This page is to give you an idea of who I am. What I've done, what I do and what I would like to be doing as well as why I am who I am and where and when I started realizing, who I am and what I should be doing.

What I want to tell you here is that we all are free (to some extent) to be what we want and do what we do best.

Why are we where we are when we are who we are when we are what we need? So we can learn from each other where and when we are aware of when we are able to understand what we are doing to learn from. How is up to you as an individual. Be creative!

Know yourself,

Know what you want,

Know why you want it,

Know where to get it,

Know when to stop.

Noah Palmer
Male, 27 yrs.

26 November, 1977
Orange, California

Experience

Part-time jobs

1998 - 2003 Freelance - Arnhem -
function : Gardening for elderly people
duties : maintenance, trimming, small scale layout and design
Xp : PRACTICAL GARDENING AND DESIGN, UNDERSTANDING PLANTS AND NATURE

1996 - 1997 Kunstpassage - Den Haag -
function: Exhibition cooperator and Moving coordinator
Xp : COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS

1994 - 1996 Chevron Full-service - Loma Linda Plaza, California -
function: Attendant and Cashier / small repairs and customer service
Xp : AUTOMOTIVE AND PEOPLE SKILLS

Volunteer work

1999 - 2003 Goudvishal ~ Sub-cultural podium - Arnhem -
function: Light-jockey for the "FORMS" - Drum & Bass - Dance events
duties : design and build light scheme's, create atmosphere and program DMX-mixers
Xp : ATMOSPHERIC DESIGN, LIGHTNING EFFECTS AND ELECTRONIC SKILLS

2000 - 2001 Chairman of the film commission -SU Arboricultura
Xp : COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT

1999 - 2000 Management at student union Arboricultura - Velp -
PR commissioner
-Management: guide and stimulate 5 commissions, representation of members.
-PR: draft focus points and approach strategies, and design of other PR experience
such as: Period agenda's, sweaters, T-shirts etc.
Xp : COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND COMPUTER SKILLS

1990 - 1993 Foundation HAAGS HOUT - Den Haag -
function: Gardening for elderly people
duties: maintenance, trimming and planting
Xp : GARDENING BASICS, ESTHETIC AND SPATIAL INSIGHT

Education

1997 - 2003 Int. Agr. Hogeschool Larenstein - Velp, The Netherlands -
DIPLOMA - Landscape Design and Environmental Management
· Landscape architecture: Design Major
· Choice courses: landscape planning, presentation, urban ecology and recreation.

1993 - 1996 Redlands High School - Redlands, California U.S.A. -
· High school Diploma 3.2 GPA
· Scholarship for Industrial Technology and Algebra
· A's in Small Business and Economics (senior year).

Language

English, Dutch, German.

Software

I have a large software vocabulary and can work with numerous programs to edit and create photographic and visual representations of design and atmospheric ideas. I use software to design and maintain websites and most importantly to communicate, design and draft plans.

Some of the programs I use, include but are not limited to...

Dreamweaver, The Adobe Package, Acad, 3dmax, MS Office, CorelDRAW, Evrsoft, Flash and so on . . . . . . .

Interests

Personal:
Travel, Philosophy, Photography, Drawing, Music (dnb), Snooker, Mountain biking, Cross-country, Climbing.

Professional:
Design and Visualisation, Gardening and Landscape, Ecology and Nature, Recreation and Resorts, Computers and Programs, Lighting and Night life.

Goals

My main goal is to achieve a position, which will offer me the freedom I need to be as creative as possible. I would really like to find a job in graphic design. Since I graduated as a landscape designer, a combination with landscape architecture would be the best.

Credit

Credit is something we earn that motivates us to continue our work. Besides something we can earn it is also something we can give. Giving people credit for their work is easier than we are lead to believe. It doesn't always mean a pat on the back or a thank you after the work is finished. The best kind of credit it the kind you get during and long after your work is completed.

