About Viewbook

Viewbook is made up of four brothers and two hardworking programmers. On the work floor we often found ourselves presenting work to clients but missing a suitable tool to make the process easier. We decided to create one that performs well and stands out through design and practicality. We’ve formulated three vital characteristics of Viewbook below:

Images Come First
The aim is not to disturb the aesthetics of the image with fancy designs, ads, or anything whatsoever.

Simplicity
To create a tool, which, is easy to use and does what you want it to do.

Freedom Of Choice
Whether you want to publicly share your images or keep them private, you should have the choice.

We hope you like our approach.

Rien Swagerman - Founder, designer, developer
Founder of Viewbook, entrepreneur, web developer and design critic. Rien is fascinated by new technologies to create functional and esthetic applications and interfaces. Besides Viewbook Rien (33) does special projects with his web development firm Resource Studio. A project he started recently is Toplolly.com, an initiative that promotes artistic ideas that are too big to realize. In his spare time Rien rides his racebike and plays sick solo's on his electric guitar.
www.rienswagerman.nl

Alrik Swagerman - Communication, marketing, PR
Alrik used to produce the Globe Bowlbash (international skateboarding events) and publish Slob magazine (cultural surf magazine). Alrik (31) likes to create concepts that connect people, culture and business. Besides the work he does for Viewbook, Alrik is creative manager and concept developer at a leading communication agency focussing on sustainability and innovation. When Alrik isn't working he's out surfing or taking photographs.
alrikswagerman.blogspot.com

Paul Swagerman - Graphic- and interface design
Paul(29) is a self-employed graphic designer since 2001. Working under the name 'OOPS' (Office Of Paul Swagerman) he designs for printed and digital media for (inter)national clients, mostly within the art, music and cultural fields. Simply put, Paul looks at how we interact with information and what influences it and comes up with intelligent and easthatically visual solutions. Before and after work Paul likes windsurfing and racing his carbonfibre bike.
www.paulswagerman.nl

Rudin Swagerman - Interaction designer, Flash developer
Rudin (26) has been exploring the limits of Flash since 1999. His aim is to create nifty interfaces with a strong focus on design. While he has studied architecture, he has never been able to let go of the world of interactive media. His urge to explore all kinds of software and possibilities is unstoppable. Rudin is the developer of the Viewbook flash viewer and comes up with a lot of new ideas.
www.rudinswagerman.nl

Bob Donderwinkel - Front-end developer
Bob is doing the scripting for the Viewbook Image Manager. He just created his brand new website (see below) with the same core technology, and you'll see he embeds Viewbook too. Bob likes to create websites for creative companies and likes to come up with funny quotes.
www.bobdonderwinkel.com

Tomasz Kaye - Back-end developer
Our back-end web services all run on Ruby, the language Tomasz loves. Tomasz builds all his webbased stuff in Ruby on Rails, and also creates his own projects, like http://facemaker.redshiftmedia.com. But probably even more time goes into his music, under the name Mormo Tomasz creates wicked blibs and beats.
www.last.fm/music/Mormo.

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