Hi, I am Thijs VAN DEN BROEK, a transportation/product designer from the Netherlands. My expertise lies in experience-driven design, meaning that I am skilled at making future product use cases understandable and desirable.
NOTEWORTHY EXPERIENCE
Granstudio S.p.A., Turin, Italy Car design internship, September 2022 - December 2022
Brekr, Smart Commute B.V., Doetinchem, The Netherlands Graduate internship, February 2020 - July 2020
MODYN, Design Studio, Geldermalsen, The Netherlands Internship, August 2018 – December 2019
EDUCATIONS
Umeå University, University of Applied Sciences, Umeå, Sweden Master of design, September 2021 - January 2024
FH Joanneum, University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria Minor Product and Transportation Design, February 2019 - June 2019
Windesheim, University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, The Netherlands Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Design, 2015 - 2020
SKILLS
Dutch (native), English (advanced), and German (upper-intermediate)
Blender 3D
Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and After Effects (basics)
DaVinci Resolve (basics)
Procreate
Autodesk Alias, VRED, Speedform (basics)
Solidworks & Solidworks Visualize
Clay modelling and model making
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE
“Thijs worked with passion and reliability on the given tasks for the on-going projects. During these months of collaboration with Granstudio, he was clearly eager to learn and grow professionally and was open to face challenges “ Andrea Berardi - Automotive design director at Granstudio