Optimist and Motivator for Materials in Design
Hamburg Area, Germany
- Current
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- Design Teacher at Hanzehogeschool Groningen
- Materials Consultant at Material Stories
- Design Journalist at Core77
- Past
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- Visiting Professor at Hochschule Bremen
- Design Consultant at PARK advanced design management
- Design Director at Procurios Webdevelopment
- Education
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- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Connections
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- Industry
- Design
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Aart van Bezooyen’s Summary
Aart van Bezooyen is a Dutch designer who lives and works in Hamburg. He received a masters degree in industrial design from the Delft University of Technology for originating the Material Explorer, a materials selection support tool for designers.
Material Stories is where he brings together his experience in industrial design and passion for materials. He inspires and enables the best use of materials in order to make design more competitive, creative and sustainable.
Currently, he teaches materials and design at universities in The Netherlands and Germany and supports companies with materials research, concept design and strategic thinking.
Aart van Bezooyen’s Specialties:
materials research, industrial design, strategic consulting, lateral thinking, querdenken, materialselection, innovation, materials trends, material inspiration, branding and identity, workshops, brainstorming
Aart van Bezooyen’s Experience
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Design Teacher
Hanzehogeschool Groningen
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Part-time teacher at Minerva Academy of Visual Arts and Design
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Materials Consultant
Material Stories
(Design industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
Aart van Bezooyen is a Dutch designer who lives and works in Hamburg. He received a masters degree in industrial design from the Delft University of Technology for originating the Material Explorer, a materials selection support tool for designers.
Material Stories is where he brings together his experience in industrial design and passion for materials. He inspires and enables the best use of materials in order to make design more competitive, creative and sustainable.
Currently, he teaches materials and design at universities in The Netherlands and Germany and supports companies with materials research, concept design and strategic thinking. -
Design Journalist
Core77
(Privately Held; Design industry)
2004 — Present (5 years )
Design journalist for European materials & design news and trends for the Core77 design network.
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Visiting Professor
Hochschule Bremen
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2008 — July 2009 (11 months)
Part-time design teaching at University of Applied Sciences in Bremen (http://www.hfk-bremen.de)
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Design Consultant
PARK advanced design management
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
PARK helps you to direct your internal design group or external design partners.
In the fuzzy front end of the design process PARK delivers:
- design process: appropriate design processes & tools,
- design research: inspiring design research insights,
- design strategy: right strategic design focus & directions,
- design resources: coaching & matching of designers.
To get the best out of your designers.... -
Design Director
Procurios Webdevelopment
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Procurios is based in The Netherlands and supports Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) with web-based applications and client-centered services.
Aart van Bezooyen’s Education
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Technische Universiteit Delft
M.Sc. , Industrial Design Engineering , 1994 — 2002
