Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Master Product design, Luca School of Arts, Genk, Belgium, 2015-2017

• Child Culture Design, HDK, Gothenburg, Sweden 2016

• Bachelor Product design, Luca School of Arts, Genk, Belgium, 2012-2015

PRIZES

  • LUCA School of Arts in society

  • Laureate Vocatio 2019 (Prize for talented young persons

  • Euregio Meuse-Rhine prize, October 2018, RECIPROCITY design liège, international triennial of design & social innovation

  • Wanatoe price 2017 Best Master project in Arts, Limburg, Belgium

  • Laureate LUCA School of Arts 2017 Belgium  

AWARDS

  • ·Toy of the year 2024, Smartgames: Gnome Sweet Gnome

  • Good Design award winner Australia 2024 , product: Nüdel pod

  • Toy of the Year Belgium 2022 Smartgames: Peek-A-Zoo

  • Toy of the Year Netherlands 2022 Smartgames: Peek-A-Zoo

  • Toy of the Year Belgium 2021 Smartmax: My first acrobats

  • Toy of the Year Netherlands 2021 Smartmax: My first acrobats

  • Toy of the Year Belgium 20 Smartmax :My first sounds and senses

  • Good Design award winner Australia 2020 - Social impact: Nüdel kart

  • Toy of the year Award USA 2018, My first animal train

  • Toy of the year Award België 2018, My first animal train

  • Toy of theYear Finland 2017 Smartmax: My first animal train

EXHIBITIONS

  • ·Designing designers, C-mine Genk, Belgium,  Oktober 2019 - January 2020

  • Generous Nature, Design Museum Ghent, Belgium,   Mei - september 2019,

  • GENEROUS NATURE, Belgium is Design, Milan Design week, Italy, April 2019

  • International triennial of design & social innovation, design Liège, April 2019,

  • LUCA Showcase 2017 Best graduation project, Gent, Belgium, October 2017

  • Belevingscentrum '14- '18/ Experiences centrum, Tildonk, Belgium 

  • Nomadlab, Huis voor kunsten, Art Borgloon Borgloon, Belgium, September & October 2017

  • Exposition UT & In, Alfons Aberg Kulturhus, Gothenburg, Sweden ,June 2016

  • Tout est Grâce, Velinx, Tongeren, Belgium, March & April 2015

Talks

  • A-Z Night #8 Narratives on migration, 6 November 2018, Hasselt  

  • Onderzoek & design, 11 februari 2019 LUCA School of Arts, C-mine Genk