I DESIGN FOR ...
I DESIGN FOR ...
I DESIGN FOR ...
Exploring the past to uncover the future
Exploring the past to uncover the future
Exploring the past to uncover the future
Exploring the past to uncover the future
Placemaking through co-creation
Placemaking through co-creation
Placemaking through co-creation
Placemaking through co-creation
Participatory perspective taking
Participatory perspective taking
Participatory perspective taking
Participatory perspective taking
Uncovering bias in data interpretation
Uncovering bias in data interpretation
Uncovering bias in data interpretation
Uncovering bias in data interpretation
Exploring the boundaries of CDR
Exploring the boundaries of CDR
Exploring the boundaries of CDR
Exploring the boundaries of CDR
Tangible data visualisation
Tangible data visualisation
Tangible data visualisation
Tangible data visualisation
Understanding through making
Understanding through making
Understanding through making
Understanding through making
As a Bachelor Student I ...
As a Bachelor Student I ...
As a Bachelor Student I ...
Facilitated Collaborative Communities
Facilitated Collaborative Communities
Facilitated Collaborative Communities
Facilitated Collaborative Communities
Interned at A/BZ
Interned at A/BZ
Interned at A/BZ
Interned at A/BZ
Why are these activities important?
Why are these activities important?
Why are these activities important?
I was introduced to the Social Design world through my Bachelor Internship at Afdeling Buitengewone Zaken. Here I experienced how design can be used to make impact in different aspects of society. This shifted my interest from product-oriented design to a more service and a more social domain of design practice. Following this internship, I worked on facilitating Transformative Practices (TP) as my Final Bachelor Project. This is where I got entangled with TP and the community around it. My Bachelors thesis investigated ways of supporting the TP community in collaboration and sharing of knowledge.
I was introduced to the Social Design world through my Bachelor Internship at Afdeling Buitengewone Zaken. Here I experienced how design can be used to make impact in different aspects of society. This shifted my interest from product-oriented design to a more service and a more social domain of design practice. Following this internship, I worked on facilitating Transformative Practices (TP) as my Final Bachelor Project. This is where I got entangled with TP and the community around it. My Bachelors thesis investigated ways of supporting the TP community in collaboration and sharing of knowledge.
How the past informs the present and opens up the future
The projects presented previously all contributed to my overall development as a designer. My bachelor activities introduced me to the world of social design and transforming practices.
The project and electives in my M1.1 semester helped me to explore the interests and skills I wanted to pursue and develop in my masters and re-introduced me to transforming practices.
The M1.2 project helped me to explore how my design process can be used in a research context, but also within other fields of practice (Urban Planning) and taught me what it takes to do design research with the goal to publish.
In my M2, the Data-Enabled Design course helped me to further develop my skills in working with electronics and data, and made me reflect on the lack of ownership in target group-data when working in a social design.
Working at Cocosmos helped me to put my developed skills and knowledge to the test, it showed me what it takes to set up a business and how I can use my design (research) approach when working within the social domain.
All these activities contributed to my Final Master project, they helped me in developing the skills and confidence needed to work on the complex topic of exploring how the past can be used as a material for design. Something that I have been interested in since the bachelor but never felt I had the skills and knowledge needed to do such a topic justice.
In the following sections you can read my Identity and Vision that define me as a designer, my interpretations of the competency areas and how they make up my unique profile.
I finish with presenting my future plans; working at Cocosmos, presenting at DDW, a possible PHD and staying connected with transforming practices.