More than 75 years after World War II, a memorial dedicated to the over 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust without a grave will finally be unveiled in the Netherlands. Designed by the Polish-American architect Daniël Libeskind, the memorial is located on Weesperstraat in Amsterdam. We had the privilege to help work on a location-based tool for visitors to find the names of people they are looking for, through an interactive search tool, initiated by a QR code, showing a walking path through the memorial to the correct wall where the named brick is situated.
About
Powers of Two is a fresh software development company set up by Freek van der Helm and Vincent Huisman in Groningen.
We’re two developers who’ve spent 8 years working side by side inside the development team of a digital agency. Over that time, we’ve built, shipped, refined, and maintained a wide range of digital products. Learning not just how to write solid code, but how to work seamlessly within agency workflows, deadlines, and client expectations. We understand the realities agencies face because we’ve been there, balancing your creative vision with technical feasibility, and speed with quality. In addition to taking on our own projects, we partner with digital agencies that don’t have an in-house development department. We act as an extension of your team, translating designs and concepts into robust, production-ready builds while staying aligned with your processes and your clients’ goals.
During our yours of working together, we have also delivered a wide range of art-focused projects, including immersive applications for exhibitions at Mauritshuis and The Kremer Collection, as well as numerous virtual galleries for The National Gallery, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, and other museums and private galleries. We continue doing similar projects while also taking a few steps closer to the games industry. We are part of the Game Bakery, a creative hub for games, where we’ve helped program various games including Outbound, a highly anticipated game about driving your own campervan through nature.
Whether you need ongoing development support or help delivering a specific project, we bring the experience of an internal team, with the flexibility of an external partner.