# Who I am

I like helping people get where they are trying to go.

I've always been full of ideas, but for a long time I had no way to make them real. That changed when I discovered the computer. Suddenly imagination was something I could shape and share, and design became the place where things started to click. Shaping digital products became my job, and the people who use what I make became the reason I do it.

Then technology caught up, and it let me build what I design as well. Now I can take an idea all the way.

## Why I do what I do

A product has to work. That sounds obvious, but it is most of the job: solving a real problem and being worth people's time.

What keeps it interesting is how much has to be right at once. User goals, business needs, simplicity, what lasts. Finding that balance is what I enjoy.

Even then, a product can feel flat. The detail changes that: spacing, type, the timing of a transition, the wording of a label. That is what makes a product feel alive, and to me that is the whole point.

## My playlists

- [The Big 5](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4WZg7aR7MLMo1UwLvxopJr) (World)
- [スタイル](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6aETOOJY5zIDfykPHSh1WA) (World)
- [Tropical Juice](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/32UArgvm5SLDRU5rQOK8uy) (World)
- [Island Groove](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3v5qlQ96PzmMeIp4hd586O) (World)
- [Hollands Glorie](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2FzJo3ijk9lEVxZbrofLZV) (Dutch)
- [Polderpop](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6xVYsIXzVkyF1wJrJjJD6j) (Dutch)
- [Pulse Twist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jG3m7d5oJix9L20zK2a1f) (Indie)
- [Indie Archive](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0QLuk3nW2woGJfO2TmyokY) (Indie)
- [Flying Sparks](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6fQygCJC1CKvo8KSdVMax2) (Indie)
- [Synth Rise](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6CxhFE1TFbs4revcsxcJ1q) (Indie)
- [Unwind](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hYr6yTEDPeRFq2lwKow4D) (Indie, Folk)
- [Hoar Frost](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6enBgo2dVVtcqtdAD0o2dB) (Dark Indie)
- [Unplug](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QETTEQTLWXAi6Jvd6FdD2) (Acoustic)
- [Cirrus](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rT96H8b4BEAdsZkum0tOa) (Folk)
- [Soft Pop Radio](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AJCJGOSoUBQYZMZ3v7w23) (Soft Pop)
- [On Air](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3dpPUKRLrbia5FZOgGuPfe) (20's Pop)
- [Back to 10](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tM9ZmDApYAnmnzS9QuJXv) (10's Pop)
- [Non Stop Pop](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35GCRwbiWJ1ECGNgH2Fv0s) (00's Pop)
- [Bars & Bass](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/16OFs384ssrklriNVK7g3K) (00's Hip Hop)
- [Good Vibes](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rqbAF23vkPyCC4tF8TBBo) (Urban)
- [The Hood](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2EDKSYpR9eW6ARkiA6bSKL) (Rap, Hip Hop)
- [Zwarte Koffie](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mvVNc265CgWFrq1Yn4vRk) (Dutch Rap)
- [Nachtgedierte](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1P6ut1mDIDyThvukbABbR7) (Dutch Trap)
- [Rap & Roer](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jMOAWavYIea5QH0Legjw2) (Dutch Urban)
- [Rauwe Hop](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ENPk8tApEHGQLBPGqHkTz) (Dutch Hip Hop)
- [Old Skool Jamz](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qmXvKbMlBEGhyVABitcQ7) (90's Rap, Hip Hop)
- [Comfortzone](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SpbhjjqvGPde7pqNbMzcH) (Jazz, Funk, Soul)
- [Satin & Slow](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/24HZ3ex4wqvrgZ8Ch0bUca) (90's Soul, R&B)
- [Easy 8](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/69lOyIXDSeco0vMEZ7bRvC) (80's Easy Listening)
- [Synthetic Hearts](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nucuv90gpD724Lfc3srHT) (80's Pop)
- [Rollerdisco](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PabKgpcQqxSSXtS8JxJq7) (70's Disco)
- [Funky Sensation](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6CEbHGO1qrHTZNAG0VEfVv) (Nu-disco)
- [Ecstasy of Sound](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7oBXPmEhRgrKFkyXePvY3J) (90's House)
- [Club Paradiso](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5K8LHse3IzfHpMj2rO5ju9) (00's House)
- [Overdrive](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0989NElh9ZpaJwbojkv09T) (00's Club)
- [Lost in Trance](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Iklh056at1zFHAhXG6k6S) (Trance)
- [Utopia](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WzVNxNmK1ol43z4cXN36n) (EDM)
- [Boiler Room](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7iH16JMCaIBRddQsIzyntD) (Deep House)
- [Cocktail Hour](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gqmAJPggIpLa29A9fyrrk) (Lo-fi & Jazz House)
- [Minimal](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48Lmr3PJdrfa202MxEk6GB) (Minimal House)
- [Smoking Pixels](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0lOvgrDVoR6lqIQT7LpAFN) (Electro)
- [Trip Down Memory](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3KjWPl5hA070bzufo2g5xA) (Triphop)
- [White Noise](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1izX9pi0ApTBjDZBUnwTzs) (Liquid Drum & Bass)
- [Disconnected](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2FZJwwGbYXHkzW1hKmBUvw) (Drum & Bass)
- [Saltburn Nights](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4syBuGIW3symFu2xTA3hH6) (Electro)
- [Testsite](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1whyMIgvdulkLAOEyx7Hcg) (Industrial)
- [No Life](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5yfp29m9WSqU7Csc0qIGMK) (00's Alt-Metal)
- [Solid Rock](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0i9q6tvWhrAiBk5iD1vYPM) (Modern Rock)
- [Private Pool](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4iHLsHTZ85fY7ABpuddlUl) (Alt-Rock)
- [Hit the Vinyl](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18eXiAg4kCSaVOrhnoPRb3) (Classic Rock)
- [Soul Train](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LRH6oZj0khyVNxBN4LB0C) (70's Soul)
- [Goldies](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0MefWntJIT7AYonBKTVKf6) (40-50's Swing)
- [Gramophonize](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13Ce6zCqyzN9bu0otN1M5a) (Classic Jazz)

[Follow me on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/user/11104580)

## Also on the page

What Bart is listening to, playing, watching and reading right now, the countries he has travelled to, and the newest card he pulled for Card Orb. Those change from week to week, so they are only on the page itself: https://bartdunweg.com/about.