Hi, I'm Tom ✿ thank you for checking out my portfolio ✐ FYI, I am currently looking for a graduation project collaborator for the spring semester of 2025 ⚡︎
I would love to take a stab at a project surrounding creativity, co-creation and the implementation of new technologies. I am interested in working with non-profit or public organisations. Feel free to contact me about any opportunities through email linkedin.
I have a special interest in designing for creators. I get excited about any form of creativity, and would love to help people reach their full creative potential. I think production of cultural artifacts are a noble cause that should be stimulated and regarded as a one of the highest honours in society. The development of artifacts, the giving of meaning to our world. Making art is expressing love towards humanity. It is what makes us human. Be it professional music production, amateur book writing, or a child doing improv acting, I am interested in working towards supporting them.
I wholeheartedly believe in the idea of co-creation as a way to move towards a more equitable future, that stimulates the aforementioned practices of creativity, and allows all people to express their inherent creativity. I am interested in applying the ideas of participatory design and contextmapping. I would love to cooperate with institutions working on seriously world changing service design and apply the methods and approaches I have learnt, both at UID and TUDelft.
Over the past year my interest interest in human/AI collaboration piqued. I have been on the lookout for any opportunity to research this topic, recently having written my first article about using AI in a design process. Particularly, I am curious what AI can do for creative people, and how it can decrease the hurdle towards becing creative for many people. I believe that by carefully designing AI to suit the wishes of people, we can achieve a future that does not replace but empowers people.
My designer Journey
My journey starts at TUDelft, where I gained a Bachelor in Industrial Design Engineering. Here I learnt a methodical approach to problem solving and had my first encounters with user centered design and design research. In addition to the regular curriculum, I participated in the Honours programme, and the EyeOculus Project to deepen my understanding of design. As I gained some mostly self-taught skills in digital product design, I took on the job as the sole UX/UI (and sometimes graphic) designer at Docklab, a company that uses Web3 solutions to solve big logistics problems. Since then their design focus grew, as did the design team. I left in the summer of 2023, to pursue a master degree in Interaction Design at Umeå Institute of Design, which is what I am still doing to this day. This master has already allowed me to broaden my skillset surrounding digital media, and give me more confidence in calling myself an interaction designer.
