Website Award.

You are already here, so just enjoy my site :-)
31.07.11 _ news
National Gallery of Denmark
Multitouch installation
I worked for Redia as lead Flash developer and animater on the entire user interface on this multitouch table application for National Gallery of Denmark.

The application is dynamic and displays some of the art from the exhibition along with videos, artist info and much more. Users can interact with the content from both sides of the table, and tracking cameras make sure the content is always near the users.
20.06.11 _ news
Denmark's Electronic Research Library
Touchscreen application
Redia asked me to develop and animate an application for the Danish Electronic Research Library (DEFF), showing realtime search queries from their libraries.

The application is basically a bunch of DNA strings visualizing various data about the search queries, such as year, materials, common categories, searches per day etc.
01.03.11 _ cases
Freelancing in Amsterdam
New country and new inspiration
After 1.5 years of freelancing in Aarhus, Denmark, I moved to Amsterdam last year with my girlfriend. Since then I have been surprisingly busy with both Danish and Dutch projects! I have already worked freelance for several great agencies and I have also landed a few Dutch clients on my own.
If you are interested in working with me / hiring me for a project, please get in touch. I have a nice office in De Pijp, Amsterdam, and you are always welcome to come by for a cup of coffee.
01.02.11 _ news
Wisdom Well
Interactive floor installation
Wisdom Well is an interactive floor for social and collectice learning through physical play and movement.

For Interactive Spaces I designed and developed the frontend of a new game for the floor. The game is a classic memory game with up to 4 teams and 36 bricks. It's completely dynamic and integrated with the Wisdown Well system.
01.12.10 _ cases
A Passion for Wine & surf
Linda Suhr's awarded book
The internationally renowned photographer Linda Suhr commisioned Henrik Kastenskov and me to create a website promoting her new book "A Passion for Wine & Surf". The book is about South African surfers, winemakers, cooks and their lifestyle.

Henrik created 3 inspirational videos for the themes "The Food", "The Wine" and "The People" and asked me to design and develop the website.
22.11.10 _ cases
Kaare Viemose
Photographer portfolio
Danish photographer Kaare Viemose asked me to design a simplistic and pixel-perfect website for his online portfolio. Kaare shoots amazing pictures and he wanted them to be presented in a clean and yet interesting way.

The different galleries are easy to navigate, and include slideshow functionality, keyboard navigation, easy overviews and much more.
10.11.10 _ cases
Volkswagen
De Nieuwe Passat microsite
To promote the new Volkswagen Passat, Amsterdam based agency Achtung! concepted and designed this microsite.
The website is basically an interactive brochure displaying the Passat and its different assists. Each chapter has different interactive elements, enabling the users to explore the car in their own way.

I developed the entire Flash website for Achtung!.
01.11.10 _ cases
Human Design
Company website
Glenn Kristensen, the owner of design company Human Design, asked me to create his new company website. The company profile and logo is simplistic but organic. I tried emphasizing those same keywords on the website.

The Human Design logo, with floating molecules, were used as key element and as the main menu. In each subpage, the website is created within a single molecule.
01.11.10 _ cases
Laniel
Young fashion website
Clothes for children are fun. Children are fun! Why not make the websites for children clothing fun as well?

This was my approach to Laniel's new website for their three brands Jeff (boys), Maybee (girls) and Monday (confirmation clothes for boys).
The website (and a puzzle game) was created with a physics engine, for a playful interactive experience.
15.10.10 _ cases
Volkskrant Observatorium
Online photo experience
The Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant commissioned Bombay Flying Club to create the first ever online version of the annual Observatorium edition. BFC asked me to design and develop the website.

The website is a beautiful online photo experience, combining photography, videos, inspiration, history, personal stories and a lot of data. All focussed around the theme "The First Time".
01.12.09 _ cases
Kenneth Elgaard
Artist portfolio
Kenneth Elgaard is a young Danish artist. The design and concept for his website was created with his art and graphic style in mind. I wanted to create a small world with some of the same elements used in his art pieces. The style is fresh, simple and elegant - like his art.

The concept included different ways of interacting in each section of the website. All interaction was based around the idea of dragging with your mouse.
01.11.09 _ cases
Microsites
Various productions
I have made a lot of different microsites, campaign sites and "just" small websites. Most of them are for agencies looking for a Flash developer and animator, but some of them have also been designed by me.

See a selection of these on my regular website.
01.01.09 _ cases
Touch Screen Applications
Various productions
Developing for touch and multi-touch displays is extremely interesting and inspiring for a guy like me. With different companies, but Redia (formerly Infogalleri) in particular, I have been involved in a lot of educational and informal software projects.

See a selection of these on my regular website.
01.01.09 _ cases
Hi, I'm Michael Vestergaard, a Danish freelance Interactive Designer and Developer.
I live and work in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

For several years I have been involved in creating digital experiences. I have designed and/or developed websites, games, touch screen applications and much more for a wide range of clients and agencies.

I think and work "interactive", always trying to create great user experiences utilizing the best of both design, animation and technology.

My work has been featured in books, magazines, german tv shows (!!!) and I have received several awards including the FWA. I am available for freelance work all over the world.
Recognition
2 x FWA Site of the Day
2 x FWA Mobile of the Day
5-10 x Designlicks
5-10 x Dope
Several other awards and features

Experience
3 years freelancing
3 years at agencies
Teaching Flash and Design courses

Technical skills
Actionscript 3.0
Mobile/tablet applications
Javascript
HTML5 / CSS3
Various physics and 3d engines
PHP / MySQL
Contact
+31 631789473
+45 28936390
yes@iliketoplay.dk

I like to play (c/o Michael Vestergaard)
Gerard Doustraat 212
1073 XB Amsterdam
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