During my Bachelor in Architecture I learned about the design of the space we live in, from the urban to the residential context.

In my Master studies, I went  further in scale and explored the world of products, systems and materials. Both studies relate to my interest in the design of our daily live environment, how it is shaped, how we interact with it and how it influences us.

The last 2,5 years at the TU Eindhoven have been an enriching journey for me in which I learned a lot of new things, like making videos or creating websites, and enhanced my abilities and competences as a designer, by getting to know and using the academic skills to perform design research.

Through taking part in the Honors Program, I furthermore learned how to successfully apply my strengths to bring me and others further.

Additionally to the program courses, many other extra-curricular activities allowed me to grow even further, professionally as well as personally. I had the possibility to exhibit a project at the Dutch Design Week 2017 and in a museum and I will present a project at the TEI conference 2019.

While throughout my whole studies I have acquired different pieces of knowledge and skills which are required when aiming for transformation through design, my Final Master Project was a direct application to such a societal challenge. This project was an exploration of the general context and  possible future development opportunities. Hence, the process had to be open ended as the problem itself was ill-defined. This work allowed me to experience at first hand what designing for transformation can mean and the necessity for a rethinking of the design process in general.

The project has been very challenging, probably the most challenging I have done so far, but at the same time brought me a great step further in my professional development. I hope to get the chance to work further on this area, as I'm looking forward to gaining a better understanding of the phase we are entering – which Rocchi and Brand call the Transformation Paradigm1 – and exploring the future roles designers will have to take to meet the emerging challenges – always striving to become one of them myself.