About me

My Vision In my vision, I see a world where technology becomes more and more natural in usage and in it presence so it’s easier, more fun to use in the day-to-day life and accessible for everyone . A great example of my vision is the multi-touchscreen. The multi-touchscreen is the perfect example of a NUI (Natural User Interface), because it enables user to zoom in or out or rotate objects in two dimensional field with two fingers on a very natural way instead of using onscreen buttons and sliders.

NUI (NATURAL USER INTERFACE)* A NUI is the common definition used by designers and developers to refer to a user interface that is effectively invisible, and remains invisible while the user continuously learns increasingly complex interactions. The word natural is used because most interfaces use artificial control devices which only can be used after some learning. I think also a NUI’s are so interesting while the learning curve is short, the user gets continuously the feeling of being successful and that the interaction comes naturally. These are the key-elements I want to focus on in my designs.
This is my vision, because I think in a world where there is an increase in using technology to develop smart and interactive products and services it from great importance is that everybody is able to use it with all its possibilities without a long learning curve. By designing products and services which are make use of a clever NUI I want to make my vision come true.

* Natural user interface (wikipedia, 2014)

My Identity Leonardo da Vinci is a special man. It is said that he was the most diversely talented person that had ever lived . He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. As a designer I want to look like him a bit. like him, I also want to know from everything a bit. That’s because I find almost everything interesting and I want to be able to understand every aspect of my own designs. For example, I find the business side just as interesting as the electronics side of a project. In short, I want to become sort of a ‘’Leonardo da Vinci” designer, a multidisciplinary thinker. Know from everything something so that you are able to have a good overview of your design which leads to more good decisions while designing. The freedom within this study helps me a lot to decide for myself to do what I want and when I want to do it. That helps me a lot to form my identity as a multidisciplinary thinker.
Working in a team is fun and very helpful. So I want to keep working in the “project” style later in my life. Companies like van Berlo and studio Roosgaarde work exactly in a certain way I also want to work later in my life. I want to work on something big for some time, but when it is finished I want to do something completely different. For example, when I worked on a project which goes about traffic problems I want the next project to be something with stimulating kids to sport more. It must be something completely different, because that gives me energy. I have to shift my focus again on different things/topics, which give me energy and joy in designing products and services. I also really like to work in a team. When you work in a team you have far more possibilities because you don’t have to do everything by yourself. Also the fact that you have people in your team (if you are working in a good team) with different specialties helps a lot. Someone is very good at programming while someone else is very good at making business models. So in the end you have far more possibilities than if you were working alone. My role as a “da vinci” designer will be that I have a sort of supervision function, because I know from everything a bit and therefore are able to give feedback on every design branch within a project. I also had some experience with a function like that and I think I’m capable to fulfill such task. That’s why I really want to design/work in a team, because you are able to think much bigger than working alone.