Dutch independent designers Boy Bastiaens and Albert Kiefer, who both run their own studios under their respective names, collaborate on joint projects on an 'on' and 'off 'basis. If a project at hand needs the combined strengths they decide to join forces.

For the designers, collaborating means mainly working from a distance, as their studios are located at different locations in te southern part of Holland. They communicate through e-mail, phone or videoconference and use the internet transmitting. Which works quite well as the designers have been doing this since 1993. And have build up a track record of outstanding work over the time.

When they started, the designers merged two randomly chosen words into the nonsensical name 'StormHand'. A name has been used eversince as title for all their collaborative projects. Most StormHand projects are new media or technology related. While the work of Albert Kiefer's studio is focussed on visual art. And Boy Bastiaens' studio is highly involved into branding.