After my graduation at the University of Technology in Eindhoven, I will take one year to explore all different activities I am doing at the moment. After that one year I will determine if I want to a master at a university or keep going the way I am at that point.

One direction I will further explore is the world of furniture design. After my internship at Goossens, I got offered a part-time job as product designer. After my graduation I will have the opportunity to work full time within the company. Most likely, I will accept this opportunity as I am enjoying the work and learn new things almost every day. This gives me the chance to get more familiar with design outside a educational setting. The business aspect of design and communication between different stakeholders is something I have to consider greatly when designing for Goossens.

The same goes for my own company, OMV Minifigs, which you can see in the Lego section of my work. Designing, 3D printing and painting accessories for toys started as a hobby and I would have never guessed it would develop the way it did. I see enough potential to grow and expand this business that I want to focus on this next to my work as furniture designer.

All these activities will help me further develop and refine my personal design process and enable me to keep developing myself in creating products, which are intuitive and appealing for the user and the other stakeholders involved.