Erika VanDerBent ☺︎
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Erika VanDerBent ☺︎
@GeeftVorm
Freelancer ⊹ Product Designer ⊹ Mom ⊹ +20 years in the creative industry ⊹ Outdoors enthusiast ⊹ Dutch/Swiss
The Hague, The Netherlands 🐚 Katılım Nisan 2007
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@Moonlight_myths Insolate your walls. Maybe the parents can do the same to make it more sound proof?
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If your neighbour has a baby, and it cries ALL NIGHT, and it's room-is directly next to yours divided by a wall, is it okay to ask them to move the baby to another room?
My alarm goes off at 5am. This baby cries until 2, 3am most nights. I am exhausted. I am ill. I am childless by choice and I DO NOT need this.
I understand the mother is tired.
But you know what? This was not my choice. I'm experiencing the consequences of her choice and I am no longer understanding of it.
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@levelsio This is really well designed. Love al the wood and plants. You are right it has a bit of a Bali vibe 😍
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🇧🇷 Waking up in Brazil near the ocean
South Brazil has lots of great villas available although definitely not at the price point of South East Asia, I'd say 3-5x more expensive and whether that's worth it for you is debatable
Build quality of villas in Brazil honestly really varies, a lot of it sucks and is cheap, but a lot of it is built with love and great materials too, kinda hit and miss, it depends if the owner is rich and built it for themselves or not
Brazil is also a great place to build a villa, lots of land for sale, approval is fast, and there's no shortage of workers to build it (like in Europe)
Brazil also has lots of great architects and interior designers, and they just make beautiful stuff
This villa I love because it has that Bali white glossy stone (I think it's boho chic) and it's just great to walk down on barefeet, also I love the rotating stairs and this little jungle inside the living room
Then you go outside and you hear the sea! I love living near the sea and I think the salty air really is healthy for you
Only bad thing which is common here: no AC in living rooms, only in bedrooms. Why? People like to get the natural wind to cool although at peak summer (like February) it gets boiling hot
Oh last thing many villas in Brazil come with a chef included (kinda like Bali and I think there's a colonial connection here as in Bali you sometimes get a "babu" and in Brazil it's called "babá")
They cook for you what you want and get groceries etc
Nice!
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I married this gorgeous, smart, quirky, cute AF, character a little over a year ago and now I've taken her name. I'm officially Matthew Matsuzaki.
Ako's had a challenging family story and has in many ways been alone without a family she can truly count on backing her up, standing up for her, rooting for her, challenging her, or taking care of her when things are hard. Despite that she's a little powerhouse of personality, skill, and story. Sometimes I see it better than she can, and that's what family is for.
So I kicked tradition to the curb and took her name as my own. (Women have been doing this for ages). What a joy and privelage to partner with someone so full of love.
Relationship is challenging because humans, but man I found me a great partner in crime. The way that Ako shows up (against her natural preferences) with willingness to grow, and willingness to practice... it's just, wow.
I see you hun.
I choose you again today.
Pita pita.

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@pablostanley 🎯 and I’m not even sure if I’m really that much more productive.
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@vrijezangvogel @WeermanMichael Normaal wordt zo iets in de vroege ochtend gedaan. Voordat mensen op de piste staan.
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@WeermanMichael De getriggerde lawine om een dodelijke zoals zondag in zelfde vallei gebeurde te voorkomen...
Maar was misschien handig geweest als mensen het wisten en eventjes out of the way waren?
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@DannPetty how do i set it up? i spun up figma mcp, but same prompt as in this video returns this:
The Figma MCP tools available are read-only — they can pull designs and metadata from Figma,
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@maxvoltar No one told you you don’t have to wait till the end? There is always a good excuse to go stationary shopping 🤪
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@socoloffalex Dude, feeling the same! Branding is equally so much fun but somehow more stressful than product design because the possibilities are absolutely endless and it's hard to tell when to stop 😂
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As a former Google Principal Product Designer, I’m having the best time of my life working on brand identities and delivering a complete toolkit for my clients, not just to create consistent content but also micrographics for their products.
Being a brand designer in this AI era is a creative heaven. No limits, just your imagination.
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