Could the field of architecture benefit from adopting well-established practices commonly seen in the world of Design? While working for ArtefactOne, this is the question that we set out to answer together with MAPP, an architectural studio in Colombia, trying to adopt a more user-centred approach to their practices by including their users early on in the design process.

Blockchain is best known as the technology that makes crypto-currencies possible, but could the same shared ledger technique be used to update an error-prone logistics process within the oil drilling industry? Together with a colleague, I helped organize and facilitate a 2-day workshop at Shell, with experts from different disciplines, in order to help them answer this very question.

I've worked as part of different Agile teams at PostNL, a mail, parcel and e-commerce corporation in the Netherlands. My task as a UX designer has been to ensure that the complex products offered to consumers and business users are as easy to understand and use as possible.

As a part of different agile teams at TomTom, a major global player in the field of satellite navigation and mapping technologies, I was responsible for the user experience of several mobile apps for both Android and iOS. I also helped in the development of applications for desktop and web, and in-car dashboard navigation systems for our automotive customers.

Deep Brain Stimulation is a technique that alleviates some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s patients by introducing an electrode into a precise area of the brain and stimulating it with an electrical charge. I was part of the VanBerlo team that helped Sapiens, a Dutch medical startup, to identify user-related challenges that medical professionals would face throughout the procedure, and to design their software for brain surgery planning.