Refunk, dynamic media http://www.refunk.com/blog/ Refunk, dynamic media company en Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:36:42 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss We are looking for you If you would like to work for our company and think that one of our vacancies fits your profile, please contact us at jobs[at]refunk[dot]com.

EXPERIENCED ACTIONSCRIPT DEVELOPER

  • Minimum of 2 years hands-on project experience with ActionScript 2 and the Flash IDE
  • The ability to design and model applications
  • Good knowledge of design and architectural patterns
  • The ability to manage projects on a technical level
  • The ability to manage and mentor junior developers
  • Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and standards-friendly plug-in development
  • Good knowledge of PHP en MySQL
  • Good knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop
  • Passion
  • Team spirit
  • Experience with working for agencies
  • The ability to communicate with clients in a positive manner
  • Good knowledge of the English language
  • A portfolio

It is nice to have:

  • Experience with ActionScript 3
  • Good knowledge of Adobe After Effects
  • Experience with 3D and video editing software
  • Good knowledge of the LAMP open source platform

ACTIONSCRIPT DEVELOPER

  • Hands-on project experience with ActionScript 2 and the Flash IDE
  • Talent
  • The drive to learn
  • Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and standards friendly plug-in development
  • Good knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop
  • Passion
  • Team spirit
  • Good knowledge of the English language

It is nice to have:

  • Knowledge of UML and modeling applications
  • Knowledge of design patterns and architectural patterns
  • Experience with ActionScript 3
  • Knowledge of Adobe After Effects
  • Knowledge of the LAMP open source platform

ANIMATOR

  • Hands-on project experience with the Flash IDE
  • Talent
  • The drive to learn
  • Good knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator and After Effects
  • Passion
  • Team spirit
  • Good knowledge of the English language

It is nice to have:

  • Knowledge of 3D rendering, modeling and animation
  • Illustration skills

ABOUT US

Refunk is an award-winning creative agency based in the heart of Amsterdam, that specializes in Adobe Flash.

Refunk is a small company with an informal culture and a staff that consists of a healthy mix of very experienced and extremely talented people that all share the same passion for creating exceptional digital experiences.

Refunk primarily produces projects for advertising and interactive agencies, which mostly work for big brands. We execute these projects in-house, from concept to design to development, with the focus on quality and the aim to create stunning products that people enjoy playing with and clients can be proud of. Typical projects consist of highly audio-visual websites and integrated product campaigns.

Refunk offers a salary that is competitive with other agencies and will be based on the experience and skillset of the applicant.

