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Ir. Tjapko Vermeulen

Personal details

Ir. Tjapko Jorrin Vermeulen
21 november 1994
contact@tjapkovermeulen.com

Nationality

Dutch

Languages

Dutch
Fluent written & spoken

English
Fluent written & spoken

Driving licence

Driving licence B

Interests

Cooking
Snowboarding
Playing guitar

Education

MSc Design for Interaction / 2017-2020
Delft University of Technology

BSc Industrial Design Engineering / 2013-2017
Delft University of Technology

VWO N&T & N&G profile / 2007-2013
CSG Willem de Zwijger, Schoonhoven

Work Experience

TU Delft / November 2016 – February 2020
Teaching assistant

Convergate / September 2015 – August 2016
User interface and experience designer (UX/UI)
Adviser product development & marketing strategy

Formula Student Team Delft / September 2015 – August 2016
Ergonomics engineer

Skills

Graphic tools

Novice

Proficient

Expert

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Audition

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Premiere

Adobe XD

Development tools

Novice

Proficient

Expert

Java

C++

SQL

Python

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

CAD & Modeling tools

Novice

Proficient

Expert

Solidworks

Catia V6

ZBrush

Blender

Cinema 4D

Data Processing

Novice

Proficient

Expert

Maple

MATLAB

Microsoft Office

SPSS

Tjapko Vermeulen

about Me

Interaction & UX Designer

With a master’s in interaction design, a bachelor’s in industrial design and a minor in software I am an interaction and UX designer with an affinity for programming. I have experience with both physical and digital products but have a preference for the digital world. I am someone who flourishes while working in teams and believe the best design comes from collaboration and fruitful discussion.

What I Like to do

Challenges

I like to tackle design challenges within the context of user behaviour and experience.

Approach

In my designs I like to use nudging and elements of gamification.

Field

I like to create designs that are in the digital and cyber-physical space.

Graduation Project

shows the prototype of the pillow on the couch

For my graduation, I researched on designing intelligent artefacts, their interactions and how data could be used in the process in the context of leisure in the living room.
The result of this was a smart pillow that could actively provide comfort to users through hugging and by helping them to avoid slouching. Crucial to achieving this result was creating a digital representation of the pillow and its sensors. This was then used in unison with results from traditional methods such as observation to gain novel insights.

This project was exhibited at the Dutch Design Week and in collaboration, with my supervisors, we are currently in the process of writing and publishing a paper based on my graduation.

CTOUCH Leddura 2Meet

The aim of this project was to improve the experience when using the CTOUCH while collaboration in a meeting.
The CTOUCH is a big interactive screen that is supported by an app. It is designed to be used in a business meeting, performing as a multifunctional big screen. To improve the experience using the CTOUCH, the product and context was analysed. Afterwards, two rounds of redesigns and users test were executed. Through this, the user interface and experience were iteratively improved.

In my bachelors, I minored in software engineering at the TU Delft. During this, I followed several courses in computer science and did a project where we had to apply our knowledge and create a game in Unity.
During this time I learned how to program in Java and C# using the Object-Oriented programming paradigm. I also took a course on computational intelligence where I learned the basic of artificial intelligence, Bayesian networks, evolutionary algorithms and neural networks. During the game development, I led our multidisciplinary team and learned how to work using Scrum.

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Ir. Tjapko Vermeulen

Personal details

Nationality

Languages

Driving licence

Interests

Education

Work Experience

Skills

Graphic tools

Novice

Proficient

Expert

Development tools

Novice

Proficient

Expert

CAD & Modeling tools

Novice

Proficient

Expert

Data Processing

Novice

Proficient

Expert

Tjapko Vermeulen

Tjapko Vermeulen

Interaction & UX Designer

What I Like to do

Challenges

Approach

Field

Graduation Project

CTOUCH Leddura 2Meet

Minor in Software

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