"I want to make life easier & more fun to live"

SKILLS // making things come alive

Github // InVision App // DSKD method cards // Adobe Creative Suit

EDUCATION // designing since '10

Kolding School of Design 2016-2017
MA in Communicatio design
At my final year of my MA I focused and dedicated my MA project on my startup Foster Success.

Future Entrepreneur of Denmark 2016
Talent Program, Fall batch 
Future Entrepreneurs of Denmark (FED) is a diverse talent network that was established to bridge the gap between companies, the academic world and entrepreneurs. The network is a joint initiative of student organizations from numerous top universities in Denmark with focus on entrepreneurship. Read in more detail about my experiences at FED here

RED Academy 2016
Parttime course in Web Development
During this 12 week course I learned HTML, CSS and Javascript. We made 3 projects from scratch min. of 3 pages using the skills we aquired. Feel free to take a look at my Github.

 

Kolding School of Design 2014-2015
MA in Communication design
My first year of my MA consisted of, exchange at Emily Carr and an internship at Founders House.

 

Emily Carr University of Art + Design 2014
One semester in their Interaction Major exchange program.
As an exchange student at Emily Carr I had the freedom to create my own schedule based on the skills I wanted to focus on.
4D Core Design class by Haig Armen.  
Interactive Design Principles by David Drucker.
Research + Methodology by Eugenia Bertulis.
Strategies + Visualization by Eugenia Bertulis.

 

Kolding School of Design 2011-14 
BA in Communication design
As a communication design I've learned skills from graphic design, illustration and different sorts of interaction design. This have given me a broad set of tools and experiences. I've worked with international students as well as danish, worked in groups and alone.
One of the strengths from my bachelor is that I've finished with an attitude that no matter which problem/task you'll throw at me, I can solve it!

 

Kompetencehuset Århus 2011 
(6 month course) Graphic design & commercials
At Kompetencehuset I played around in the graphical field. Working broad from analog printing to digital. Here I had in-depth courses in InDesign and Photoshop.

 

VERA Copenhagen 2010 
(6 month course) Industrial design & architecture
Vera gave me the opportunity to approach industrial design with an interaction angle. I always tried to push the limit for my projects. It wasn't about creating something beautiful, it was about interpreting peoples need and add functionality. 

 

Den skandinaviske design højskole 2010 
(6 month course) Industrial design & architecture
At den skandinaviske designhøjskole I had the possibility to explore the field of industrial design and architecture. I quickly discovered that I was more interested in the Smart objects or The Internet of Things then the actual field of industrial design. This was also where I realized that I was an Interaction Designer by heart.

 

Munkensdams gymnasium 2004-07
Language student in Spanish, English & German. Electives; social studies & economics and business.

 

Ladies that UX // Copenhagen // Organizer
Oct 2016 - Current

Ladies that UX is a social enterprise with international branches. I founded the Copenhagen branch because I belive that the UX women need a space to meet, learn about each other and learn from each other. We're focusing on social inclusion, network and knowledge sharing.

Service Design, Ignition Conference 2016 Copenhagen
November 10th 2016

I approached the Ignition team regarding volunteering at the event. I shared and was active in the social media content on Facebook and LinkedIn. On the day I help with practical things, like setting up, handing out name tags and collecting them once the conference was over.

 

Nest 2016 Copenhagen

Nest is a co-living space in the heart of Copenhagen, it's for people in the startup and tech environment and you have to apply, get interview and selected to move into Nest.
Nest was founded on the philosophy that 'you are the average of the people you gather around you'
 

Tech BBQ 2016 Copenhagen

TechBBQ is the quintessential and largest startup and innovation summit in Denmark and Greater Copenhagen gathering 1700 passionate people in the Opera House.

 

VanTec off Broadway 2016 Vancouver

 

I pitched our startup Foster Success, only 2 mins and we were chosen to have the second best pitch of the batch.


StartupBus 2016 Vancouver

Our bus had the theme Social Impact and I pitched the concept that would later manifest itself as my startup Foster Success.
Foster Success is a social platfrom for foster parents to deal with the frustrations that arise when you're working with traumatized children.
Driving to Boulder Collorado, through the Rocky Mountains with no wifi connection and sometimes even no phone connection we still managed to make it to the semi final. I pitched the concept in front of all the bustrepeanurs and answer questions from the judges with our team.

Startup Weekend  2015 Vancouver

I pitched a concept, but teamed up 2 designers, 2 buz guys and 1 dev to work on the concept WowIt. When you've been in a relationship for some times the romance sometimes becomes hard to maintain. We made a social platform where the users are the content providers. Here they share their romantic (romance in the sense of actions that shows appreciate for the partner) experiences to inspiration for other people. We validated it several times and got amazing feedback from the users.
See more here

Startup Weekend Finance 2015 Copenhagen

I pitched my idea and formed a strong team ready to work with FinTech. We created the concept World Wallet which is a pre-paid card you can use when travelling abroad to avoid bank fee up to 3% eg. currency exchange. It uses the same tech that TranspherWise does and could disrupt the financial system. 
We won 2nd place for this concept and left the judges "blown away"
See more here

 

Designing Smart Products Conference 2015 Copenhagen

Two packed days of lectures from talented people like Euan Davis from Cognizant, Henrik Føhns from DR Harddisken, Carsten Schelling & Sven Rudolph from Ding3000, visiting Copenhagen Solution Labs, a drawing workshop with Mie Nørgaard and a lot of networking, beautifually hosted by Delta, idemo and Danish Designcenter

Global Service Jam 2015 Copenhagen

This weekend was intens learning and hard work. We ended up with a service through an app that connected parents and their kids to the playground. You would be able to see if other families was at the playground. This creates a digital space of awerness that can make parents feel safe about sending their older kids alone to the playground or perhaps avoid playgrounds that's cramped.
We won as "the most productive team" (over 1.000 postits in 2 days)
 

Startup Weekend 2014 Vancouver

I participated in the start up weekend where I pitched my idea, formed a team with people who had interestes in the same idea field and created the concept based brand applause!
I presented the concept with one of my teammates in front of the jury and appoximately 200 viewers.

 

Fiction Design, Religion Design 2014 Kolding

We did a group workshop with Thomas Thwaites. We were to create a fictive religion for the future. We made a "religion" called Your Direction. During pregnancy the parents should decide which job the child should have when they grow up. So the child will attend a targeted kindergarten, primary school, and be pushed in the right direction throughout their childhood.

Read more about;
Thomas Thwaites
 

Methode Collaboration 2012 Kumasi
In a collaboration with Ghanian students from KNUST University, we made a project about trash, which was guided by Silje Kamille Friis and based on the DSKD Method Cards she and Anne Katrine Gelting made for Kolding School of Design.  
We got the methods under our skin and I can without a doubt say that this experience have change my approach to design research, I wouldn't have been without it.
See more here