]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/06/we_are_looking_for_you.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/06/we_are_looking_for_you.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:36:42 +0100 Carte Noire site wins Golden Award of Montreux! It's award time again! This time our "Une Déclaration Nommée Désir" website for Carte Noire was the lucky winner of a Golden Award at the 2008 Montreux Festival in the catagory "Multimedia/web/CD-rom". Commissioned by Euro RSCG 4D Amsterdam, Refunk produced the Valentine's Day website where visitors can compose a personalized love serenade to try to seduce the one they desire. The receivers of this 'Déclaration Nommée Désire' can choose to guess the identity of their secret admirer in a hint-based quiz, and if successful participate in a competition with a chance to win a magical trip for two. The site is in French and can still be seen here: Une Déclaration Nommée Désir. The winners of the Gold Medal de Montreux can be found here: goldenawardmontreux.com.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/06/carte_noire_site_wins_golden_a.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/06/carte_noire_site_wins_golden_a.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:38:24 +0100 Tada, Ethan Liam! Born into this world this Wednesday in the very early morning (00:15). Mother and son are doing fine. Bobby, Anita and Sofie, congratulations with your son from the whole team! Of course you also can send your own congratulations to Ethan's proud parents via bobby [at] refunk [dot] com.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/05/tada_ethan_liam.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/05/tada_ethan_liam.html Fri, 16 May 2008 21:59:49 +0100 Rabobank's mobile spring offer RaboMobiel 5 keer voordeel' campaign microsite. Promoting their new spring offer we produced a narrative video website where a sales person tells you all about the products of your choosing. This sales person is fully integrated in 'his' site and handles parts of the site as if they were physical objects. Example screen shot RaboMobiel is a novel product that aims to integrate banking into the vast array of possibilities of today's mobile phone technology. It offers a secure way of handling all the features found in Internet banking with the added advantage of being able to access them at any time. Example screen shot You can visit the site at http://www.rabomobiel.nl/5keervoordeel. ]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/04/rabobanks_mobile_spring_offer.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/04/rabobanks_mobile_spring_offer.html refunk mobile offer Rabobank Rabomobiel Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:26:54 +0100 A secret serenade Fabian, main composer and performer, guides his visitors through the compose and guess process in a complete audio-visual based interface with a simple click through navigation and smart loading in the background to create a seamless user experience. cartenoire2.png cartenoire3.png You can find the website (in French) here.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/02/a_secret_serenade.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2008/02/a_secret_serenade.html refunk Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:55:05 +0100 Bobby will be speaking at FITC FITC Design + Technology Festival Debuts in Europe Two-Day Event Features An International Line-Up of Designers and Developers February 25 + February 26, 2008 at the Felix Meritis European Centre for Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Early Bird Rate for FITC Amsterdam Ends January 8, 2008 Toronto, Canada [December 17, 2007] -- An international line-up of designers and developers from North America, Europe and The Benelux Region converge on Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for two days of panels, presentations and parties as FITC makes its European debut, February 25 + February 26, 2008 at the Felix Meritis European Centre for Arts and Sciences. This is the first time that FITC, now in its seventh year, has ventured outside North America. “Amsterdam is the perfect place to launch FITC in Europe,” says Shawn Pucknell, Founder of FITC and Executive Producer of FITC Amsterdam. “We are looking forward to presenting a highly immersive and unique experience for attendees, one where they can learn new techniques, try new technologies, and rub elbows with the stars of the creative technology industry.” Apart from the unique location, FITC Amsterdam will also bring together, for the first time, the creators of Papervision 3D, an open source 3D engine that has turned the Flash world on its head. Team members John \m/ Grden (USA), Ralph Hauwert (The Netherlands), Tim Knip (The Netherlands), and Carlos Ulloa (UK) will present an invaluable workshop focused on this new high-performance application. Additional Flash developers confirmed for FITC Amsterdam include: Branden Hall (author and teacher, USA), Erik Natzke (interactive designer, USA), Colin Moock (ActionScript expert and author) and Jared Tarbell (levitated.net). Also confirmed are trailblazing designers GMUNK (aka Bradley Grosh, motion graphics expert, USA), David Eriksson and Daniel Ilic (Co-creative Directors for North Kingdom, Sweden), Joshua Hirsch (Minister of Technology, for Brooklyn, New York-based interactive design studio, Big Spaceship), Tali Krakowsky (Director of Experience Design, Imaginary Forces, New York and LA) and James Paterson (artist and designer, Canada). Participating designers and developers from The Benelux region include: * Peter Elst -- Flash instructor and Adobe Community Expert * Rogier Hendriks and Harm Van Zon -- partners at Amsterdam creative studio ONESIZE * Joost Korngold -- freelance Graphic Designer/Director * Nicolas Lierman -- platform developer and creator of the Google Analytics Reporting Suite on AIR * Bobby van der Sluis -- author and designer/developer at the award-winning creative agency Refunk * Niko Stumpo -- former art director of Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam; artist and owner of Hanazuki * Koen De Weggheleire -- faculty member of the Technical University of West-Flanders (HOWEST) FITC Amsterdam is open to anyone who works with creative technologies -- whether Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, After-Effects, or a combination of these and other bold new programs. Delegate passes range in price from $69 US for a student workshop pass to $599 US for a full two-day Flex Pass. Early bird discount rates apply now through January 8, 2008. Go to http://www.fitc.ca/amsterdam for more information or to register. FITC Amsterdam - Dates, Times and Location: Monday, February 25 – Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 9:00 AM – 6 PM Felix Meritis European Centre for Arts and Sciences, Keizersgracht 324, 1016 EZ, Amsterdam FITC Amsterdam Sponsors: Adobe, Influxis, RMX (Rich Media Exchange), The Rich Media Institute and Thin Data. About FITC: FITC (http://www.fitc.ca) is an international events management company serving the design and technology community with events designed to inspire, educate and challenge. The company’s flagship event, FITC Toronto: The Design & Technology Festival is one of the largest and most important events of its kind, attracting participants from around the world. Other events include FITC Hollywood and FITC Road Shows, a series of one-day events, which have visited cities across North America and will be coming to Europe and Asia in 2008.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/12/bobby_will_be_speaking_at_fitc.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/12/bobby_will_be_speaking_at_fitc.html bobby refunk bobby conference fitc refunk Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:22:36 +0100 Welcome Flo! Born into this world late last night, weighing in at 5 pounds. Mother and son (and dad) are doing fine. Richard and Maaike, congratulations with your son from the whole team! Of course you can send your own congratulations to Flo's proud parents via richard [at] refunk [dot] com.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/12/welcome_flo.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/12/welcome_flo.html richard family richard Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:16:42 +0100 Flash binnen het Gilde van Front-Enders Yesterday more than a hundred front-end web developers gathered in Amsterdam to found an association that aims to further professionalize the front-end programming discipline within the Netherlands and is temporarily named the Gilde van Front-Enders. The last presentation of the day's congres was presented by our own Bobby van der Sluis, and was titled "Flash binnen het Gilde van Front-Enders". In his presentation Bobby explained why Flash should be a discipline within the brand new association and how this can be fulfilled properly in an initiative that was originally founded by people from the web standards community, however has the ambition to represent the front-end discipline as a whole. Bobby also analyzes the nature of the front-end discipline and discusses a few common misconceptions about front-end technologies. The original presentation is posted here (in Dutch). The translated version can be found here (in English). Please use the arrow keys (or the return key) to browse through the presentation. You can use the escape or del keys to toggle between a one-page and a multi-page view on the presentation.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/09/flash_binnen_het_gilde_van_fro.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/09/flash_binnen_het_gilde_van_fro.html bobby Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:43:20 +0100 Aurea by Philips Tied within the concept of seduction by light the website lets visitors play with sounds and lights and explore an interactive and atmospheric environment dominated by lights, color and seduction. The website includes original photo material of fashion photographer Vincent Peters and video material of film director Wong Kar Wai. aurea_3.jpg In this non-traditional seductive campaign the website slowly counts down to product launch and step-by-step increases the tension by slowly unveiling the story behind Aurea and showing more detailed visuals the closer it gets to launch day. aurea_1.jpg aurea_4.jpg You can find the campaign website here.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/08/aurea_by_philips.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/08/aurea_by_philips.html refunk ambilight aurea philips refunk tribal ddb vincent peters wong kar wai Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:02:52 +0100 NMBS Go Pass Visitors are invited into an online travel agency, where they can interact with two elderly and somewhat crazy travel agents, named Yvonne and Maurice, in a narrative video interface. They can also enter a start and an end station, which triggers the retrieval of a valid route from the NMBS route engine and generates a custom trip video. nmbs_1.jpg nmbs_1.jpg nmbs_1.jpg You can find the Go Pass website here.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/08/nmbs_go_pass.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/08/nmbs_go_pass.html refunk Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:44:02 +0100 We are looking for new colleagues! If you would like to work for our company and think that one of our vacancies fits your profile, please contact us at jobs[at]refunk[dot]com.

