Portfolio - designing products people love
Each picture tells a story, but like browsing through an old photobook or looking at a photo on a wall, these stories only come alive when someone is telling you how that time was, what feelings and thoughts played at that moment and what is outside the picture. I'm willing to be your storyteller, as each project, each picture is a journey of me doing some amazing discoveries. Don't hesitate to contact me, I can tell you more.
Blooming Delft Cutlery
The Blooming Delft Cutlery let you get a taste of spring by visualizing the growth of the tulip through the casing, knife, spoon and fork.
“Flowers”, “Feelings” and “Food” are combined in this concept. This cutlery set is a perfect souvenir for people visiting Delft.
Designing for paramedics
Paramedics are people we can rely on. They literally come to your rescue when you need them. But how can we help them back? What do they need? In this story, I observed and interviewed many paramedics, conducted in-depth user research and taken strategic options of the stretchers company Stollenwerk into account to finally upgrade their stretcher with an innovative and ergonomic monitor handle that helps paramedics carry the lifesaving equipment and reduces the strain on their bodies. Now they have more hands and energy for when it counts!
Caring design for mother and child
The Sleeping Well is a customizable pregnancy pillow that grows with the child. It's a product to care for mother and child. During the pregnancy period, the mother goes through a lot. The body changes and it can be stressful and hard to sleep. Good supporting pillows can help mothers sleep well and when the child is born, these pillows can also transform to support the growth of the baby further as a feeding pillow or a little chair! Sleeping Well is a product designed for Prémaxx.
Designing a new metro interior for Shanghai Electric Transport
The underground in Shanghai is complex and expanding. The rapid transit system needs to provide safety, air conditioning and space for over 10 million people each day. It's a challenge to design an ergonomic and user-friendly environment, which needs to be sturdy but also comply to technical standards and regulations. Shanghai Electric Transport was one of the candidates to supply metro line 9 with their systems. I created photo realistic renderings to visualize the possibilities and provided new insights about metro designs for the company.
Long Stay Support - Designing for the last phase of life
What is the most important thing for someone at the end phase of life? Designing for terminally ill patients is something serious but also meaningful. When facing death, it's not about how great the product is, it's about what you can offer to someone without life perspective.
Finding the answer and come up with something of value was my mission. I volunteered to help at a nursing home for terminally ill patients and experienced the last phase of life as closely as possible. I was part of the team, I talked to the patient, the caretaker, family and friends and heard their stories. I found out that at the last phase of life it's not about dreams, new things or even staying alive, but to be human. They want to keep their dignity and enjoy the little last things. Imagine your body is so weak you can't even get out of bed by yourself, you can't wash yourself, you can't go outside to feel the sun or sit at a table to have breakfast with a dear visitor. It takes two people to get someone out of bed with a lifting device, but there are only two caretakers for about six to ten terminally ill patients.
My Long Stay Support is an ergonomic net suspension wheelchair that makes easy transfer of the patient from and to nursing beds possible with just one person and also prevents decubitus. It's a product designed for the company Medsorg GmbH. I want to help the family, the caretakers, the patient to get out of bed, to feel human again. It's the last little things that matters and this design helps them do those last little things, to feel the sun on their skins and breath some fresh air outside, for just a little while longer.
Design to improve the user-interface and workflow
This design project is specifically aimed to improve the interface of GLIMS, a medical information system for lab researchers. GLIMS is a product of MIPS NV and is mainly used to register information from blood test forms and save and communicate the corresponding blood test results afterwards. Different scenarios and use cases are analyzed to come up with a better workflow and logical interface. Advice is given to improve the user-friendliness of the interface, such as replacing similar icons, grouping often used fields together and simplify the most common form-entry process with a wizard.
Designing for autistic children
A child with autism experiences the world from a different perspective. As an UX Designer, I dived into the world of these children and tried to understand all those chaos and impulses they are feeling throughout the day. Sound and other signals we perceive as normal might be disrupting and scary for children with autism, as their minds process them differently. Children with autism like structure, logic and predictable things such as numbers, trains on rails and items ordered from big to small. They dislike abrupt changes and unplanned things they didn't prepare for. To help them get through the day more peacefully, I designed, programmed and field tested the Activitree. It's an interactive day-planner that helps the children to understand what's next by getting their attention and prepare their mind for the next activity in a playful manner.
Drawings and rendering
I like to draw, but creating realistic renderings is what I like more, because with a 3D model, I can test and visualize the design in various ways. Think of creating animations, check out colour combinations and test a large number of materials. Nowadays, you can even make use of rapid prototyping techniques if you have a decent 3D model. That's why I’m more interested in learning and mastering CAD software. However, when it comes to doodling, freeing up my mind, generating ideas, brainstorming and making user journeys, I still love the pen and paper because they're tangible and allow me to freely express myself.
