I am Britt (full name Brigitte), a 26-year-old Dutch ex-top handball athlete. In my spare time, I like to spend my time on creative projects, mountain biking, cycling, hiking, traveling and cooking.  

I completed my bachelor’s and master’s in Industrial Design, where I developed a design thinking mindset. I am excited to further develop skills and knowledge within the Innovation Management domain to not only design interventions on an individual level but also explore them on an organizational and ecosystem level (REWIRE).

Instead of ignoring the reality of climate change, I envision a world where individuals and organizations make conscious choices and recognize their role in shaping a sustainable future. I believe that my role as a design researcher is increasingly important in addressing the urgent and complex challenge of climate change due to its intangibility and ambiguity, making it difficult for people to grasp. 

Achieving change on multiple levels can only be possible with the right tools and support. Therefore, it is the role of designers to create a bridge between sustainable missions and the everyday actions of stakeholders. My empathetic and accessible nature helps me to empathize with stakeholders and understand their needs from different perspectives.

I experience that my creativity is especially sparked through conversations and by observing real-world situations. In the design process, I consciously implement a phase of experience prototyping to get insights while having a hands-on approach, which is something I really enjoy (e.g. Ecorbis, Cibus). In this, my down-to-earth personality helps me to analyze and critically reflect on the outcomes of the process. Lastly, I developed skills to design systems that can be evaluated autonomously in the field (e.g. Ecorbis, Cibus).