I find it more rewarding to see and know people enjoying work in progress. Is it great when for example you throw a party to see people enjoying themselves while the party is going on, rather than a thank you at the end. Life is to short to neglect, when at your death bed you finally realize it was not so bad after all.

The sooner we all find out how much fun we are having or how much progress we are making, the sooner we can use it to power up ourselves. Our lives work will never be finished, there's always something to do, change or add to our work. Therefore I never consider relating to work as a finished product. I my case it's always a rough draft of results I would like to see develop into environments that will flexibly encourage use of space in a new and refreshing way.

California

I was born in Orange, California. My parents lived in Laguna Beach where my dad had a photographic studio. It wasn't long before they decided to hit the road. We travelled the western states until my brother was born in 1980. Shortly there after we settled down in a beautiful mountain town called Idyllwild, where we lived until 1986 when we moved to Holland.

I moved back to California with my dad when I was 15, to start my life as a freethinking individual. Except now I had to deal with the responsibility of taking care of myself, enrolling in school and getting a job. This turned out to be a great opportunity, which I gladly received.

School was cool. I went to Redlands High where I made lots of friends. I was awarded with 3 scholarships for outstanding academic achievement in Math and Industrial technology. I graduated 6 months before my class in 1996. After the tragic death of my father on the day of my graduation I decided it was best to move back to the Netherlands.

Europe

I have lived in the Netherlands for 14 years. My mom is half Dutch and half Swiss.
We moved here in 1986 to meet the rest of our family, which is spread out over Europe. We ended up living in Den Haag where my grandfather was. This lasted 7 years…
I got claustrophobic in Holland, I was 9 when we moved here and slowly but surely I got stuck in a routine environment that drained my creative energy.

I have been working in gardens since I was 12 which kept me going, but it still couldn't match up to the space I was used to in the Californian Sierras. So I saved up my money to move back to California with my dad.

I moved back to Holland in 1996 where I reunited with my mom and brothers. I soon found a job working for the Kunstpassage in Den Haag. I knew it wasn't a long-term thing, so I started looking for a college where I could continue my studies. This led me to Larenstein where I've studied Landscape architecture till June 2003. I graduated with honor and a prestigious plan for the Netherlands in 2100. Titled NL2100.

Past

Ever since I was a kid I became more and more graphics oriented, since I was always moving I latched on to universal languages. I started expressing myself in art and drawings until I learned Dutch. Then in Junior-High (HAVO) French class made me realized I wasn't the language type. Art, Graphics and Design became my calling. I excelled in drawing, math and earth science. I took extra courses in Drafting, Plane Geometry and Computer graphics to start off my design career.

My other true passion is gardening. My father was a gardener and planting expert. He tought me a lot about nature and made me realize how important nature is for people. I have 14 years of gardening experience and found that my design abillities are strongly enhanced by this experience. This has also been a way for me to express myself and one of the main reasons to study landscape architecture at Larenstein.

When I started Larenstein in 1997 I discovered a student union called Arboricultura, where I could help out other students as well as develop my own ambitions and hobbies. I met a lot of my friends here and ended up spending my second year of college as a student representative for the union. I was pronounced "Public-Relations Commissioner" of 2000. This is when I really got into graphic design. Part of my task was to promote the student union and it's activities, as well as representing students and managing 5 commissions.

Present

I graduated with honour and a prestigious plan for the Netherlands in 2100. Titled NL2100.
I now have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Landscape Design & Environmental management

If your interested in the plan for the Netherlands visit www.BCNPworks.com

Future

Although I'm starting a business and have a really sweet girlfriend here in Holland, I still want to move back to California to get more direct experience in Landscape Design. Even though I prefer working with a project-based schedule, I want to be flexible and open for any job opportunity or project that may arise.

... meanwhile I'm looking for projects and free-lance work in the field of graphic design and / or recreational landscape architecture ...

If you have any suggestions please mail me at noah7ty7@hotmail.com