I ask a lot of questions to understand the problems my clients want to solve and the goals they want to achieve. I then create high-fidelity wireframes that aim to address those goals. Those wireframes get turned into visual interfaces, sometimes with subtle motion effects, to be prototyped and tested with real people.
Playing it cool in front of 950 people at Awwwards Amsterdam in 2020
Sounding smarter than I actually am in a book by Design Fund in 2017
Talking about side projects in Antwerp in 2020
Jenny Johannesson & Robbin Cenijn talking about how great I am at Awwwards Los Angeles in 2017
Answering questions of tech folks at Ueno San Francisco in 2017
Marco Coppeto giving me some free publicity in Kikk Festival in Belgium in 2019
I’m the guy who always organizes the holiday trips, and I usually send the most messages on my family’s WhatsApp group. I’m a passionate world traveler (40+ countries). In my ten year career as an amateur boxer, I have an impressively unimpressive unbeaten record (1-0-0). I always eat standing up because those calories don’t count.
I’ve worked for a lot of big-name companies, both at agencies and as a freelancer. A lot of it is under NDA or just plain old, but that won’t stop me from dropping some names to imply that I’m kind of a big deal.
Google Express and more (NDA)
Helped redesign redbull.tv
Several projects (NDA)
Prototypes for Newsfeed and Messenger
Helped redesign the Lonely Planet site
Website design for Oculus Go
Dashboard and tools for Airbnb for Work
Landing page for Mercedes-Benz France
Character animations for Waze.com
Helped with major redesign of Uber.com
Internal product for Chanel employees
Secret TV product(NDA)
Unlike the Spice Girls, I think that if you want my future, you shouldn’t forget about my past. Those experiences made me the designer and the man I am today.
Robin is everything you want in a good creative. He is great at his craft, he is a great designer, he can tell stories through his work, he can make prototypes, he can animate. But more importantly, he is a fantastic team player. He happily picks up any task that needs to get done, he brings energy and joy to any room, he works extremely hard and will always go the extra mile. I can’t say enough good things about Robin, he is a wonderful person, a great designer, and a true team player.
Robin is not just a designer. We started working together with only ideas, and he’s a co-founder in what we’re trying to build. Yes, he’s an absolutely phenomenal designer who brings ideas to life, and a great prototyper so we can feel designs and ideas before implementing them. But Robin and I worked together on marketing, naming, testing, business strategy, branding, and more. He thinks through problems, devises solutions, and comes up with ideas. He’s detail-oriented, honest, efficient, and thoughtful. He’s a team player and just a great guy in general! He really goes above and beyond in what he does.
It’s very rare that you find a person who’s great at user experience, visual design, and being able to prototype those experiences with animations in one person. Robin is that person. A fantastic product designer that has been key to develop two innovative concepts. Robin defined interactions, visual design, and animations. What I appreciate most is Robin’s ability to help us get from 0 to 1. There were no design systems, little branding, and a few loose ideas. He helped us shape those loose ideas into an experience that stands out, that is a great experience and is filled with delightful moments. He also provided a great framework for the developer to work with and was very supportive of the development process, understanding the needs, and had really good communication throughout. I can’t recommend Robin highly enough.
Robin is extremely thoughtful and creative with his approach to addressing user needs. He based his thinking and approach on clear principals and while he was systematic, his work would regularly push into “out of the box” territory. The resulting interaction/UX design work was always very strong. Context: Robin helped us ideate and design a next-gen media viewing experience. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again and would happily recommend him to any of my colleagues.
I've had the pleasure to work with Robin on a web project for one of our clients. Robin was quick to get up to speed with project requirements. He was collaborative throughout the entire process, was able to share designs as motion prototypes. Robin's magic power is his ability to take a design challenge and find a simple and elegant solution.
It was amazing to work with Robin on the design of our new website. He has a great sense of elegance, functionality, and aesthetics, he is very passionate about what he does, very attentive to the details and a big perfectionist. He did everything to help us smoothly transition from the outdated design and gave a lot of guidance and advice. The result is an extremely elegant and functional award-winning website.
Robin is a great designer - he is able to navigate effortlessly between product thinking and pixel-level attention to detail. Great communication skills and timely delivery. We had a very positive experience on a very challenging deliverable.
Robin is passionate about his work and very careful at details. He did an excellent job on the design and user experience of our web and mobile platforms. He adapted very well to a challenging context and was very independent in his missions. Definitely a profile I recommend.
I believe being a designer is more than pushing pixels so if you want to know more about me, you can watch my talks, listen to my podcast, or read my interviews.
I’ve worked on lots of projects that have won awards and even got some myself. But awards are like money: good to get but better to give away. Which is why I’ve loved being on the international jury for Awwwards and Webby Awards for the past few years.
I have an inbox zero rule so I’ll see your message for sure and, I’ll reply with at least one smiley. I promise.
Code by Lorenzo Cadamuro
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