The Imagination Station

The Imagination Station

Turning thoughts into things

Using imagination to power up new ideas

Marijn looking at a Lego planning board

With a design background and experience in the technology branch, I set out to come up with creative ideas for complex problems. With an empathic approach, I try to understand what it is that you truly want to achieve and hopefully turn your dream into a reality. Let’s tackle your next project together!

Imaginations I worked on

person drawing on touch screen to use the AI model within visionairy

Visionairy

An AI driven mood boarding tool that aims to support and inspire you to come up with new ideas by using different AI models and a vast image library.
a flat with lots of greenery growing on it

Brede Welvaart

Helping governmental policymakers with an AI-driven tool that provides them with questions and insights how they can take communal and social wealth into account.
person interacting with the bewaar.mij device

bewaar.mij

A product that gives baby boomers the tools to shape their later years. The product contributes to maintaining personal control in daily life, strengthens self-sufficiency, and also supports professionals in providing appropriate personalized care that will ultimately be necessary for many people.
wooden chess board with wooden chess pieces

Chess Bot Battle

An environment where programmers can duke it out on a 64 grid by building a custom chess bot and compete for the number 1 spot.

Imagination Skills I Bring to the Table

Generative AI

“Work smarter not harder” is a perfect description for working with generative AI. Generating the perfect image, video or text with AI there are lots of possibilities. I go beyond the primary knowledge needed for these models and delve deep into specific use cases with these tools.

Workshops

Sometimes it’s nice to tap into the knowledge someone else has already built up. Workshops are a perfect way for me to engage with people and let them experience and learn the beauty of design and AI through my eyes. Let me help you get up to speed and gain some practical knowledge.

UX/UI Design

A good dream starts with a good user experience. Let’s understand who your target audience is, and what they really need. Only then can we bring your idea to life with some sprinkles of magical design dust.

Design Thinking

Creativity can be difficult, but everyone can be creative. By looking at things differently, new ideas can be born. Allow yourself to dream so that new ideas can find a place to grow.

An abstract representation of Marijn's head generated using Midjourney

Development

Not just the development of a dream into reality but also writing some actual code. Let’s get those brain cells crunching and those fingers typing.

Scrum Master

Sometimes you just need some guidance, someone who helps you figure out how to get the most out of your team and help them to achieve cool stuff while also having fun!

Creativity

Why not think the other way around? I like to break patterns and approach challenges with a fresh mindset. I don’t like hearing “we’ve been doing this for years”, I do like hearing “wow, we have never done this before!”

Confidential Advisor

It’s important to truly listen to what people have to say and observe what they need to overcome any troubles or challenges they are facing. When needed I can just listen and provide advice for difficult situations.

Upcoming and Past Events

illustration of a speaker in front of other people and a depiction of a human head with tech on the presenting screen

29 Jan

Studiedag Fontys Communicatie & Media

Informative session about how I as a professional use AI in my day to day work.

AI generated image illustration of people standing in a bright bar

18 Mar

Lunch Lecture svid Lucid

A short talk about how you can use AI in your design process.

AI generated illustration of a man presenting UX in front of an audience

4 Apr

Deep Dive Frankwatching

Demonstration on how AI models can be integrated into products to enhance the user experience.

Make me Imagine