Ux & UI. but most of all: People

Passed 30 years old. Intrisic wish for finding out why things work the way they do and won’t shut up about it. Loves Boxing, MMA and weight lifting. Avid music listener and DJing is another hobby I never seem to grow over. Oh, I’m also now an aquarium owner now… No idea where that came from but it’s rewarding seeing those happy fishies swim!

Anyways, I started out designing websites in Dreamweaver while studying to become a Screenprinter. Got hooked and started learning more about websites and it’s capabilities. In this proces it became clear to me that many websites suffered from terrible Interaction Design. I wasn’t aware this was a whole education, but found out soon after. Got into Digital Media design at Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam and loved every bit of it!

AFter graduating I enetred The Hague university of applied sciencess, or ”De Haagse Hogeschool”. Here I learned the ways of the Light Side, UX. Why do people do things, how do they do it or how COULD they do it?! So many questions, so many ways. I love it. Each new project gives new challenges and forces us to think about the best way for client and user.

While finishing up my ‘scriptie’ (thesis) I started working at ANWB, a company dedicated to helping stranded drivers everywhere in The Netherlands, but so much more! I currently work on the App the wegenwacht uses to handle their important daily tasks as smoothly as possible. Also for ANWB, I am working on a new project to help teenagers from 16 – 24 years old get their drivers license, also as smoothly as possible!

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