about

i'm a curious designer, exploring technologies through hands-on experimentation.

.university

TU Delft

.Bachelor

Industrial Design Engineering

.Master

Integrated Product Design

.hello

The projects I’ve worked on so far have helped me understand my strengths and weaknesses, and the direction I want to go in the future.

.fields of interest

Sustainability

Especially in my Bachelor’s programme, I often chose to work on sustainability-focused projects, because I think it’s a field where the possibilities for improvement on product and system level are still endless. These projects often involved doing a Life-cycle assessment of a product, and then analyzing where the biggest impact could be made. From there, I looked for meaningful ways to reduce that impact by redesigning products or rethinking the systems around them for a more circular economy.

Artificial Intelligence

The past few years, my interest has been captured by the fast-moving world of AI. The technology and its applications seem to accelerate every day. Design, like many other fields, will be disrupted in ways we cannot fully foresee yet. I find that very exciting and motivating, and I actively try to keep up by experimenting with emerging tools myself. The final phase of my master’s programme will focus on AI-driven products and services as well.

Digital vs Physical

Over the past years, I have worked on and designed both physical and digital products. I enjoy both, but I have a different position in each. I love being a part of engineering teams, but in these teams I take a bit more of an organizing/leading role, supporting and guiding the 'real' engineers instead of creating actual 3D models and physical prototypes myself. Whereas with digital products, now especially with new AI tools, I'm able to be more on the producing side as well. I expect to be involved in more digital projects than physical ones in the upcoming years, since I like how straightforward it is nowadays to turn ideas into digital products.

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Why have me in your team?

.design strengths

Systems thinking

I think beyond the product itself, and see its effect on the ecosystem. My little extracurricular business endeavors have taught me how seemingly simple businesses require attention to a lot of moving parts and details. I tried to apply this mindset to design: each choice reshapes the system it enters, and I spot the requirements and details needed to make change work properly.

Ideation

Where others might get stuck in the ideation phase, I am able to help teams forward by highlighting new perspectives and finding solution spaces. I'm not afraid to do things differently or challenge conventions. I take an entrepreneurial mindset into design, to see opportunities and use creativity to overcome obstacles.