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GRADUATION
(2024)

LOUIS VUITTON
GRADUATES
INITIATIVE
(2023)
 
3D PRINT
(2023)

GERRIT JACOB
(2023)

WABI CUP 
(2022)

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ONGOING RESEARCH ON PRODUCTION CONCEPTS
EXTENDING THE LIFECYCLE OF LOCAL DISCARDED MATERIALS
GIVING THEM A NEW PURPOSE

CURRENT PRODUCT SELECTION WITH TECHNICAL DRAWINGS:



 

GUTTER RAIN JACKET


PRODUCT DETAILS

MADE FROM DISCARDED INTEX® COVERS
PLEATED POCKET
`WARNING´BACK DETAIL
FIRST FINISHED IN EINDHOVEN NL ON 14/09/2024


OUTSIDE CARGOS


PRODUCT DETAILS

MADE FROM FAULTY SPEEDBOAT TARPS
ELASTIC WAISTBAND WITH FASTENING BUNGEE CHORD
PLEATED BACK POCKET
FIRST FINISHED IN EINDHOVEN NL ON 20/09/2024


SCAFFOLDING WALLET POUCH


PRODUCT DETAILS

MADE FROM USED SCAFFOLDING NETS
TRANSPARENT WRAPAROUND CLIP CLOSURE
POUCH SIZE 13CMX10CM
 FIRST FINISHED IN EINDHOVEN NL ON 17/10/2024





HOODRAT BACKPACK 2.0


PRODUCT DETAILS

MADE FROM USED XL SHOPPING BAGS
2 COMPARTMENTS
FANNY PACK FRONT POCKETS
FIRST FINISHED IN EINDHOVEN NL ON 18/09/2024






SLEEPOVER HOODIE


PRODUCT DETAILS

MADE FROM OLD DUVETS
RAGLAN SLEEVES
LINED WITH DUVET BATTING
SNAP BUTTONS REUSED ON POCKETS AND DRAWSTRING 
 FIRST FINISHED IN EINDHOVEN NL ON 06/10/2024

 

SLEEPOVER LONGSLEEVE

PRODUCT DETAILS

MADE FROM OLD BEDSHEETS
FADED DINOSAUR PRINT
DISTRESSED RIBBING 
FIRST FINISHED IN EINDHOVEN NL ON 10/09/2024
  

HOODRAT BACKPACK


PRODUCT DETAILS

MADE FROM DISCARDED MOTORCYCLE TARPS
2 COMPARTMENTS
FIRST FINISHED IN EINDHOVEN NL ON 04/09/2024




DUCT TAPED MINI DUFFLE


PRODUCT DETAILS

MADE FROM DISCARDED MOTORCYCLE TARPS
REENFORCED WITH DUCT TAPE & RIVETS
3 COMPARTMENTS
FIRST FINISHED IN EINDHOVEN NL ON 27/09/2024






































































































GRADUATION


(2024)

GRADUATION WORK FROM DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN PRESENTED AT DUTCH DESIGN WEEK
`GEAR DULCIS´
ULTRASONIC TEXTILE WELDING RESEARCH
AESTHETIC AND FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITES IN THE CONTEXT OF OUTERWEAR
A COMBINATION OF FUNCTIONAL NON SEWING SOLUTIONS & EMBELLISHMENTS 












LOUIS VUITTON GRADUATES INITIATIVE


(2023)

SELECTED IMAGES FROM MY WORK FOR THE LV GRADUATES INITIATIVE
BRIEFED TO CREATE A BAG DESIGN REVOLVING AROUND LV’S ICONIC MONOGRAM WITH A SUSTAINABILITY MINDED APPROACH:

100% ALLUMINUM TROMPE L’OEIL LEATHER TRUNK

CAN BE FULLY PRODUCED FROM REMELTED ALLUMINUM, 
PLAYING INTO THE MATERALS CIRCULAR NATURE AND KEEPING LV’S TRADITIONAL LEATHER VISUAL






ALLUMINUM CAST WITH LEATHER TEXTURE
ALLUMINUM CAST 
WITH MONOGRAM LEATHER TEXTURE









3D PRINTED TEXTILES

(2023)

AN EXPLORATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES IN 3D PRINTING 
THIN LAYERS THAT ACT AS A TEXTILE
ALL MADE FROM TPU (THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE)













GERRIT JACOB


(2023)

WORK AND INSIGHTS FROM MY 6 MONTH INTERNSHIP AT GERRIT JACOB
INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF SS24 AND ASSISTANCE ON ADIDAS ORIGINALS COLLABORATION











WABI CUP


(2022)

CUP AND SAUCER BASED AROUND THE WABI TEA CEREMONY
ENCOURAGING MINDFULNESS BY REQUIRING PURPOSEFUL PLACEMENT 

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