My story

My name is Ilse you can make my day by showing me an awesome maker project.

I am currently working on my thesis as part of an MFA Interaction Design at the Umea Institute of Design. Within my studies I am taking an explorative approach, working hands on in sprints. This to quickly get an impression of the field of opportunities and have something on the table to discus with others.

Prior I did a BSc in Industrial Design in Eindhoven which included an internship at LEGO. After that I took some time out to travel and started a Master in Eindhoven. But I didn't feel challenged enough so I discontinued this program and went to study in Umea. Halfway through I took a gab year to do an internship at Tellart in Amsterdam.

“Dare to try out new things, celebrate and learn from the failing that comes with it.

My timeline

  • 2020 - now

    Zoom Obscura

    Art residency, supporting research from the creative informatics project from the university of Edinburgh

  • 2020

    Interaction Design intern Tellart

    Creating experiences to engage the world in new and transformative ways for various clients.

  • 2018 - NOW

    Interaction Design MFA Umeå Institute of Design

    An interaction design program focusing on the relation between people's behaviour and the behaviour of products and services.

  • 2018 - 2019
    Head Student Union Umeå Institute of Design

    Activities varying from day to day making sure student voices are heard by the board and issues are being taken care of.
    Next to this organizing and managing different events with up to 350 people.

  • 2017 - 2018

    Discontinued

    Industrial Design MSc Eindhoven University of Technology

    A master design program focusing on the design of intelligent systems, products and services in a societal context.
    Discontinued because I realized can learn more from extending my horizon beyond the education in Eindhoven.

  • 2017
    Traveling throughout Asia

    Giving into my drive of exploring new things by backpacking through Asia by myself.

  • 2017
    Interaction Designer Bluejay Eindhoven

    Team Bluejay is exploring the possibilities for social domestic drones. Within this multidisciplinary team I designed the interaction between drone and human.

  • 2016

    Concept design and platform intern at LEGO group Denmark

    Internship at the product technology department where I developed innovative interactive play experiences for LEGO and contributed to launch projects

  • 2014 - 2018
    Student assistant Technical University Eindhoven

    Several student assistance jobs, varying from teaching programming to first year students to guiding workshops for high school students.

  • 2013 - 2016
    Industrial design BSc Technical University Eindhoven

    A design program with the focus on the Design of Systems with Emerging Technologies in a Societal Context.

  • 2003
    Decided to become an inventor

    I loved taking apart old electronics devices and playing with my grandfathers soldering iron so I decided to become an inventor.

My Toolbox

Prototyping

Arduino
Processing
Phyton
Unity
Rhino
Physical models
Lasrcutting
3D printing

Web/app design

Sketch
Framer X
Figma
Axure
HTML
css
Javascript

Visualizing concepts

Photoshop
Illustrator
Indesign
Premiere Pro
After Effects
Keynote
Keyshot