I am an enthusiastic, energetic and assertive social designer. In collaborations I tend to take a leadership role, keeping an overview of the project and protecting a positive, healthy group dynamic.

In terms of design processes, I prefer to use the Reflective Transformative Design Process intuitively, as it allows for the quick shifts between design activities and the open-endedness that I value in design.

My design drive comes from a desire to explore, create and share. I like to immerse myself in complex issues, develop my understanding through making and share my insights and designs with others to open up the conversation and develop their understanding and mine. At the same time provoking, activating or inspiring.

I use speculative design, critical design or design research methods such as showroom to do this. When designing I like to apply a thinking-through-doing or attitude. I quickly resort to making and trying things out when I hit a block in a project.

Related to these blocks, a strength of mine is creative problem-solving. I can quickly change lanes and find value in alternatives by being highly associative and aware of underlying connections. This allows me to shape strong design narratives.

My expertise lies primarily in the areas of Creativity & Aesthetics and User & Society. However, I would like to develop my competence in Technology & Realisation. I could use creative technology to create more hi-fi interactive prototypes, creating more immersive, impactful interactions that better communicate my ideas and engage my audience.

Underpinning my designs with solid research and communicating the results through academic writing could be seen as a weakness of mine. Therefore, this competency is part of my aspired professional identity.

Finally, I am interested in making videos. This supports the communication of my work both during and after the project to inspire others.