About @Gillesv, and his face.

Origins

Born in Ghent on anti-christmas in the year of our lord 1985, Gilles Vandenoostende is anything but your common or garden webdesigner. Quick, efficient and armed with a keen eye for detail, he eats, breathes and defecates webdesign.

Hired by Atmosphere|BBDO straight out of school in 2006, Gilles was dropped head-first into the hot and heavy world of online marketing. Specializing in Flash development at first, he quickly expanded his skills in design, HTML/CSS, Flex, video-editing and the occasional bit of 3D modelling.

Atmosphere may be gone, having merged with Proximity|BBDO in 2007, but Gilles is still there, at the forefront of the next innovative (and occasionally award-winning) campaign.

Gilles is also trying his darndest to keep up with blogging, social media and other vacuous wastes of time that people in this industry are inexplicably fond of.

(He is also prone to occasional bouts of pretentiousness, but only when forced to write about himself in the third person)

Personal life

When not at work, I try to engage in my various hobbies as much as I can. These include traditional oil painting, going for the odd jog (which I should be doing more often), casually playing videogames, and reading a variety of books and magazines. I’m also a big movie-buff, specifically the sci-fi and horror genres. Some of my favourite musicians include Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Nine Inch Nails, Aphex Twin, Muse, John Williams, Bauhaus, Radiohead and Metallica. And in case you hadn’t realized it yet, I’m a big nerd who loves and knows his science and history – you’ll want me on your team during pub quizzes (although I admittedly know little about sports or so-called “pop” culture).

If it’d be more socially accepted, I’d start wearing a top-hat and monocle to work.