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CREATIVITY & AESTHETICS

Creativity & Aesthetics is the driving force behind my practice, as it enables me to reflect, connect ideas and translate research into meaningful innovation. I understand creativity not as spontaneous intuition, but as a deliberate mindset that links conceptual thinking, material exploration and user experience into coherent design outcomes.

Through self-initiated projects during my internship, I developed greater control over this process by grounding creative decisions in my design vision and learning goals. Aesthetic choices are now integrated early on, functioning as a strategic tool to communicate values, shape interaction and guide the overall direction of a concept.

Working within professional contexts sharpened my sensitivity to aesthetic quality and coherence, strengthening my ability to transform abstract ideas into refined and convincing prototypes. In my practice, Creativity & Aesthetics operates as a connective layer between design research, technology and User & Society, ensuring that concepts remain both conceptually strong and experientially tangible.

USER & SOCIETY

My understanding of User & Society has shifted from a validation-oriented activity to a continuousand guiding mindset throughout the design process. Rather than treating user involvement as a final step, I now design with user experience in mind from the earliest conceptual stages.

During my internship, I applied a design-for-interaction approach by embedding affordance principles into garments, allowing interaction and use to shape both form and function. This strengthened my awareness of the close relationship between fashion designand user experience.

Across projects, User & Society now operates in direct connection with Creativity & Aesthetics and Technology & Realization: interaction becomes an aesthetic quality, and technical decisions directly influence how users perceive and engage with a design.

  • Post designer input
  • No Strings Attached
  • Perception

Pictures by (left to right): Zyfn Kothavala, Sterre Muijlwijk, Povilas Kulis

Interaction & concept interplay
Most recent projects that showcase how interaction and concept support each other in my approach

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Visualized progress


  • Weaving with manual loom
  • Sublimation printer
  • Heat press
  • Laser cutter
  • Vinyl plotter
  • Sewing machine
  • 3D printing on textiles
Textile-focused production 
Pictures show different techniques and technologies I have used for exploratory making and producing textile-based products

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TECHNOLOGY & REALIZATION

Technology & Realization has evolved from a supporting role into an active design tool within my practice. While I previously favored traditional crafting techniques, my internship experience encouraged a more open and adaptive mindset toward digital and industrial fabrication.

By specializing in textile-based realization, I developed confidence in using technologies such as laser cutting and digital fabrication as flexible tools rather than restrictive systems. Importantly, I learned that these skills are transferable across materials and contexts, broadening the applicability of my technical expertise beyond fashion.

In my work, realization is closely connected to User & Society and Creativity & Aesthetics: technical choices directly shape interaction, aesthetics and sustainability, allowing concepts to be experienced rather than merely communicated.

MATH, DATA & COMPUTING

Math, Data & Computing now functions as a structural backbone within my design process rather than a separate or intimidating domain. Through my internship, I gained a clearer understanding of how computational and mathematical thinking can meaningfully support human-centered design.

I developed greater confidence in approaching complex ideas through structured thinking, recognizing geometry and calculation as essential tools in areas such as pattern making and material organization. Applying creative programming with Processing in an applied context further reinforced my ability to translate abstract systems into tangible outcomes.

MDC complements my intuitive design approach by enabling clarity and feasibility, particularly in combination with Technology & Realization and textile-based design.

  • Processing code
  • Sublimation printing
  • Spiral on garment
Pattern generation using Processing
The steps of creating a spiral print on the garment, from programming to fabrication

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  • Calculations and pattern making
  • Laser cutting
  • Garment
Pattern-to-garment construction
The pictures show some steps behind creating a garment, from calculations and pattern design to garment construction

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B&E Visually

BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

My perspective on Business & Entrepreneurship shifted from viewing it as a set of measurable skills to understanding it as a strategic mindset. Immersion in an entrepreneurial ecosystem during my internship revealed that there is no single pathway to building a business, but instead, opportunity recognition, making connections and adaptability are key competencies.

Through active networking and real-world collaboration, including contributing to a partnership between the Fashion Tech Farm and Team IGNITE, I developed my attitude for recognizing opportunities and making connections. Through actively adapting my development to the emerging learning opportunities within the internship, I applied strategic thinking within a self-directed learning context. This experience helped me see business considerations as a way to support the reachand relevance of design outcomes.

Business & Entrepreneurship now connects directly to my interest in translating concepts into real-world solutions, supporting my ambition to design products that can meaningfully exist within market and societal systems.

DESIGN RESEARCH PROCESSES

Within my practice, I see design as a tool for driving innovation with and for society. My goal is not to deliver isolated solutions to predefined briefs, but to develop innovative concepts that become tangible, understandable, usable, and impactful within a real-world context. Design research therefore plays a central role in my work, as it allows me to observe, question and frame societal themes before translating them into design directions.

Although I had previously applied the Reflective Transformative Design Process intuitively, working independently during my internship enabled me to consciously structure and steer my research-through-design approach. Reflection became an active driver of the process rather than a retrospective step, guiding both conceptual decisions and material exploration.

In my practice, creativity and user experience function as connective threads within design research: creativity enables speculation and reframing, while user-centered thinking ensures relevance and accessibility. This approach allows me to move beyond iteration toward innovation, where research, making and reflection continuously inform one another.

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Over the past semester, my personal and professional skills developed significantly through working both independently and within multidisciplinary teams. Managing my own projects alongside external deadlines strengthened my ability to plan, document and prioritize tasks while maintaining a clear overview of parallel activities.

Within Team IGNITE and the Multidisciplinary CBL project, I gained valuable insight into my positioning as an industrial designer in teams composed of diverse studies and expertise. These contexts made my strengths more visible: leading the design research phase, shaping user experience decisions and articulating the core concepts of the projects.

These experiences helped me grow from a task-oriented team member into a more strategic contributor, capable of balancing collaboration with autonomy and taking responsibility for guiding design direction within complex projects.