As a kid I took apart anythingwith a screw in it, just to seewhat it looked like inside. Putting it all back togethercame a little later.

I never really stopped. Everyproduct around me was madesomehow, and I still want toknow how: which material,which process, and why thatscrew is exactly there.

My bachelor in Twente, whereI learned to make the insidework: code, Arduino, sensorsand a lot of breadboards. Then I wanted smaller chips.

So next to my studies I taughtmyself to design PCBs aroundATtiny and STM32 chips, and tosolder them myself. I added a minor in EmbeddedSystems and the pre-master forIndustrial Design.

My graduation took me toPLAEX in Enschede, where Ispent almost a year asinnovation engineer andhardware developer. Their smart waste bins neededprototypes, so I built them.

Sorting mechanisms on wormgears and sensors that knowhow full a bin is. And for my graduation, a binthat sorts its own waste: acamera sees what goes in anda robot arm puts it away.

I’m doing my master inIndustrial Design Engineeringat the University of Twente. Creative Technology taught meto build a prototype. Here Ilearn how to make it for real.

That means picking the rightmaterial, knowing how afactory would make it athousand times over, anddesigning the box it ships in. Meanwhile I still 3D print andlaser cut every prototype Ican get away with. Next up: my graduation project.Got a good one lying around?Let’s talk.

Some things I make justbecause they are too coolnot to. Mirrors dressed as Windows XP,Solitaire and error boxesincluded, and a Pokémon cardwhere the picture is you. A desk lamp of LED filament,hung like a curtain of light. A round PCB small enough tofit in a bottle cap and lightit up.

For my trance and techno setsI built DJildanizer, an appthat downloads, analyses andsorts my whole music library. For my six housemates and me,an app with a beer tally, ashopping list and a scoreboard. And this website: a chromehead that watches you, hatesbeing hit and falls asleepwhen you leave.