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Award-winning Industrial Design Engineer: combining design, engineering, and craft through hands-on prototyping and computational methods.
Experience
Junior Researcher
Dec 2025 – Now
Fashion Technology Group · AMFI, Amsterdam
Researching sustainable garment longevity as part of the Care & Repair project at AMFI's Fashion Technology Group. Co-authored a paper published at ACM DIS 2025 on design and interactive systems. Responsible for programming, troubleshooting, and running production samples on the Shima Seiki WholeGarment knitting machine.
Design Researcher
Feb 2025 – Now
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
Industrial Design Engineering
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
Honors & Awards
2026
Bronze Award
Design Beyond East and West
2026
Published
"J.3D.1" — ACM DIS 2026 · First Author
2025
Published
"Sliver Fiber Printer" — Bridges 2025 · First Author
2026
Exhibited
Material District · Sliver Fiber Printer
2025
Exhibited
Dutch Design Week · Sliver Fiber Printer
2025
Fashion Show
Bridges Fashion · KI MONO
2024
Innovation Award Nominee
Maker Days · J.3D.1
2024
Exhibited
Makerfaire Luxembourg · J.3D.1
2023
Exhibited
Dutch Design Week · J.3D.1