Past

I am studying Industrial design for almost a year now and I’ve learned so much in this fairly short period of time.
But before I came to Eindhoven I was already preparing myself for my design future. I followed art and technique as extra subjects in high school and performed in extracurricular activities such as organizing and writing school plays and painting murals in our neighborhood. For my graduate assignment I gave calculus lectures in lower classes, improving not only my presenting skills but also my calculus.

Since I started at Industrial design I followed my first design courses and went through 4 full design processes, including project 1. I will elaborate more on these projects and the skills I gained from them below.

 

My first design project

(Q1 – 2016)

Course: From Idea To Design

GRIP. An unnoticeable wearable to wear under your everyday clothes that will help the user destress in stressful situations.

Watch here my video about GRIP

Gained: teamwork skills, video editing skills, Photoshop skills, Illustrator skills, InDesign skills, pitching skills, dealing with feedback, and knowledge about ideation techniques

 

 

My first design project focussing on user involvement

(Q2 – 2016)

Course: User Centered Design

Money watch. A watch with the ability to help elderly keep track of their banking.

Gained: Interview skills, teamwork skills, Evaluation skills, Illustrator skills, learned how to contact users, learned how to prepare user tests, and learned the importance of user involvement

 

 

My first project entirely focusing on electronics

(Q3 – 2017)

Course: Creative Electronics

Laune. The interactive mood light that will adjust its color to match, and thus improve, the mood of the room.

Watch here my video about Laune

Gained: Programming skills, Arduino skills, soldering skills, and physics skills