Hi, I am Ane
I am 27 years old and I come from the Basque Country (Spain). I started living in Delft (The Netherlands) when I began the Master's Degree 'Design for Interaction' at the TU Delft, in February 2019. Before that, I studied a Bachelor's Degree 'Engineering in Industrial Design and Product Development' in the Mondragon Faculty of Engineering, in Mondragon (Spain).
I am fluent in English; starting at the age of 8 I followed classes at a language school and have lived with families in the UK and the USA. I have always been drawn to international cultures and knew that I wanted to develop part of my education and professional life in an international context.
Coming to study in The Netherlands, I have learned another approach to design, I have grown to be more independent and to manage my own work and life in a more structured manner, I've met and learned from other people... I also speak Dutch, and have been working on a fully dutch environment for the past year and a half. I want to keep improving my language skills to fully immerse myself in Dutch culture and be able to interact with natives.
In the past year, thanks to the experiences brought to me through my Master's studies, I've developed as a person and as a professional. Even though I come from a technical and product focused background, I have grown more and more interested in user- and society-centered design. At the moment, I am highly motivated to learn more about Social Design, Behavioural Change and Sustainability.As a designer, I aim to be someone who puts people's needs and concerns first. I want to use my designer skills to find a better solution to the big problems our society faces; global warming, racism, gender inequality, elderly care, consumerism... But also the ones in a smaller scale. I want to work together with the users, with the people, because they're the experts of their own lives. This is something I've learned as part of my education and the projects I've worked on. Giving them power to express themselves and envision the future how they'd like it to be, is the only way to create services/systems that meet their needs and answer to real problems.
As a person, I'm cheerful and always ready to help the people around me. I love travelling, and never leave my camera behind when I do so. I am also enthusiastic about all kinds of DIY projects, I enjoy building and making things with my own hands: making a plant stand, knitting, building models... In my free time, I also illustrate using my digital tablet and enjoy everything involving graphic design. I am passionate about my plants, taking care of them and seeing them grow.I like staying active by exercising every week. Dancing and singing to the music I love also make me feel joy.
I also try to take part in workshops or cases related to design, or take up online courses to learn new skills like video editing, animating...
I've also been a member of the GreenTU committee, from my university, where we tried to encourage people to live a more sustainable life by organising events, activities and lectures. I am trying to be more sustainably conscious myself too, by changing small things in my everyday life and paying more attention to the things I consume.
Language competence
English
C1/Professional competence
Dutch
C1 level
Spanish
Native
Basque
Native
Technical competences
Online Collaboration
● Miro
Adobe
● Adobe Illustrator ● Adobe Photoshop● Adobe InDesign
Video
● iMovie● Adobe Premiere Pro● Adobe After Effects
2D/3D Modelling
● Rhinoceros ● SolidWorks● Siemens NX● AutoCAD
Rendering
● KeyShot● VRay
Education
- 2019/2021
Master's Degree
I have just graduated from the Design for Interaction Master at the Industrial Design Engineering Faculty at the Technical University of Delft. You can read about my graduation project here!
- 2014/2018
Bachelor's Degree
4 year Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering at the University of Mondragon (Spain)
- 2017/2018
Erasmus Exchange semester
During the 3rd year of my BSc, I studied in the Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Innovation Sciences faculty
Experience
2022/now | Social Designer at Garage2020
I've recently started to work on a project in collaboration with Garage2020 in a volunteer basis. I was looking for opportunities that allowed me to start working on the social design field and improve my skills and dutch language abilities in the practice, and I was given this great chance. We're gonna be working on the area of Amsterdam ZuidOost with the goal of improving equity of opportunities for the people who live there, mostly immigrants. We will mainly be focusing on youngsters up to the age of 6, and the starting point will be the language delay many kids who live in this area suffer.
2022/2023 | ENERGE project at the TU Delft
2022/2022 | Graphic Designer: Talent100 program
I'm working on the graphic material for the Talent100 program by Expat Spouses Initiative and Huis Naar Werk. This program aims to help internationals who have been out of work for more than two years re-enter the workforce. My task for this project is to design all communication material, visual communication, to promote the project and also to provide information to the participants. Apart from designing the graphic elements, I will also use my designer skills to find the best way to communicate and present information to the audience.
2021/2022 | Empowering professionals to talk about sexual abuse
Together with Stijn Schenk from Real Comics and MeToo Coach Legien Warsosemito-Schenk I am working on a project to empower health professionals to start a conversation about sexual abuse. This intends to take some responsibility about starting this conversation from the victim/survivor, and offer a listening ear. It's about creating a safe and trusting space where victims feel ready to share their experiences so that they can start the healing process. After evaluating concepts with stakeholders, our goal is to design an intervention that can be widely used and adopted, to have a real meaningful impact. See my project page for more detailed information, the Samen Helen LinkedIn page and the 'Wegwijzer seksueel geweld' we have created to navigate survivors and people in their environment through all the content available around sexual abuse, and opening up about it.
