About
Always searching for uncrowded waves to surf in faraway remote areas has sparked a personal interest in sustainable tourism. I started studying Fine Arts, but eventually changed direction into Illustration Design, where I graduated on the topic of Eco Tourism.
Today I am studying Eco Building Design as I'd like learn more about developing and designing an (Eco) Resort. My final goal is to work as Creative Director on developing projects from (Eco) Resorts.
The last three years I've been working as Creative Director for Clear Water Surf Travel. We've been checking out many resort around the Indian Ocean and these visits gave me the opportunity to do research in the field of Eco Tourism and it's design.
While working and playing around in the commercial field of design (cloths, jackets, shoes, jewellery, illustration, logos) I am very motivated to learn and work together with different parties.
Feel free to contact me. Let's design the world around us.
About my Graduation Project: Ecotourism. My Graduation Project at the Art Acadamy has been an introduction to Ecotourism and you're more than welcome to take a look here.
Ecotourism is the answer for the polluted mass tourism, and therefore quiet a hot topic. These days, travel agents offer a more diverse destinations as the market demands. For my graduation project at the Utrecht Academy of Arts I designed a book which reveals the concept of Sustainable Tourism, one of the fastest growing markets in this field.
The first part of the book makes people aware of the impact they have upon their holiday destination. The second part contains an ecotouristic view of the resort's contribution to the welfare of the local villages. The last and third part offers 'Your personal challenge during your holidays' linking both tourists and the locals to the resort.
Given my illustrator background, this book conveys it's concept primarily through the use of images. Informing about sustainable development through images and a minimal use of text will have a more profound impact upon the reader and allow her own ideas to flow more freely.
Reference from Ernst Ludick
Nihiwatu Resort Manager, Sumba, Indonesia.
Represented in New York by: Rocket Garage Management www.rocketgarage.net
Eco Building Design Course.
Sept 2011 - Jan 2012
IELTS, International English Language Testing System.
Academic Level
Overall band score: 7.0
July 16th, 2011
EuroModel
www.euromodel.nl
July 2011 – current
Sport- and Fashion Model for Protest
www.protest.eu
Aug 2010 – current
Freelance Designer
Aug 2010 – current
Art Director at Clear Water SurfTravel
www.clearwatersurftravel.com
2008-current
Utrecht school of the Arts, HKU
Bachelor Illustration Design
2007-2010
Entrepreneurship for Designers
Masterclass at HKU
Feb-June 2010
Internship at RipCurl Asia, Bali
Designer Bali Woman collection
April-June 2009
Royal Acadamy of Art, KABK
The Hague
Propaedeutic Fine Arts
Second year: specialization in print technics
2005-2007
Gaffiti Instructor at Primary school
-teaching childeren how to make art with a spraycan.
2005-2006
Sailing Instructor
CWO-4 diploma
Laser Pico, Optimist
2002-2005
Segbroek College
VWO diploma
1999-2005
