As an empathic designer, I hope to sensitize my designs to societal context and to stakeholders needs. Through a more-than-human centered perspective I aim to also be empathic towards stakeholders that might not have a loud voice to attract all the attention: like the plants in our homes and the non-technical user in our energy transition I aim to serve in my FMP. I also try to be empathetic towards the people and other students, experts and companies I collaborate with. By pro-actively investigating the perspectives of others I hope to let all ideas have an equal say in the design process.

As a curious designer, I aim to dig in and get dirty with a variety of perspectives in the field, which in my case has often meant exploring various perspectives within our energy transition. Making is a key process through which I carry out this curiosity. By making, whether crafting with physical materials like wood, coding with complex AI models or tinkering on digital manufacturing processes, I experientially learn, quickly fail, and profoundly explore into a design space. I see it as a way to approach the complexity of problems I work on, and gather conceptual ideas and theory through every step of the making process. It helps me to tackle these problems in a more practical manner, since I find it difficult to approach a design challenge from a conceptual way of working alone.

As a joyful designer, I always hope to encourage a sense of playfulness in my designs and through the way I work. In design and academic culture there can often be a daunting sense of urgency and seriousness, which I think might not always benefit from seeing our work from a fresh and nimble set of eyes. By, e.g., introducing a sense of quirkiness in the visual design of my research poster or introducing some weird and creative new brainstorming techniques in ideation sessions, I hope to let others and often also myself approach design less tense and more open.

As an honest designer, I hope to be open to failures and be truthful to the people and stakeholders I work with. By reflecting on what went wrong and always being open towards critique, I hope to create an environment that encourages growth and learning. Taking responsibility for the environmental, societal, and individual impacts of my designs is also key to this value. Honesty is also about being genuine in the expression of my creative ideas and not merely copying or following trends, but bringing forth authentic, reflective ideas that genuinely reflect my unique vision on aesthetics.