User:Pieter.michiels

coordinator BUDA::lab Designregio-kortrijk 2012 – Present (1 year)dam 2a, 8500 kortrijk

BUDA::lab is a one-of-a-kind, well equiped co-creation workshop located at the BUDAfabriek, the designershotspot of Kortrijk

BUDA::lab is a meetingspot, an open workspace for designers, students, artists, active DIY'ers, companies, … Budalab is a place to create, to materialise these rough ideas, to share experiences, collect knowledge and get challenged. connect your dot, hop in / drop by & discover what we have to offer! "...life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them. so go out and start creating..." (The HOLSTEE manifesto)

www.budalab.be

Organisation De Invasie April 2011 – Present (2 years 3 months)

De Invasie is een platform dat kansen creëert voor jonge ontwerpers. Het platform zet evenementen op, bundelt de krachten in collectieve campagnes, is een link tussen de ontwerpers en de bedrijfswereld, biedt werk-, expo- en denkruimte en organiseert workshops om jonge ontwerpers meer ondernemend te maken. Deze kansen moeten de jonge ontwerper, als creatief ondernemer, succesvoller maken.

HOWEST | Industrial Design Center research & services HOWEST | Industrial Design Center October 2006 – August 2012 (5 years 11 months)

www.industrialdesigncenter.be

Industrial Design Center is an open knowledge center and a communication platform between the industry and the education, research and development programs of the Howest University West Flanders in Belgium. It works in close association with the bachelor course Industrial Product Design and the master course Industrial Design Engineering offered through Howest.The center aims to be an authority on high & low end prototyping, lighting, creativity, sustainability, humanity and materials & connections. Every research project implements the ‘research through design’ philosophy.

Innowiz project HOWEST 2006 – 2012 (6 years)

Europal junior product developer Europal December 2004 – October 2006 (1 year 11 months)

Creax innovation internship Creax July 2004 – August 2004 (2 months)

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