Our team

Our team
This program is offered to you by research group Co-Design (HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences) and operated by Fundamentals Academy. Over 20 professionals are directly connected to our studio. This means that during the program we are well-connected, and our juniors benefit from this for the knowledge brought in is crisp and fresh.
The Juniors
In Co-Design Studio we work with students with a lot of different backgrounds, every semester we have a new team ready to work on the socially relevant challenges of our clients. In the studio we prefer to call the students 'juniors'.
The Coaches
We use titles for our coaches that might not mean anything to you, let us try to explain. There are Design Coaches (the ones coaching teams through the design projects), Lead Coaches (responsible for a specific aspect of the program such as the War Room) and we have Life Coaches (supporting the students in becoming aware of their personal and professional growth).

We borrow most of the coaches from the professional field, they are connected via the network of Fundamentals Academy. We also involve several of our alumni in the program as Design Coach or consultant, showcasing the engagement we value so much. Our core team exists of:
Jasper Huitink
Coordinator - University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
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Kim van Veldhuijzen
Coordinator - Fundamentals Academy
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Jens Gijbels
Program Leader
Noortje Braaksma
Internal Line Coach
Francine Groenewoud-Knüppe
Head of Life Coaching
Our Alumni
We are running this project since 2009. This means that we had more than 300 juniors going through this learning experience.
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Anne Hendriks
Interior Design
Arthur Aarts
Communications &
Multimedia Design
Bao Pham
Creative Business
Bas van Heekeren
Communications &
Multimedia Design
Cansu Pinar Erdal
Creative Business
Eline Bosman
Communications &
Multimedia Design
Evie de Roo
Commercial Economics
Floris van Kouwen
Communications &
Multimedia Design
Gabrielle Carvalho Machad
Digital Design
James Constantine
Product Design & Technology
Jarl Hulleman
Communications &
Multimedia Design
Max Koopman
Communications &
Multimedia Design
Mels Eppink
Communications &
Multimedia Design
Merel van Beekhoven
Communications & Multimedia Design
Michel Rosenberg
Communications &
Multimedia Design
Mounir Bekkaoui
Software Development
Paula Smith
Leisure & Events Management
Rebecca Wantenaar
Management of the
Living Environment
Ricardo Schneider
Digital Design
Stijn Pijl
Industrial Product Design
Tycho Sluijs
Industrial Product Design
Yan Wan
Industrial Product Engineering
Zoë Hendriks
Communications & Multimedia Design
Any questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us.