I am someone who is open for new ideas and experiences. I like to acquire some knowledge on almost every subject, in particular technology. I am also interested in art styles. Art styles like Bauhaus and minimalism are styles I like because they are modern and they give you the feeling that you are connected with nature. They are maintaining the dialog between the object (often a building) and the surrounding environment.

Smart, good-looking, functional designs which are affordable and give you the feeling “Why didn’t I think off that before” are designs which I really like. Things like The Current Table and SmartGoals are products I like due to the above written reasons. Besides that I am always interested in new technology and revolutionary concepts with technology which don’t have to be necessary new. Concepts as Micrsoft’s Illumni Room, Oculus Rift or Revolight are perfect examples.

Leonardo da Vinci is a special man. It is said that he was the most diversely talented person that had ever lived² . 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. Just as 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 products. 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. The freedom within this study helps me a lot to decide for myself to do what I want, when I want. 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 (design consultancy companies) work exactly in a certain way I also want to work in later in my life. I really want to work on something 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, 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.