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Hi, I'm Olivier Sinck. Welcome to
my bachelor graduation portfolio!

Who is he?
During high school, I always said that I wanted to become a doctor. I liked the idea of being able to help people get back to normal or even improve their everyday life. It almost felt like my duty. At the very last moment, before choosing my bachelor’s, I decided that a doctor’s career would fit me less well than the entrepreneurial mindset that I had just started developing. However, this did not change my interests. I chose to become an Industrial designer because I saw it as a way to combine my technical background with my interests in innovation and helping people.

Maybe this clear goal framed me a bit during my development in my bachelor’s, in the way how I chose my electives and projects, roles I took in the design process, and scope. It makes me a realist and makes me focus more on the process rather than the journey. But that also makes me efficient and driven to meet ambitious goals. I have a passion for pragmatic innovation. Eventually, I want to become an inventor entrepreneur that invents user-centered products and services for healthcare. However, this strong vision did not hinder me in my overall development and understanding of all competency areas needed for an Industrial Designer from the Eindhoven University of Technology.  To read more about how the past, current, and future form my identity, please press the button below.
Vision
I’ll start with stating the obvious. As an Industrial Designer at the Eindhoven University of Technology, I see myself as the bridge between technology and user products. The modern world is constantly changing through digitalization. Because of advancing technologies, new developments are made faster and faster. The tech­nology behind it only becomes more sophisticated, and this process will only keep amplifying itself. My task is to make from the complicated technological developments a product that is easily accessible for the everyday user.

The reason why I think this generally applies more to me is because I want to contribute within multidisciplinary teams in usually conventional sectors, like healthcare and economics, in positions where I will be one of the few that is able to be this “bridge” only industrial designers can be. These sectors are generally dominated by either medical engineers or business people. And although there are also industrial designers here, I think there are many opportunities where I can give perspective on making breakthrough innovation that is good for people, planet, and profit. I hope to contribute to these sectors by designing sustainable and society-enriching economically viable products with a user-centered input.
Work
Bascule 020
Design project
Bascule 020 is an academic center at a hospital in Amsterdam. It provides shelter to children and youth with mental difficulties. Our project was to re-design the "calm-down" room. Based on a lot of research, we made objects that actively and in a playful way provides aid to calm people down.
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Fireflies
Research project
The Fireflies project was a research project which was also submitted to the CHI 2020 conference. The research is about using digital communication in the form of peripheral interaction by a teacher towards their pupils. We analyzed at how digital feedback influenced the children.
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Other projects
TheraPAM
Final Bachelor Project
TheraPAM is a device for resistance training through artificial muscles and benefits at-home rehabilitation after a prolonged sports injury. An exoskeleton provides the resistance training, and a webapp improves the interaction between patient and therapist remotely.
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Contact me
O.Sinck@outlook.com
+31-6-34444071