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Award-winning Industrial Design Engineer: combining design, engineering, and craft through smart textile systems.
Honors & Awards
2026
Winner
Design Beyond East and West Award
2026
First Author
J.3D.1 — ACM Design Interaction Systems Conference
2025
First Author
Sliver Fiber Printer — Bridges Conference
Experience
Guest Researcher
Aug 2025 – Now
Fashion Technology Group · AMFI, Amsterdam
Guest design researcher in smart textile systems.
Junior Researcher
Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Fashion Technology Group · AMFI, Amsterdam
Researching sustainable garment longevity as part of the Care & Repair project at AMFI's Fashion Technology Group. First author on paper published at ACM DIS 2026 on design and interactive systems. Shadowing in programming, troubleshooting, and running production samples on the Shima Seiki WholeGarment knitting machine.
Design Researcher
Feb 2025 – Jul 2026
Fashion Tech Farm · Eindhoven · Freelance
Exploring the intersection of dynamic light technology, AI, and fashion in collaboration with Signify Research. Prototyping responsive lighting behaviours embedded in textile surfaces, supporting early-stage business and design research into wearable light
Material Research
May – Aug 2025
Humade · Amsterdam · Internship
Developed and tested 20+ ceramic glaze variants derived from waste stream materials, building a curated material library for circular ceramics practice. Scaled findings from lab to architectural application — implemented in the Bouwurk pavilion in collaboration with Overtreders W.
Machines Specialist
Jun – Jul 2024
Wearable Senses Lab · TU/e, Eindhoven
Improved usability and resolved software issues on the HiLo spinning machine within TU/e's Wearable Senses lab. Collaborated with the New Order of Fashion on machine electronics and optimised performance through iterative testing.
Education
Technical Textile Innovation (MSc.)
Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås
2026 - 2028
Combined master's in textile engineering and product development: sustainable fibres, advanced structures, product construction and circular design, turning user needs into prototypes through lab projects.
Industrial Design Engineering (BSc.)
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
2021 – 2025 · BSc
Textiles, material characteristics & fabrication machinery. Thesis: Sliver Fiber Printer.
Industrial Design
University of Tsukuba, Japan
2023 – 2024 · Exchange
Heritage craft × computational design. Kimono weaving with local artisans.
Skills
Research
- Material & Textile
- User-Centred Design
- Sustainable Strategy
- Academic Writing
Fabrication
- Weave · Knit · Dye
- 3D Print · CNC
- Laser Cut · Vinyl
- WholeGarment
Software
- Adobe Suite
- Rhino
- Fusion360
Methods
- Cross-Disciplinary
- Expert Facilitation
- Prototyping
- Data Analysis
Exhibitions & Nominations
2026
Exhibited
Sustainabile Innovations Hub - Munich Fabric Start · Sliver Fiber Printer
2026
Exhibited
Material District · Sliver Fiber Printer
2025
Exhibited
Dutch Design Week · Sliver Fiber Printer
2024
Nominee
Innovation Award Maker Days · J.3D.1
2024
Exhibited
Makerfaire Luxembourg · J.3D.1
2023
Exhibited
Dutch Design Week · J.3D.1