CV Olivier Blom
Industrial design
As a critical but visionary designer I know to challenge the status quo to gain insight into complex problems and come up with new solutions. Pair that with my interest in interaction and experience design and I will connect the dots to create a concept with innovative interaction and a context-fitting user experience. Give me a task and I’ll present a vision, but pair me with a team and we’ll make impact.
Why we should work together:
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We push current ideas to create future-centered design while staying considerate of consequences in the design context.
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We value user's problems and will do everything to methodically create concepts that represent their values and make these concepts a reality.
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We find it necessary to address social and environmental sustainability in the things we make.
Competencies & skills
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(User) Experience & interaction design
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Experience as team lead
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Planning
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Partner contact
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Product management
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Manufacturing
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Project management
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People management
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Technical overview
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Concept development
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Design for transformation; e.g. novel business models, transformation experience, social connection
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Concept proposals; e.g. plan, brochure, demo, visual
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Brainstorming tactics & methods
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System design
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Prototyping
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Product design & development
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Basic electronics
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3D printing & laser cutting
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Basic programming (C++)
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CAD (SolidWorks, Illustrator, AutoCAD)
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Product Breakdown Structure
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Business development
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Basic CRM
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Lead generation
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Market research
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Value creation methods
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Budgeting
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Intellectual property rights
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- Research
- Design research
- User studies
- User, market & trend research
- Patent search
- Practical crafting skills
Education
Eindhoven University of Technology
MSc. Industrial Design | Track Research, Design & Development
Graduation project: Calming, interactive experience for MRI patients
Sep 2023 — July 2025
BSc. Industrial Design | Graduated July 2022
Final project: Visionary food waste prevention dashboard, graded 7.5
Sep 2019 — July 2022
As an Industrial Design student at the Eindhoven University of Technology I did not only learn how to manage a design process, I am also a skilled experience designer. From researching user needs, to physical concept development and stakeholder management. In the end, a feasible service design and proof-of-concept facilitate actual impact.
Toer
Minor Industrial Design | Full-time Internship
Sep 2021 — Dec 2021
As an intern I have been involved in a re-engineering project, two design
processes of permanent light art installations, digital concepting, production and installation of Toers' works on-site internationally, with a team.
Goois Lyceum
Athenaeum/Technasium | Socrates Honours certificate
Sep 2013 — June 2019
As a Technasium student I gained experience on teamwork, creativity and technology early on. During these classes, my team and I would reach out to potential clients and work on creative, technical or scientific projects for a multitude of companies over the years. (e.g. RAI Amsterdam, Endress+Hauser, Waag/Rademacher de Vries architects)
Achievements
Team IGNITE '22/'23
Collaborative achievements at Team IGNITE
2022:
• Wayfinding crowd management artwork at GLOW
2023:
GLOW light festival:
• Wayfinding v2, Paper Trails, crowd management artwork
• Glowble, An interactive audiovisual experience connecting people
2024:
Brainport Kennismarkt
• Wayfinding v2, Paper Trails, crowd management artwork
Dagcollege Eindhoven
• Glowble, An interactive audiovisual experience connecting people
VIRTU/e, June 2022
Interior design team | Student team VIRTU/e
Runner-up of the Human-centered Interior Architecture award
Solar Decathlon Europe 2021/2022
HTN-hackathon, March 2022
Team: Hollie Andrews, Joshua Doromal, Sayantani Nandan
During this one-weekend challenge we worked in a newly formed, international team, to tackle client and manufacturer engagement for environmental sustainability. As responsible for the concept and demo I combined market, trend and sustainability research to design a service that gave customers insight in their green-line washing machine's (white-goods) impact, as well as their saved 'pension' for their machine repairs or renewal. Competing with existing startups and teams alike we placed 2nd in our category and won the Beko special award for direct applicability.
Runner-up Circular economy challenge
'A pension for your washing machine'. A business model promoting prolonged use of white goods by using ESG funds to provide repairs and end-of-life solutions while also maintaining brand lock-in.
Winner of the Beko special award
The direct applicability of the platform showing the user what positive environmental and societal impact their choice has made was awarded by HackTheNormal partner Beko.
Extracurricular activities
TU/e Industrial Design
Teaching Assistant Creative Programming
Feb 2025 — May 2025
As teaching assistant I was responsible for supporting the students of the course together with the other TA's. The work consisted of giving small workshops, supporting the students and supporting the course instructors with grading.
Innovation Space
Artwork realization Art + Tech course
Technical lead | 90 hours
June 2024 — October 2024
During this project I assisted master students during the design of their interactive artwork prototype. After the course, I led the team to realize their artwork, assisted in creative directing, making the program and hardware system and setting up the production of the artwork. Together with the team and artist Martijn van Boven, we finalized the work 'Mundane as Paper' showing how AI has already become ubiquitous. It is permanently displayed in the Eindhoven AI Systems Insititute (EAISI)
Team IGNITE
Student light art studio | Experience design, Product development, Project management
Designer & team lead project Wayfinding
Sep 2022 — Nov 2023 | 16h / week
As team lead of the Wayfinding team I was responsible for the technical implementation of all newly designed elements for version 2. During this time I was responsible for manufacturer contact, specifications and orders. Besides the technical management I took the responsibility to motivate and help team members to regain motivation and focus, to be able to assemble and install our artwork on the Van Abbe museum at GLOW 2023.
Technical project manager | Full-time board year
Jan 2023 — Jan 2024
As technical manager at Team IGNITE I have had the pleasure of developing myself and the team. During this time I have experienced international production processes, project planning, guiding and assisting teams with project management and technical processes. In addition I have worked on project, subsidy and client proposals, some of which are now in effect in current teams and partnerships.
Qarry
Sales Representative | 32h / week
August 2024
As a sales representative I have gained experience in customer relation management, creating customer insight business development. I have worked on scouting leads and planning routes for their campaign. In addition I joined the Amsterdam brand representation campaign.
Yksi Ontwerp
Paid internship | Interior design, Product design, Creative concepting
Sep 2023 — Dec 2023
During my time at Yksi Ontwerp I have gained experience with creating interior and product concepts. With assistance I have been responsible for the creation of several interior concepts and concept showcases for clients, which were used as baseline for further interior details and shown to clients. In addition I have updated the JAPTH lighting brand manuals in Illustrator and created several lighting and display product concepts and CAD models.
Student team VIRTU/e
Interior design | 8h / week
Mar 2021 — July 2022
My tasks as an interior designer consisted of brainstorming on the vision of the interior and lifestyle, finding and designing tiny-living solutions, producing lighting visualizations, practical work on furniture and arranging, painting and installing all things related to the interior design of the housing concept. As well as working on moodboards and setting a style for the interior.
In the end I helped to build the house and furniture during the demo on the
TU/e campus, in Wuppertal Germany for the competition and in Eindhoven for its afterlife.
Cabrio Care
Summer job | 4-6 weeks
2017— 2020
My job at Cabrio Care consisted of, but was not limited to; assisting convertible top specialists, precision work, dissasembly & removal of softtops, rivet-/screw-/glue connections, transport with the company
van.
Praxis
Side-job | 12h / week
Sep 2017 — Aug 2018
At Praxis I assisted customers, built shelfs and displays and restocked the inventory.