To celebrate the 65th anniversary of Suske en Wiske, Standaard Uitgeverij decided to launch a special edition called “De Stuivende Stad”. But that’s not all. For the first time they wanted to bring one of Belgium’s most popular comics to the iPhone and iPad. And that’s exactly where Gladiator and the lovely colleagues at Little Miss Robot came in.

A wonderful storytelling

After getting to know each other it became obvious that the people from Standaard Uitgeverij were looking for a creative and reliable partner. One who was able to walk every mile, aiming for the best result… A role that suited us perfectly! We took off with a creative workshop, guiding their creative team into the world of iPhone and iPad experiences. After this boost of excitement we started with the first (and biggest) challenge. With detailed wireframes and prototypes we defined and optimized the user experience of a mobile comic. Mobilizing a fysical comic is more than squeezing things into a tiny screen. When we sorted all of this out we opend up Photoshop and designed an interface for both iPhone & iPad, fully Suske en Wiske branded. After that, the development team brought this experience to life and after 2 weeks we saw the first beta versions running on our devices. In the meanwhile we were also combining a wonderful set of audio material (made by the talented people at Het Geluidshuis) with all the visual material we received. A unique initiative where audio and visual elements were combined into a wonderful storytelling.

Available in the App Store

We finetuned the designs and ux, implemented these latest updates in the applications and we invited Mrs Vandersteen over for a first premiere. Together with the Standaard Uitgeverij she took a look at all of this iPhone and iPad madness and said.. Let’s do this! And now it’s your turn. You can find more information about this project at www.suskeenwiske.be/iphone.

Have you ever wondered how it feels to create a number 1 iPhone application? After seeing Jupiler Bartender hitting the number 1 position I finally knew!

Together with the talented digital addicts at Famous, Gladiator worked on a must-have iPhone application for all the party people out there: Jupiler Bartender. Have you ever found yourself wondering at the bar.. 2 beers and euhmm.. It might be the 8 beers you already had, or it could be the cute blond girl next to you. Either way, with this application you can start focussing on what’s important: bringing the exact amount and types of beers to your friends!


With this brand new iPhone application you have the perfect assistent to help you manage your order. Simply tap one of the icons and you will find yourself creating a list of drinks in no time! You can add your own custom drinks and arrange their position according to your standards. If you use the autoplay-feature, it will save you from screaming your order multiple times. No longer will you be fighting the pumping disco-beat sound at the bar!

With over 200 festivals and millions of people ordering Belgian beers, the application is becoming more popular every day. It took only a few days for this application to become the number 1 top free iPhone application in Belgium! It may be a big surprise, but Gladiator likes a Belgian beer too every once and a while. At this years edition of the Lokerse Feesten the application already helped ordering quite an amount of Jupiler!

Never order a drink without it!

Interested in this application? Want to be the cool guy who manages the large orders for all your friends? The Jupiler Bartender application is waiting for you in the appstore. Search for ‘Jupiler Bartender’ or just download it here.

As always, Gladiator is happy to hear your feedback. Don’t hesitate to give us a shout in the comments but for now… go order a beer!

When we decided to organize Slide To Unlock, we already knew we were not the only ones waiting for a decent iPhone and iPad development workshop. Nevertheless, we sold out only 10 days after launching the website.. blazingly fast indeed!

So besides bragging about the success, we also want to address people that were too late or missed it.. feel free to get in touch, we would love to find out if a second iPhone development workshop in Belgium would sell out too!

According to the heat wave going over the west of Europe I think we can officially call it Summer! And you know what’s nice about this summer time? Yes, of course we have all the great festivals, sexy people, mojito’s and lot’s of other great stuff coming our way.. but you know what the best part is? Those summer camps! And that’s exactly what Gladiator has been working on.

You may have noticed that mobile development is quite upcoming, even in Belgium. Maybe you have played around with iPhone / iPad development lately, it’s always nice to present a little demo to your favourite client right? But what if you sell the project? What if you suddenly get a magical ”yes, let’s go for it” and you need to estimate the development cost and actually build a decent application. I can assure you, I’ve been there myself, it is still a pretty long way to go. That’s why I got in touch with my friends at Little Miss Robot and together we present: Slide to unlock! A 3 day iPhone / iPad workshop from 25/08 till 27/08. The workshop will cover all the basics and takes you  beyond as well. That’s why we are bringing over one of the best iOS trainers of the world: Aral Balkan!

Interested in a quality iPhone and iPad development course? Want to skip a 6 month learning curve? Take advantage of the early bird prices and see what it’s all about at www.littlemissrobot.com/slidetounlock. You better be fast, because we are only selling 10 slots!

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Together with the mobile addicts at BlueTalk, Gladiator delivered designs for Audi’s mobile application promoting the new A5 Sportback. Designed with passion for more than 10 screen resolutions, keybased and touchscreen devices covering the iPhone, Nokia, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC, and many more.

The new Audi A5 Sportback

In order to promote the new Audi A5, several promo cars were set up at places like the Brussels Airport. All these Audi-spots were Bluetooth enabled and up and running to push a mobile Audi A5 application to passengers with a Bluetooth phone. The applications was build and distributed cross-platform with versions for Nokia, Blackberry, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC and more. For the thousands of iPhone users passing by ( with no capability to receive apps over bluetooth ) a special iPhone application was submitted in the appstore. BlueTalk developed this cross-platform experience and got in touch with Gladiator to create the designs and optimize the user experience. A perfect match!

Available in the appstore!

Missed the promo cars? No problem at all, just download the iPhone application and have a look. Feel free to let us know what you think, that’s what the comments section is all about! If you don’t have an iPhone just take a look at the pictures below to see the final result.