Hello

 

During my study, I discovered that I have a big interest in social-cultural and social-environmental challenges. Particularly, I am interested in the role the designer in these challenges and how his/her designs can initiate public debate to collectively imagine and define new ways of living.

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I see myself as an emphatic and critical designer with clear strengths in contextual and conceptual thinking. I am always curious to discover the unknown and eager to learn. I can quickly adapt to a new environment and acquire new skills and knowledge. Skills that enable me to analyze challenges from different perspectives. Furthermore, I am a social person, able to connect with others, and capable of identifying the needs of different stakeholders. Also, I do recognize people's strengths and will encourage team members to make the best use of them.

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In my design projects, I feel most confident creating early-stage concepts. By that, I mean brainstorming and ideating concepts through sketching and low-fidelity prototyping with the project context in mind. This is also where my curiosity comes into play. I immerse myself in the context of the project and try to map out the design challenge as it allows me to decide what is important to focus on and what is not.

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I strongly believe that passion must be a key driver for bringing a project to a successful conclusion. Also, the ‘Why’ should be a critical factor of a design project or any other undertaking per se. In my projects, this is reflected by the fact that I spend much time on defining a project vision and mission, but also sketch the aim of a project with practical feasibility in mind. That is not to say that I will not allow my intuition and feelings to influence my design decisions. In fact, I use my creativity and imagination to create innovative concepts before I move on to the practicalities