2020/2021 | Internship at WEP Circular
WEP Circular is an international company with the aim of closing the plastic chain by developing solutions of plastic waste materials into products to avoid the pollution of our natural environment and create renewable circular value chains with partners.By working in collaboration and in co-creation with partners in the whole value chain they create circular plastic chains with the goal firstly to avoid waste and then to develop re-use solutions.
The assignment for the internship is to participate in different projects in various development stages (early stage, production…) and have a circular product/concept project from idea phase with a partner. As well as to bring in the design mindset and user perspective into the design process, by including the potential users and take their insights into account as much as possible during the solution development, aiming to create products that will be (more) successful in the market.2021 | Student Assistant: Prototyping for Interaction & Participation
Student assistant for the Prototyping for Interaction and Participation course. The position consisted of creating Miro boards for the course sessions, and group collaboration, as well as general planning support and assistance with the course sessions.
2020/2021 | Student Assistant: FoodSampler
Student assistant for the FoodSampler project. My tasks involve creating material to showcase the results and outcome of a two year project; designing visual material, a website that works as a repository to be used by multiple stakeholders...
2020 | Student Assistant: Repository
Student assistant for the assignment to create an internal online repository for a research group at the IDE faculty. My tasks involve designing and creating the repository, being in contact with multiple people to structure the content of it, and keeping an overview.
2020 | Student Assistant: Project explorer
Student assistant for the 'Project Explorer' assignment. Assisting TU Delft with the organisation and creation of an internal database of projects developed by students in collaboration with a partner company
2020 | Student Assistant: Interaction & Prototyping
Student assistant for the 'Interaction and prototyping' BSc course at the TU Delft. I assisted the staff at Axure RP workshops and the students with their projects, and helped the coordinator with course organization and preparatory documents for lectures and workshops. Apart from learning a new prototyping program, I learned how to manage working next to studying. The job stopped due to the Corona crisis.
2020/2021 | GreenTU Committee
I have been a member of the GreenTU Committee since January 2020. We are dedicated to creating events and activities that promote a more sustainable lifestyle among students and staff members. Being part of a committee, with other students with the same interests as me for sustainability, has been really inspiring. In May, for example, we held a Zero Waste Challenge to which people from Delft, Leiden and Rotterdam participated, by completing daily challenges and quizzes on how to reduce waste from daily life.
2018 | BSc Thesis in collaboration with company
BioEkiN Project. In relation to the UGGASA Commonwealth. With the aim of detecting business opportunities in the biomedical sector, creating products or services aimed at facilitating the day-to-day life of dependent people and their caregivers.
2016/2017 | Manufacturing process control assistant (SAP)
A 6 months part-time position as a manufacturing control assistant (SAP), in Copreci (Aretxabaleta, Spain). With this job, I learned to value hard work, and to work as a part of a bigger team. I loved working together with experts from the sector and being a part of the team, and helping out the company while switching to a new operating system.
2014/2017 | Voluntary work: support lessons to immigrants
Throughout the first three years of my BSc, I volunteered as a tutor for immigrant kids at a shelter. This was one of the most fulfilling things I’ve been a part of. Seeing what the kids went through to get there and how they were enthusiastic to go to school was very impressive and inspiring. I also got to see how one kid learned Spanish, maths, technical drawing, English…; how he passed all his courses and got a job, which he still has.
Skills & Capabilities
A collection of the skills that define who and how I am as a designer
Empathiser
I always aim to work closely with the user, and together with them identify issues and find solutions to the problems.
Enthusiastic
I'm an enthusiastic and cheerful person and worker. I am hard working and like to dedicate to work, but I also like work to be fun and enjoyable.
Team work experience
Always ready to help my teammates when they need it
Leadership positions
Comfortable with leadership positions and good at taking initiative
Goal driven
Structured and organized
Aim high
I always aim high, and I am optimistic about the outcomes. This makes me push myself harder in the projects, aiming to always achieve a bit more.
Quick learner
Quick at grasping new methods and working with new tools
Good at problem solving
High capacity of visualising multiple solutions to a problem
Idea visualisation
Good at idea mapping
Critical thinking
Critically evaluate and reflect on my own work, aiming for the best outcome
Hard working
Hard working and demanding towards myself and those I work with
Fuzzy front end
Good at dealing with the fuzzy front end of the design process, where there's a lot of uncertainty. Skilled at ideating based on varied insights.
Gallery
A collection of pictures of me in action during various projects
Holding a brainstorming session
Doing user research on location
User testing in context (IKEA Delft)
Holding an online co-creation session using Miro
Brainstorming (SCRUM)
Prototype building
Interviewing users
Leading a group co-creation session
Giving presentations (Master defence)
Cases, Workshops & Courses
A collection of the design cases, workshops and courses I've taken part in
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