Past

My development across all expertise areas throughout the master, leading up to my Final Master Project (FMP)

Creativity & Aesthetics

This could be deemed my strongest Expertise Area. Due to my creative, associative nature, I thrive in the ideation and conceptualisation phase. I use exploratory (lo-fi) making and sketching to develop, flesh out, and communicate concepts and interactions, applying a thinking-through-doing attitude and continuous reflection on action (M1.1, M1.2, M2.1).

I have developed my skill and sensitivity in seeing connections between elements of the design (process), materials, interactions, and theory, and can build and communicate strong design narratives as a result (UME, M1.1).

I have developed an understanding of the value in aesthetics beyond beautiful, professional appearances, since they inform how people interact with, perceive, and understand design, technology, and the world around them (DPoIoT, C&AoD&AI, MoT). Linking to User and Society, I often share creative and reflective practices with others through my designs.

Related courses/projects

Group project – The Itineration Station (M1.1)
Individual research project – Agency in the Climate Crisis (M1.2)
Preparatory project – Spread the Bread (M2.1)
Unexpected Material Engagements (UME)
Designerly Perspective on IoT (DPoIoT)
Creativity & Aesthetics of Data & AI (C&AoD&AI)
Matter of Transformation (MoT)

Sketching to combine and define session elements (M11)

Development from lo-fi prototype to final design element (M11)

Using the photo studio and camera to document prototypes (M11)

Bringing creative means to participants through Magic Machine Making (M12)

Aesthetically presenting toast prototypes(M21)

User & Society

As introduced in C&A I often apply a participatory approach, directly inquiring with people to inform, evaluate or validate my designs. In doing so, I developed my skills in gathering and analysing qualitative data (CDR). I often immerse myself in the context I’m designing for through situated fieldwork, supported by approaches such as (auto)ethnography and an inquisitive, humble attitude (DfSI, UME).

I explored and developed my knowledge and sensitivity of ethics (IM) and the consequences of design and aesthetics on individual and collective practices, society, and the world, including more-than-humans (DfSI, C&AoD&AI, MoT, UME)

Lastly, the topics of my designs, or the contexts in which I situate my projects, are centred on societal trends and developments, such as climate change and anxiety, use and reuse, the ethical implications of the widespread application of AI, and activist expression (M1.1, DfSI, IM, M2.1).

Related Courses/Projects

Constructive Design Research (CDR)
Design for Social Innovation (DfSI)
Unexpected Material Engagements (UME)
Creativity & Aesthetics of Data & AI (C&AoD&AI)
Individual research project – Agency in the Climate Crisis (M1.2)
Matter of Transformation (MoT)
Preparatory project – Spread the Bread (M2.1)

Visual ethnography of more-than-human actors (UME)

Research project on climate change agency (M1.2)

Mapping and presenting qualitative participant input (M1.2)

Inquiring with people on the street (IDefine)

First-person experience of a protest with a toast-sign (m2.1)

Concept based on re-use and sentimental value (DfSI)

Ethnographic research into a 120 year old table (DfSI)

Testing our session design at a design studio (M1.1)

Taking a first-person perspective and trying the milk-tasting (M1.1)

Testing our session design during an ID course (M1.1)

Technology & Realisation

To effectively communicate my designs and make concepts experienceable, I apply a variety of technologies. Throughout the master I have developed my skills in 3D modelling and printing, laser-cutting, woodworking, but also weaving and sewing (M2.1, DPoIoT, MoT, UME).

In my design practice, materials and technology do not only serve to realise the final design. I developed my attitude towards and knowledge of technology and materials through exploratory making and material-driven design, which inform and guide the development of my designs from the earliest stages (UME, M21). Moreover, questioning, critiquing, or reimagining technological advancements, such as AI and IoT products, their design, and implications, has developed my knowledge of and critical attitude towards such technologies (CDR, IM, C&AoD&AI, DPoIoT).

Related Courses/Projects

Preparatory project – Spread the Bread (M2.1)
Designerly Perspective on IoT (DPoIoT)
Matter of Transformation (MoT)
Unexpected Material Engagements (UME)
Constructive Design Research (CDR)
Interactional Morality (IM)
Creativity & Aesthetics of Data & AI (C&AoD&AI)

Woodworking for mid-fi prototype (DPoIoT)

Mid-fidelity prototypes designing for growing IoT systems (DPoIoT)

Various material explorations using trash bags (UME)

The final demonstrator combining multiple material explorations (UME)

Exploring toast-printing using the CO2 laser at /d.search (M2.1)

First sketch of the laser-toaster prototype (M2.1)

Toaster and plan to design the laser-toaster (M2.1)

Assembling the x-y-axis-system of the laser-toaster (M2.1)

The laser-toaster prototype, using a storebought laser-engraver and 3D-printed cover (M2.1)

Making a wooden, experienceable prototype exploring guesting and hosting (MoT)

Fabric shoe sleeves to explore the concept of hosting and guesting (MoT)

Business & Entrepreneurship

I developed a deeper understanding of and a critical attitude towards the current paradigm and related economic models (DfSI, MoT). Simultaneously, I developed my skills in designing and validating alternatives based on practices of care, repair, and reuse (DfSI). Applying real-life testing of a business case grounded in social innovation with stakeholders like a repair café and thrift store, as well as individual users (DfSI).

I developed designs to help a client facilitate connections and collaboration among stakeholders to rethink their practices (M11). Simultaneously, expanding my knowledge of the business models and organisational structures behind independent designers and design studios.

Through contact with organisations such as Milieudefensie Jong (M12, M21) and expert stakeholders, including active members of Extinction Rebellion, I developed my professional skills related to stakeholder involvement and management (M21).

Related Courses/Projects

Design for Social Innovation (DfSI)
Matter of Transformation (MoT)
Group project – The Itineration Station (M1.1)
Extracurricular project – IDefine

A project in which our coach was the main stakeholder resulting in a social design toolkit that is being used (M1.1)

Presenting as a job agency to create an aesthetic experience on Post-Humanism and AI (C&AoD&AI)

One of the slides from our human-AI employment agency presentation (C&AoD&AI)

An advertisement of speculative business proposal, offering AI powered affairs (IM)

The materials used to present our performance on the implications of AI for cheating and possible underlying business models (IM)

Visiting a social design studio, Morgenmakers, during IDefine career week

Attending the alumni panel and network drink (IDefine)

Collaborating on a real-life case facilitating participation for the municipality of Eindhoven (IDefine)

Presenting our design and details like cost and gains to representatives of the municipality (IDefine)

Math, Data and Computing

The design projects I worked on throughout the masters often focused on complex issues. However, I don’t tend to quantify these messy realities to arrive at a solution. Regardless, I developed my competence related to math, data and computing throughout the master. I developed my coding skills using Twine to create interactive stories exploring people’s attitudes towards generative artificial intelligence (CDR). Moreover, I gained knowledge and skills in using existing datasets and self-generated input to generate new data within the Data Foundry infrastructure, and developed my attitude towards the meaningful use of subjective data and skills in training and using models like Teachable Machine (C&AoD&AI). Lastly, I developed my knowledge of and critical attitude towards Big Tech-managed communication, AI developments, related data structures, practices, social and moral implications and possible alternatives through research and speculative explorations (M21, IM).

Related Courses/Projects

Constructive Design Research (CDR)
Creativity & Aesthetics of Data & AI (C&AoD&AI)
Preparatory Project – Spread the Bread (M21)
Interactional Morality (IM)