CURRENT MISSION

to find other high tech animals of the nothern forest, just to prove that they are not exctinct

ABOUT ME

I design modern menswear for my own brand NON by KIM. I am a design teacher at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. Next to that I free-lance as a fashion designer for several big companies. I have my studio in the north of Hilversum. I am open minded, and love to learn and experience new things. I like to talk but I can also be really quiet. I love love to play boardgames. :)

www.nonbykim.com

here is some bla bla about me;

I like to dream at night and remember it the next morning, I like to live in the shadow area between reality and my own reality. Maybe I am a realistic dreamer. The never ending chain of (ir)relevant thoughts make me sleepy. Everything that moves distracts me.

I like to watch things that move in the wind. I like to look at abstract lines and the curve of people their nose. I lose myself in details while keeping oversight.

I like giving well packed gifts and hugging my close friends. I like soft wool, clean cuts and my bed. My favorite color is petrol. My bedroom is painted petrol and folded airplanes fly over the walls, while little spirits watch them silently.

Too much curiosity killed the cat several times. same old same old. I have a lot of books and like to collect thing to fuel my bad taste. Coffee is horrible but I love every thing with a coffee taste.

Cafe Jelineck in Vienna is the most beautiful cafe in the world. I like to eat pie there. Plus I like people who can talk and listen. I like a clean chaos, getting up early, go to bed on time, white coconut chocolate. I collect old envelopes to use them again. I buy expensive kitchen appliances and get emotionally attached to them.

I have no sense of time or of the direction of the world, but I have an old spirit filled with a certain wisdom. Polaroid pictures are nice. Things to organize other things are handy. I like hats and wigs. I like being me. Things that are old and made of wood make me emotional.

PHILOSOPHY

Exploring how far talent can get me, always keep developing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been a member of the Hospitality club since 21-02-2006. http://secure.hospitalityclub.org/hc/travel.php?cid=kimbakker
I showed James around my hometown and gave some insides info about the modern architecture. In Japan I met a Japanese Hospitality club member, she told me about the culture and the way they see foreigners, it was really nice. I stayed over in Munich at Matthias and his Australian girlfriend, we met through the hospitality club. They where absolutely nice and caring, they made us kartoffelen. And I couchsurfed in Paris at Julien's place.

Interests

being productive, getting up early, old wisdom and new thoughts, listing to chaotic music, reading magicrealistic books, look at trees and small animals, feel fabrics, watch good fashion shows, dance in disguise and listing to stories other people tell.

• animals
• cats
• culture
• books
• architecture
• design
• fashion
• coloring
• dancing
• chocolate
• coffee
• clubbing
• flying
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• music
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:everything from Isabel Allende to Hakuri Murakami. As long as it is a realistic dream. Or dreaming in reality
Movies: B-sci-fi, doomsday films, things with zombies, David Lynch, Michel Gondry,stop motion, studio Ghibli,Takeshi Kitano, and so on.
Music: Good old goth music, Industrial, Modern classic, like Johann Johannsson and Hauska, Bombastic quietness with Woodkid and These new puritans, The down to earth dreamyness of Timber Timbre.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to share, learn and teach.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Egypt, France, Iceland, India, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Netherlands

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