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Overhead flat-lay diagram of five intersecting translucent geometric circles on a textured grey background, fine technical white lines mapping connections, a single bright orange dot at the absolute center, soft studio lighting.
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/ TU/E COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK

Five disciplines, one core balance.

Industrial design at TU/e demands mastery across five distinct domains. Rather than treating these as isolated skills, my work integrates them into a unified, value-sensitive practice.

THE FIVE DOMAINS

Rigorous academic foundations

A balanced master's education requires demonstrating deep competence across theoretical, practical, and technical design landscapes.

User & Society

Technology & Realization

Business & Entrepreneurship

Designing for human dignity, autonomy, and social connectedness in vulnerable contexts, specifically dementia care.

Translating complex functional requirements into robust physical prototypes and responsive interactive systems.

Aligning product strategy, care implementation, and financial modeling with realistic market constraints.

Math, Data & Computing

Creativity & Aesthetics

Implementing value-sensitive decision layers and responsible AI models to navigate systemic uncertainty safely.

Crafting warm, intuitive, and aesthetically refined physical-digital interfaces that invite trust and human connection.

Close-up shot of hands holding a warm-toned wooden compass prototype with a soft blue glowing light, textured paper system map underneath, soft diffused studio lighting, shallow depth of field.
Close-up shot of hands holding a warm-toned wooden compass prototype with a soft blue glowing light, textured paper system map underneath, soft diffused studio lighting, shallow depth of field.
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THE INTEGRATION POINT

Value-based development

At the intersection of user values, technical feasibility, and business implementation lies value-sensitive design. By placing human dignity first, we transform cold data into warm intelligence.

In practice, this means mapping the ethical friction of a system and translating systemic uncertainty into proportional, supportive navigation layers that empower rather than overwhelm.

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