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Whether it’s measuring the Co2 emission of a Facebook post or designing objects that talk, I focus on exploring how we use technology to interact with the world around us.

Drawing from my experience in R&D and interactive media, I work to find unique ways to tell a story, provoke users, or bring new and exciting functions to everyday life.

⏰ Timeline

  • Tellart 2020-2024
    Lead designer
  • Zoom Obscura 2021
    Art residency at UK Human Data Interaction EPSRC Network+
  • Umea Institute of Design 2018-2021
    Master Interaction Design
    Working on several projects for several clients; Google, Ikea
  • Bluejay Eindhoven 2018
    Interaction Designer
  • LEGO Group 2016
    Concept design and platform intern
  • Eindhoven University of Technology 2013-2016
    Bachelor Industrial Design
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🤝 Encounters

Places I collaborated with:

  • Ministry of Foreign affairs/ Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
  • Rau Architects
  • OiO.Studio
  • LEGO Group
  • Google X
  • IKEA
  • Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority
  • UK Human Data Interaction EPSRC Network+
  • Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
  • Philips
  • Region Västerbotten
  • GE Healthcare

Places that showed my work:

  • Vogue Singapore
  • Corre77
  • Designboom
  • NEMO Science Museum
  • Global Design News
  • Frame magazine
  • Hackaday
  • ThingsCon

Places where I taught:

  • Rijkswaterstaat
  • Tellart

Place that taught me:

  • BNO certificate: Leading Creatives
  • Umeå Institute of Design MFA
  • Eindhoven University of Technology Bsc

Get in Touch to Prototype the future

👋 Ilsepouwels.design@gmail.com
🤙 +31683615064
🤝 www.linkedin.com/in/ilse-pouwels