Nomadz

Catherine Van Holder is a philosopher working as an online marketing strategy consultant and is curator and owner of butikk.nu – a travelwebsite focused on low-cost design hotels. When she grows up, she would love to be able to make a living being a nu philosopher.

Ine Dehandschutter graduated as a photographer back in 2000. She did a post graduate in art in Tel- Aviv. Upon return in Belgium, she started her own business, matuvu.nu, doing photography and webdesign. Ine collects memories. They tend to hide in different countries, in adventures, in special moments, and often in wonderful people.

At the beginning of 2010, Catherine and Ine launched their first experiment in lifestyle design, called nomadz.nu. For the duration of 1year they explored the boundaries of digital nomadism by living on 3 different continents (Cape Town, Thailand, Buenos Aires) while they continued living their lives – they continued working for clients in Belgium & on proper projects, but remotely. Being modern nomads, they financed the trip working on their laptops.

At the same time they started experimenting with passive income projects and, even more importantly, projects that would make their and our world and life a better place. In between, they’ve been meditating in Thailand, drinking delicious wines in Argentina or surfing in South Africa.

Their experiment has been featured extensively in the Belgian Press (De Morgen, Radio 1, De Tijd, VTM, Trends, The Bulletin, HLN,…) and went viral online, being featured on blogs from Russia to Brazil and the US. They have been giving presentations on the subject at events like Brussels Girl Geeks Dinners, Barcamp, TEDx Flanders, World Creativity Forum,…

Today they are back in their hometown Ghent, planning their next steps.