SENIOR ACTIONSCRIPT DEVELOPER

  • Minimum of 2 years hands-on project experience with ActionScript 2 and the Flash IDE
  • The ability to design and model applications
  • Good knowledge of design patterns and architectural patterns
  • The ability to manage projects on a technical level
  • The ability to manage and mentor junior developers
  • Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and standards friendly plug-in development
  • Good knowledge of PHP en MySQL
  • Good knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop
  • Passion
  • Team spirit
  • Experience with working for agencies
  • The ability to communicate with clients in a positive manner
  • Good knowledge of the English language
  • A portfolio

It is nice to have:

  • Experience with ActionScript 3
  • Good knowledge of Adobe After Effects
  • Experience with 3D and video editing software
  • Good knowledge of the LAMP open source platform

JUNIOR ACTIONSCRIPT DEVELOPER

  • Hands-on project experience with ActionScript 2 and the Flash IDE
  • Talent
  • The drive to learn
  • Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and standards friendly plug-in development
  • Good knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop
  • Passion
  • Team spirit
  • Good knowledge of the English language

It is nice to have:

  • Knowledge of UML and modeling applications
  • Knowledge of design patterns and architectural patterns
  • Experience with ActionScript 3
  • Knowledge of Adobe After Effects
  • Knowledge of the LAMP open source platform

ABOUT US

Refunk is an award-winning creative agency based in the heart of Amsterdam, that specializes in Adobe Flash.

