It's feng shui for the brain | designer and art director by day, paperfolder by night.

Sharim Gubbels - NL|SG

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Born 1979 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Now resides in Singapore.

Having worked in advertising as well as the gaming industry, with copious experience in the realms of virtual worlds, punched me into one disturbed but well rounded individual.

Paper is my passion.

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IdN magazine

One of the sweetest and most luscious designer mags out there. People outside of Asia, check it out.

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Tado

The nicest designers couple alive.

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KOA

In your face tight work.

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Jon Burgerman

Playful, cool and imaginative vegetarian.

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Skwak

Be careful not to get infected.

Singapore 'Bladerunner' show.

Crossville. feature at exhibition at Substation - 19/11/09

Come check out the Crossville piece at the Bladerunner show organized by Mojoko/Steve Lawler down at Substation during Singapore Design Festival 2009. Check it out in the Projects section HERE.

Tokyo 'Urban Paper' show.

Crossville. feature at exhibition at Cafe Pause - 15/10/09

Next stop on the 'Urban Paper' show on the road is Cafe Pause at Tokyo. Thunder Chunky had a nice write up on it.

Red Dot Museum (Singapore) pop-up show.

Crossville. pop-up event - 14/09/09

Crossville. had a show at the very cool Red Dot Museum in Singapore, showcasing white paper UV popping pop installations inside the black gallery 1 and a large number of the collaborative papertoys of the olden days featuring Jon Burgerman, TADO, Evil/MCA, Gaston Caba, KOA, Skwak and many others.

Mix that with local DJs Pushin' On, DJ Kamikaze from Shanghai's Shelter and DJ Wordy from Beijing's Hotpot dressed up in Crossville. masks and that makes for one helluva fun event.

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IdN mention.

Crossville. shout out - 14/09/09

Crossville. gets a little shout out in the IdN August Newsletter for one of the custom design competitions for the upcoming show.

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Friendster Corporate Identity overhaul.

Crossville. design - 03/09/09

Crossville. was commisioned to overhaul the corporate (and brand identity) of Friendster. Check it out in the PROJECTS section.

'A Nice Set' Singapore.

Poster Set design - 03/05/09

Next to being one of the chosen designs for the Singapore edition of 'A Nice Set' custom slipmat exhibition, Crossville. also designed the poster set. Check out the PROJECTS section.

The show was curated by Plus et Plus, and conceptualized in collaboration with The Reed Space. The book is published by IDN and includes interviews with a selection of DJs, featuring artists such as Genevieve Gauckler, Jeremyville and Jeff Staple. Brought to you by AWE50ME, in association with IdN magazine, Reed Space and dope, curated by Plus et Plus.

poster design

A NICE SET SINGAPORE: 33 international artists + 33 Australian artists + 33 singapore artists + 3 djs + 1 book in a mobile exhibition in 3 different spaces.

MTV 'The Youtopia Project'.

Addition: MTV Virtual World - 03/05/09

MTV: The Youtopia Project. Creative and Art Direction on an MTV vritual world for both Asia and Europe, incorporating design, fashion, games and music. Currently in production. More info and images at the PROJECTS section.

mtv games branding

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Book Feature 'Urban Papercraft'.

Crossville. book feature - 03/05/09

Crossville. was invited to be one of the featured designers in the US book: 'Urban Papercraft' created by the always wonderful Matthew Hawkins. Features an interview and a constructable template of the 'Ghostboy' model, as well as a DVD with numerous pictures of collaborations and other, more intricate models like 'El Carmesi' and 'Sparkplug'. ISBN-13: 978-1-60061-123-0, ISBN-10: 1-60061-123-0.

LA 'Urban Paper' show.

Crossville. feature at booklaunch/exhibition at Mobius in LA - 03/05/09

To celebrate and launch his book the always industrious Matthew Hawkins had a show at Mobius, LA. Lots of copies of his book 'Urban Paper', toys, stickers and other goodies were for sale and from what I understand it was a big hit! Keep it up Matt, and thanks again for the invite!

Internet shout outs.

Crossville. mentions on the world wide web of internets! - 03/05/09

Rocking mention back in the day of 2006 on the great TOYSREVIL.

A mention of a few of my Jon Burgerman collaborations on the Crossville 'Ghostboy' project on DOODLESPLATTER.

TOYCYTE has a small piece on the Crossville 'Ghostboy' collaboration project.

AWE50ME throws on an interview and a few mentions HERE, HERE and HERE.

MCK by Mathijs Kamstra gives a shout out to Crossville TOYS HERE.

A quick mention on Mira y Calla design blog.

.A nice mention by Rizomatik, you better read Spanish!

Urban Paper gets a mention at the toy section of the dope ILIKECHARACTERS blog by Steve Rack.

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