Natalie de Vries – no ‘h’ and with ‘ie’!

At stodt I work as a graphic designer.

Oh, good question, let me think – I have a degree in graphic and communications design (RSAK GREY Worldwide) with an additional qualification in illustration. Before that, I did a distance learning programme in interior design.

My graphics tasks vary widely. From image editing to website design all the way to polishing my colleagues’ PowerPoint presentations. I really love my icons, infographics and playing with typography in layout design.

I’m at home with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I’m a big fan of clean and tidy work. My broad range of technical background knowledge helps for overlapping tasks with my colleagues: a little programming here, a bit of 3D there. And even my nerdy gaming knowledge has come in handy a few times.

I can familiarise myself with new topics quickly and am always open to questions and new challenges. And not least of all: I’m always happy to help if someone gets stuck on something. I’m usually very patient with others. Not so much with myself.

I’ve been part of the stodt family since the summer of 2017.

Ever since I was a child I have loved to shape my surroundings, make them more beautiful and clear. Order and aesthetics are very important to me, although my perfectionism is not always the healthiest thing. By the way, I don’t like coffee. When I was a kid, my grandmother gave me too much coffee with cream – that was enough. :D

What bothers me most is when a creative result is talked to death. I think that too much explanation, too much clarification harms the creative process. Tastes are different, as we all know – and sometimes you design something that isn’t to your own taste. As a graphic designer, it’s nice when you get the freedom to do as you like, after all, we learned how to do the work, know the graphic rules. Ultimately, we all just want to create the best solution we can!