for online matters.

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Digital can be difficult. We build and design apps and websites to help navigate the space between online and irl.

Picture of Rik
An animal-friendly picture of Rik.

Founded in 2020 by Rik Frieling and Martijn van de Zuidwind, Technical Difficulties (TD) is a small design & development studio based in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

TD collaborates with creative agencies, individuals and brands. TD’s mission is to engage with relevant projects that contribute to culture and are of social interest.

Picture of Martijn
A fairly standard picture of Martijn.

Featured projects

  • Print Studio Kapitaal

    They said Helvetica, black and white. We gave them Helvetica, black and white.

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    A picture depicting the contact page of the Kapitaal site against a colourful background with a strong Helvetica font.
  • Studio Natuurlijk

    We only work for folks with ‘studio’ in their company name.

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    The Studio Natuurlijk logo against a soothing gradient.
  • Ikalu

    Something with wood. Something with 3D. Got it.

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    A picture depicting a square divided into 4 squares, representing the way of navigating the Ikalu site.
  • DoeMee

    Driving democratic decision making.

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    A picture depicting the DoeMee app with colourful illustrations.
  • Stuff we do
  • Web development
  • Interaction design
  • App development
  • Usability testing
  • Interface design
  • Selected clients & collaborators
  • No Seat at the Table
  • Studio Natuurlijk
  • Restaurant Syr
  • DoeMee
  • Kapitaal
  • KLIF
  • Other things we help our clients with
  • Online identities
  • Usability testing
  • Design systems
  • User Interviews
  • Design reviews
  • Workshopping
  • Prototyping
  • React