CASE | Growing musicality in children

Soundler is a research driven project into the unmet needs around music for teachers and children. We built and tested Soundler, a prototype that delivers bite-sized learning exercises.

BLOG | Managing visibility in a digital world

Digital platforms have enabled us to work increasingly remotely, distributed, and asynchronously. As a result, the content of our communication is becoming more visible and persistent. What does our digital activity “say” about us, in the moment and accumulated over time?

BLOG | The Future of Work, after COVID-19

The whole world is currently engaged in a social experiment to reorganize around the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations are adapting quickly to the new normal, and they are seeing their workforce pivoting to work productively from home. I interview Professor Marleen Huysman on how COVID will change how we work.

CASE | Developing new propositions for nurses

In an open innovation project on the Future of Healthcare, I led a multi-disciplinary team of designers, innovators, and strategists to develop 5 propositions in 5 weeks to support nurses at work and beyond.

BLOG | Trello x User interviews: Analyzing, synthesizing and sharing results

Trello is useful for just about everything from analyzing interviews, to developing journey maps or service blueprints, to organizing todo lists. Here’s a workflow that I’ve found works well for analyzing and synthesizing user research.

BLOG | UX and Startups

UX is key to build customer empathy, to leverage appropriate growth channels, and ultimately, reach product-market fit. If startups don’t already have UX in their DNA, they might not yet value, or have the know-how incorporate a user centered approach into their core process.

CASE | Starting design studios in SE Asia

Experiments in cross-cultural, collaborative design to cross-pollinate sustainable design in the Vietnamese furniture and handicraft design industries.

CASE: Bringing the city archive into the streets of Utrecht

Key to Utrecht – Design of a location aware city tour building on chance encounters (Master’s project).