Idea first.
The idea, the structure and the emotion start with the maker. Technology follows, and delivers it faster.
The story
Who I am and what I make.
I'm Michael Braam, born and raised in Arnhem. Since 2005 I've worked as a designer, web designer and web developer. Since 2025 under the name Aivion Studios.
Where it started
My foundation is in graphic design, with studies at Boulevard Heuvelink and the Rijn IJssel College in Arnhem. That's where the love for visual storytelling began, and for turning an idea into something that holds up and sticks.
In 2006 that took shape with my first company: Vision Design: web design, web hosting, print and digital solutions for entrepreneurs. The current Aivion logo still nods to that company.
Twenty years of building
What followed were websites, branding, print, digital content and video editing. As a web developer and designer at the India House Foundation in Arnhem and Amsterdam, with companies of my own such as Daily Media and Nether Lion Studios, and since 2008 as creative director at Business Barons Club India. Since 2022 I also make and host the Podflix podcast, about films, series and games.
At BBCI I do more than the creative work. I'm also the payroll administrator there and handle client invoicing. Sensitive data, tight deadlines, every single month. That financial and administrative practice runs to this day, and keeps me sharp on what actually matters in software: reliability, structure and continuity. It's no coincidence my own products sit there either. BankBird and FactBird solve problems I run into myself every month.
And since 2025
A new layer was added on purpose: AI as a creative and technical accelerator. Experience still decides what gets built, AI decides how fast it lands.
What has since come to be called vibe coding fits that exactly: an intuitive way of building where experience, a sense of design, technical knowledge and AI assistance come together. That first became custom work, platforms and databases, and grew into a house full of brands of my own: software, games, music and animation.
For me the essence stays the same: the idea, the structure and the emotion start with the maker. Technology follows.