Refunk is a small company with an informal culture and a staff that consists of a healthy mix of very experienced and extremely talented people that all share the same passion for creating exceptional digital experiences.

Refunk primarily produces projects for advertising and interactive agencies, which mostly work for big brands. We execute these projects in-house, from concept to design to development, with the focus on quality and the aim to create beautiful products that people like to play with and clients can be proud of. Typical projects are highly audio-visual websites and integrated product campaigns.

Refunk offers a salary that is competitive with other agencies and will be based on the experience and job-fitness of the applicant.

]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/06/we_are_looking_for_new_colleag.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/06/we_are_looking_for_new_colleag.html refunk Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:35:10 +0100 Flash Embedding Cage Match In my latest article on A List Apart I discuss what makes a great Flash embedding method and examine the most popular Flash embedding methods to see how good they really are. To support the article, I have created a Flash embed test suite to assess browser support for various markup-based embedding methods. The test suite includes information on parameters including support for different Flash publish settings, streaming, and scriptability. Flash Embedding Cage Match introduces SWFFix, which is a project by Geoff Stearns and myself with the goal to create one new and improved Flash embed JavaScript library that over time will phase out our existing UFO and SWFObject libraries.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/02/flash_embedding_cage_match.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2007/02/flash_embedding_cage_match.html flash A List Apart Embed Flash SWFFix UFO Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:26:27 +0100 Rabobank Mobile Banking A question on the workings of Rabo Mobiel, for instance: “How does mobile banking work?” rabomobiel2.jpg Will yield an answer that will match the query as closely as possible. You can check the Rabo Mobiel demo here.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2006/11/rabobank_mobile_banking.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2006/11/rabobank_mobile_banking.html refunk banking Euro RSCG 4D mobile Rabobank RaboMobiel Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:34:39 +0100 Developing Flash websites using progressive enhancement Refunk offers her clients original and effective concepts, eye candy visuals and integrated audio-visual designs based on a smart information architecture and sound technology. We are specialized in Adobe Flash and one of the challenges of almost any new project is to explain how we can make responsible Flash websites, which includes plug-in detection, browser integration, but also visibility for search engines and alternative content for visitors who don't have the required plug-in support. Refunk's standard offering includes a development philosophy called progressive enhancement, which we have applied to several projects in the past year with great results, especially in the area of search engine optimization where Flash sites traditionally are not visible to search engines and rate badly. In our latest article on Adobe Devnet we explain in details what progressive enhancement is all about and what our vision is on how Flash websites can best be created technically. Our renewed blog is a good example of applying this principle. If you switch off the support for JavaScript or plug-ins in your browser, you will find the same blog in HTML. Please note that we have created one website only and that we use a regular publishing system to write once and publish for multiple views of our content: Flash, HTML, RSS and Atom. If you are interested to hear more about this, please contact us at info[at]refunk[dot]com.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2006/09/developing_flash_websites_usin.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2006/09/developing_flash_websites_usin.html bobby flash refunk Adobe Devnet Flash Progressive Enhancement Refunk UFO Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:00:00 +0100 Hello sunshine! Commissioned by Ogilvy Amsterdam, Refunk created the Dove Hello Sunshine campaign website. Aimed at a younger women demographic this messageboard was created to start a send-to-a-friend-to-a-friend chain, while politely collecting contact data (with opt-in) while offering a discount after posting 3 messages. Hello Sunshine - screenshot 1 After receiving a message from a (girl)friend, you can send your own message via the rays of the sun. Hello Sunshine - screenshot 2 UPDATE: The sun is now holding over 70.000 messages posted over a period of 2 months.]]> http://www.refunk.com/blog/2006/03/hello_sunshine.html http://www.refunk.com/blog/2006/03/hello_sunshine.html flash refunk Dove Hello Sunshine Ogilvy Amsterdam Refunk Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:12:56 +0100