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My name is Merlijn Lewerissa, and I am an Industrial Designer with a passion for Product Experience and Sustainability. I have extensive experience in making high-quality physical prototypes, CAD drawings, sketches, and designing products with an eye for aesthetics. I also have experience in UX/UI and graphic designs from my work for a tech startup, and doing brandstyles for festivals. See my portfolio for examples of my work!…My name is Merlijn Lewerissa, and I am an Industrial Designer with a passion for Product Experience and Sustainability. I have extensive experience in making high-quality physical prototypes, CAD drawings, sketches, and designing products with an eye for aesthetics. I also have experience in UX/UI and graphic designs from my work for a tech startup, and doing brandstyles for festivals. See my portfolio for examples of my work!

Merlijn Lewerissa

Product Designer, Designer, UX Designer, +2

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My name is Merlijn Lewerissa, and I am an Industrial Designer with a passion for Product Experience and Sustainability. I have extensive experience in making high-quality physical prototypes, CAD drawings, sketches, and designing products with an eye for aesthetics. I also have experience in UX/UI and graphic designs from my work for a tech startup, and doing brandstyles for festivals. See my portfolio for examples of my work!…My name is Merlijn Lewerissa, and I am an Industrial Designer with a passion for Product Experience and Sustainability. I have extensive experience in making high-quality physical prototypes, CAD drawings, sketches, and designing products with an eye for aesthetics. I also have experience in UX/UI and graphic designs from my work for a tech startup, and doing brandstyles for festivals. See my portfolio for examples of my work!

Available to hire

My name is Merlijn Lewerissa, and I am an Industrial Designer with a passion for Product Experience and Sustainability. I have extensive experience in making high-quality physical prototypes, CAD drawings, sketches, and designing products with an eye for aesthetics. I also have experience in UX/UI and graphic designs from my work for a tech startup, and doing brandstyles for festivals. See my portfolio for examples of my work!

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Dutch

Fluent

English

Fluent

German

Advanced

Work Experience

Furniture Making Teacher at Buurman Rotterdam

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026

Teacher in 4- and 6-class furniture making courses; participants learn to use several machines and develop design skills within a circular wood workshop collective.

Product Design Intern at Design Without Borders Africa

January 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022

Led a project focused on neonatal care units in Kampala, applying local-context and human-centered design methods; collaborated with a local team of designers.

UX/UI Designer at Vera Connect

January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Contributed to brand identity and designed a minimum-viable product for a safety-focused information-sharing app.

Experience Design Intern at Royal Schiphol Group

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022

Part of the Passenger Experience team; designed and tested interventions to improve the airport experience, including the Schiphol Covid testing lane, a sanitizing station, and a concept for repurposing excess grass.

Workshop Organizer at SASA School of Industrial Design / Bayimba Festival

January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

Organised a 4-week Material Matters Workshop in Busika, Uganda; facilitated vernacular material techniques, organised workshops with local artists and designers, and contributed to an open-ended installation for the Bayimba Festival on Lunkulu Island; project received an award from the Auckland Architecture Association.