a challenging and inspiring job in the fuzzy front end of (interactive) product development.

I was trained to combine multiple disciplines into design practice, such as art, engineering, science and industrial design. I have done internships and freelance work at Motio Development (www.motio.nl) and Philips Design's Probes team (http://www.design.philips.com/probes/index.page).

I am a hard-working, calm and highly creative person with a strong sense of purpose. Driven by my curiosity, I was born to imagine, sketch and create. I enjoy a multifaceted, iterative, hands-on, intuitive but well-informed approach to design. My experience with creative processes in business and academic contexts has taught me how to create innovative and feasible product proposals and develop them up to accurate, working prototypes.

My skills:
Interactive prototype development: Processing, Max/MSP, Visual Basic, Java, Python+VRML, JAL, HB++, Phidgets, Arduino, Lilypad, PIC microcontrollers, analog electronics, sensors and actuators,
Flash, paper prototyping
Hardware development: modelmaking with foam, balsa wood, clay, cardboard etc., garment making, designing for injection molding, thermoforming, blow molding, extrusion, metal fabrication, wood fabrication, rapid prototyping, laser cutting, etc., 3D modelling
in Rhinoceros, Cobalt, 3D Studio Max, SolidWorks, CATIA v5.
Concept visualization: good skills with pencils, markers, ballpoint pen, WACOM tablets, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Corel Painter, Sketchbook Pro. Can produce animations, scenarios, and movies with Flash and Premiere. Some experience with product photography.
Research: user research methods such as contextual inquiry, probes, personas, and user testing, some experience with design science methodologies, proficient in literature and web research.
Communication: good writing skills, fluent in both Dutch and English, basic French and German.

My interests:
product design, interaction design, interactive art, robotics, psychology, transhumanism, yoga

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