Robbert Mastebroek
Online Portfolio

Creating the future internet at Journee
2023 — current

Art Director at Media.Monks
2016 — 2023

Product Design Consultant at adidas
2018 — 2019

Senior Designer at Apple
2017

About me

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Projects 2009 — 2024

Hi there 👋, this is Robbert Mastebroek speaking. I'm a designer from The Netherlands who started studying graphic design when I was 15 – and opened shop as a freelance designer a year later. Eight years and two design degrees later I joined Media.Monks, the world’s most awarded creative digital agency, creating digital experiences and platforms for the world's largest brands.

I also co-founded the sustainable sneaker brand TŌZEN.studio, where I'm heading product design and creative direction.

Things I kinda know a lot about include anything e-commerce, fashion, online platforms, web/digital technologies, design and typography.

Some random facts

🍎 Apple fanboy since birth 📲 Always counting down to the next iPhone ( days to go!) 🥁 Drummer (my neighbours love me) 🏃 Runner (my knees love me) 🎒 Never seen in public without his backpack 🚙 Likes cars (current drive: Jaguar I-Pace HSE) ✊ Fighting for better user-privacy in the world of advertising 👟 Co-founded the sustainable sneaker-brand TŌZEN.studio 👨‍💻 Has been freelancing for 50% of his life

Education

Communication and Multimedia Design
User Experience and Service Design specialty
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Graduated in 2017

Minor Co-Design
Environmental and Collaborative Design
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Graduated in 2017

Media Design
Graphic Design specialty
Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht
Graduated in 2013

I worked with

adidas Airbnb Apple Bose BULGARI Cartoon Network Facebook General Electric Google Heineken HP Jacobs Douwe Egberts LEGO McLaren F1 MUGLER Nederlandse Spoorwegen Netflix NPO Oculus Red Bull SAMSUNG Tommy Hilfiger ViacomCBS Weber

Get in touch

I'm available for freelance work: I like helping organisations, start ups and brands with design challenges, branding and digital strategies. If you're in for a good talk, here's how to get to me:

BITKRAFT
Media.Monks, 2023
Art Director, Lead Designer

When Bitkraft, a leading Web3 gaming investment firm, sought a bold portfolio website to match their ambitious vision, I delivered an experience as innovative as their mission. Inspired by gaming mechanics, I led the creation of a WebGL-powered site that stands out in the competitive landscape by implemting keyboard controls and immersive 3D graphics. From first concepts and digital branding (custom iconography and typefaces) to UI design and animation direction, I crafted a seamless fusion of cutting-edge interactivity and striking aesthetics. The result is a website that not only showcases Bitkraft’s investments but also sets a new standard for digital storytelling in the Web3 space.

FWA Award winner Awwwards winner

The project won FWA of the Day and Awwwards Site of the Day.
Special thanks to Joris van Raaij for his brilliant animation work.

MUGLER
Media.Monks, 2023
Art Director, Lead Designer

Crafting everything from the creative concept through strategy and production; I developed an interactive web journey leading visitors to discover their Angel identity and a stunning NFT collection in collaboration with 3D artist Marc Tudisco. Hyped by sleek, animated teaser videos—the 300 NFT Angels sold out on OpenSea in under 30 seconds, making it the fastest selling NFT collection on the platform so far. By creating an exciting new way for fans to identify with the Mugler brand we showed how a fresh approach can generate enduring cultural cachet.

FWA Award winner Awwwards winner Lion Nominee

The project won FWA of the Day, Awwwards Site of the Day, and was Cannes Lion "UX, UI & Journey Design" nominated.

Oculus.com
MediaMonks, 2021
Digital Designer

At MediaMonks, we redesigned the Oculus.com platform, preparing it for the big launch of the groundbreaking, all-in-one Oculus Quest 2 headset. As the main designer on the MediaMonks' Amsterdam team, I collaborated with our creative teams (fellow designers, copywriters, creatives, etc.) in Melbourne, New York and Los Angeles, enabling a unique 24 hour per day production structure for our client. Over several weeks, we went from pitch and exploration to final delivery of the final platform, in close collaboration with the team over at Oculus.

Team credits: Alexander Otto (Creative Director), Benjamin Tuffy (Design Director), Vanessa Lai (Creative), Joey Serxner (Copywriter), Fernanda Gonzalez (UX Designer), Kervin Morales (Designer, New York), Natalie Acheampong (Producer)

TŌZEN.studio
Personal Project, 2021—2023
Co-founder, Creative Direction

During COVID times, the stars aligned just right: A life-long dream of launching my own brand turned into a reality. With 2 co-founders, I launched TŌZEN.studio: Inspired by Japanese craftsmanship, the brand provides customers with high-quality products that are ethically and sustainably produced.

As the co-founder and creative director, I am responsible for a wide range of activities within the company: Product design and development, marketing, digital strategy, design and development of the online e-commerce platform, and sales to digital retailers and platforms such as Zalando, Bol and Miinto.

PinDirect by Cyber&Mason
Freelance, 2020
Brand Design

PinDirect – one of the Netherlands' leading PIN / payment service providers, tasked me with one of my biggest corporate redesign projects. In a relatively short time span of 1.5 months, I was tasked to completely redesign their brand including a new logo, stationary, custom icon set, business cards, invoices, packaging, stickering, online display ads, email marketing and outdoor advertising.

The logo (an evolution of the brand's previous mark), brand elements (patterns, icons) and supporting colors are inspired by the buttons of a payment terminal. Each element of the brand was extensively described in a brand book, so the PinDirect team and external agencies can apply the new guidelines correctly and consistently.

Viacom.com
MediaMonks, 2018
Designer

With the MediaMonks team, I was fortunate enough to help Viacom develop a punchy, new corporate website right when they were in the middle of launching a rebrand. Corporate websites often play it safe, but we wanted to make Viacom’s site just as much fun to explore as Viacom’s networks are to watch, which often push envelopes with a playfully rebellious attitude. A big part of this process was to highlight Viacom’s massive library of great content. To achieve this, we implemented several fun interactions and tactile elements into the design. We call this “cherry content,” named after the “cherry on top” of a cake or sundae. This unobtrusive content serves to prove and support the value proposition that brands put forward, allowing users to choose to scroll by or dive deeper by interacting with it directly.

In 2021-22, ViacomCBS got rebranded to Paramount. This also meant the website had to be completely redesigned – a project I had the honor to lead the creative direction and design production of.

Webby Award winner

Team credits: Artur Dias (lead designer), Bas Strien (pitch design concepts)

Logos and Rebrands
Freelance (2011 — current)
Designer

A selection of logos I created – often part of a bigger rebranding effort. For all these projects I was advising the company on its rebranding the lead designer on each project. Hover over each logo to see the project date.