Educational dexterity games, for children at Montessori nurseries and at home, produced by Heutink & Hape International.

Skribi was Gold Award winner in the Nursery World equipment awards, and is so successful on the educational market, that a home market product (Scribble Maze) was derived from it in 2015. Both games are fruits of my Industrial Design Master’s project. They are modular games for 1 or 2 players, with increasing levels of difficulty, using larger cups to guide marbles on more complicated patterns.

My role (all single-handedly):

• Extensive target group & market research (resulting in an invitation to publish in an ergonomics magazine)
• Ideation & design; prototyping & user testing; product presentation
• Licensing to international producers

Exhibition about materials and their applications, designed for the Netherlands Institute for Industry and Technology (NINT, now Science Center NEMO) in Amsterdam, at WAAC’s (with Marcel Wanders), in Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

4 stands for a permanent exhibition in which children learn about materials, through their personal experience of natural phenomena.

My role (almost single-handedly):

• Idea generation, conceptualisation and design
• Technical drawings

Elegant chair with different support materials (leather, fabric, rattan), designed for Indartu, at Lievore Altherr Molina, in Barcelona (Spain).

Projects at Lievore Altherr Molina included e.g.:

• Chairs for DO+CE, Thonet, Indartu, Ibersilla, le musée de textile
• Lamps for Foscarini, Metalarte
• Cradle for Orizzonti, and bed for Sellex
• Mechanism for an extensible table
• Exposition for Mobientorno & Spoko
• Car Interior for Seat-Eina Design Club

My role:

• Creation of designs, models, drawings & prototypes

Wooden chair with or without arm rest, plain or cushioned, designed for Ibersilla, at Lievore Altherr Molina, in Barcelona (Spain).

Projects at Lievore Altherr Molina included e.g.:

• Chairs for DO+CE, Thonet, Indartu, Ibersilla, le musée de textile
• Lamps for Foscarini, Metalarte
• Cradle for Orizzonti, and bed for Sellex
• Mechanism for an extensible table
• Exposition for Mobientorno & Spoko
• Car Interior for Seat-Eina Design Club

My role:

• Creation of designs, models, drawings & prototypes

Business gift in the shape of a small, semi-transparent blue case for 8 credit cards, designed for Kunst en Bedrijf, at WAAC’s (with Marcel Wanders), in Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

Projects at WAAC’s included e.g.:

• Technology exhibition – for NINT (now Science Center NEMO)
• Credit card holder – for Kunst en Bedrijf
• Anti-draught letter box – for Gezu
• Post catcher bag – for Gezu
• Promotional exhibition stand – for WAAC’s
• Broadcast tower design – for a competition

My role:

• Designs, drawings, and communication with producers

Indoor anti-draught letter box, designed for Gezu, at WAAC’s (with Marcel Wanders), in Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

Projects at WAAC’s included e.g.:

• Technology exhibition – for NINT (now Science Center NEMO)
• Credit card holder – for Kunst en Bedrijf
• Anti-draught letter box – for Gezu
• Post catcher bag – for Gezu
• Promotional exhibition stand – for WAAC’s
• Broadcast tower design – for a competition

My role:

• Design and technical drawings

Stylish bag to catch the post under the indoor letter box, so you get it clean and without bending down, designed for Gezu, at WAAC’s (with Marcel Wanders), in Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

Projects at WAAC’s included e.g.:

• Technology exhibition – for NINT (now Science Center NEMO)
• Credit card holder – for Kunst en Bedrijf
• Anti-draught letter box – for Gezu
• Post catcher bag – for Gezu
• Promotional exhibition stand – for WAAC’s
• Broadcast tower design – for a competition

My role:

• Idea generation and design

Organic stapler designs for Esselte, created at Fygid in Barcelona (Spain).

Projects at Fygid included e.g.:

• Stapler – for Esselte
• Juice press – for Taurus
• Modular lighting – for Lamp
• Ballpoint pen – for Inoxchrom
• Eau de cologne packaging – for Williams
• Jewellery display

My role:

• Idea generation, conceptualisation, and product design

Electrical Juice Press designs for Taurus, at Fygid in Barcelona (Spain).

Projects at Fygid included e.g.:

• Stapler – for Esselte
• Juice press – for Taurus
• Modular lighting – for Lamp
• Ballpoint pen – for Inoxchrom
• Eau de cologne packaging – for Williams
• Jewellery display

My role:

• Idea generation, conceptualisation, and product design

Fluorescent lamp, to be placed on the wall, in a corner, or on the ceiling, designed for Lamp, at Fygid in Barcelona (Spain).

Projects at Fygid included e.g.:

• Stapler – for Esselte
• Juice press – for Taurus
• Modular lighting – for Lamp
• Ballpoint pen – for Inoxchrom
• Eau de cologne packaging – for Williams
• Jewellery display

My role:

• Idea generation, conceptualisation, and product design

Universal Pipe Clasp, designed for international technical wholesaler Van Walraven, at the TU Delft (The Netherlands).

This clever clasp can be attached quickly without tools (but only removed with tools, for safety reasons), in a fixed or movable way, at variable height, and isolated both thermally and acoustically. Several aspects of this design were integrated in new series of pipe clasps by Van Walraven.

My role:

• Idea generation, conceptualisation and design (single-handedly)
• Technical drawings & prototyping
• Product presentation

Modular children’s cutlery, designed at the TU Delft (The Netherlands)

Cutlery that invites children to eat in a playful, pleasant way. The fork, knife and spoon differ in their primary functions, but still clearly belong to one family of forms. The inserts can be removed and played with.

My role (single-handedly):

• Idea generation, conceptualisation and design
• Technical drawings & prototyping
• Product presentation

Ideas for a spoon to administer medicine to children in a playful way, created at medical-pharmaceutical company G&L Technology in Stahnsdorf (Germany).

Projects (under NDA) at G&L Technology included e.g.:

• Breath-activated aerosols, powder-inhalers, breathing-trainers, spacers
• Products for the diagnostic of rheumatism
• Scenario & guidance of computer-animated trade market videos
• Presentation graphics to promote the company & its products

My role for this spoon side-project (single-handedly):

• Idea generation, through sketching & clay model making

Theatre torch for usherettes, created at the TU Delft (The Netherlands).

Small rechargeable electric torch for usherettes (who indicate seats in theatres or cinemas), that visually fits well in its mysterious, dark and cultural environment. Collages were created to explore which visual language would suit products in this environment. Then sketches were made, of which one concept was further developed into a presentation model.

My role (single-handedly):

• Idea generation, conceptualisation, design & model making

Spectacles for Mrs. Thatcher, created at the TU Delft (The Netherlands).

Spectacles to suit the refined, feminine appearance of Mrs. Thatcher as well as her cold, determined image, both visually and in manner of use. Collages were created to explore her image and discover the visual language of products that would suit her. Then sketches were made, of which one concept was further developed into a prototype, which was tested on her wax sculpture.

My role (single-handedly):

• Idea generation, conceptualisation, design & prototyping