Our strengths
Solutions that spark innovation
Every company must invest in its own future through innovation in order to stay ahead of the competition, which sometimes can be challenging. Flight Case helps your company to come up with fresh ideas and innovative solutions.
Young designers still have the mindset of thinking in a wide range of possibilities, rather than restrictions and energize the company with our youthful enthusiasm. Consequently, it is a common positive side-effect that the employees are more involved and happier after working with us.
Long-lasting connections
Working together with designers from Delft University of Technology can provide you with long-lasting connections that hold promise for many possibilities in the future. Many students are close to finishing their masters and are exploring their graduation options, future work environments, new research fields or open positions.
Likewise, this can become a showroom for your company as students, professors and alumni, hear from you and can be triggered by the possibilities you offer; not only through real-life experience, yet by the stories that are shared after the trip with their network too.
Famous’ design methodologies
Our designers have a dual approach to problem-solving rooted in analytical and creative methods. We are able to work with and share the acclaimed Vision in Product Design method and the Delft Innovation Model among many other processes that can benefit your company. These theories have proven their value over time, resulting in trustworthy tools that create impactful solutions.
Cost effective
Compared to large and expensive design agencies, Flight Case is a low-investment and a low-risk alternative whose deliveries are grounded in the same methods. Even though we might have less experience, we compensate it by holding fewer prejudices against the business world and, thus, coming up with more out-of-the-box ideas.
Try our designer’s mindset
People are often fond of the way designers analyze and solve problems, which makes us be a great asset for innovation. Creativity is a virtue that has just gained traction and leading companies around the world are starting to hire designers and use their mindset to solve their business problems with unconventional and imaginative ideas.
Go international
Our group consists of young designers from all over the world. We believe that diversity enriches the insights in a project and creates a future-proof concept in this globalized and intertwined economy. Moreover, it is an enormous opportunity to work with people with different backgrounds and to get to know foreign cultures.
The Committee
Brechtje Krijvenaar | Chair
Brechtje is a Strategic Product Design student with a Medisign specialisation. Her acquired knowledge of strategic thinking and co-creation will be used to help guide the committee members in displaying their individual strengths. Furthermore, Brechtje believes companies, organizations, and student teams can grow by being open to innovation and out-of-the-box creative ideas.
Sejal Budholiya | Secretary
Sejal is a Strategic Product Design student with a background in mechanical engineering and work experience in aerospace. As a designer, she enjoys noticing the unnoticed and designing for those unlike herself. She aims to make Flight Case a comfortable and memorable experience for all, taking inspiration from outer space to better design for life on Earth.
Saiyam Arora | Treasurer
Saiyam is an industrial designer passionate about holistic, human-centered design. I thrive on challenging, research-driven projects that redefine aesthetics and function. He focus spans upstream and downstream innovation, utilizing design thinking for rapid, impactful results. I see design as a transformative force, symbolizing care, comfort, and a vision for the future. Seeking new challenges to expand my horizons and create meaningful experiences through innovative product design.
Merel Hoogma | Acquisition
Merel is a Design for Interaction student, she is interested in the interactions between people, products and their environment. Her interests are in social design, human-centered design and design for healthcare. When designing, She love working in multidisciplinary teams to learn from different perspectives and approaches to design. For her, design is not just about making something, it is about understanding the context and the way people think. Flight Case will be an opportunity to learn from another culture, to learn from their design tools and perspectives.
Kim Vo | Program
As an Integrated Product Design student, Kim wants to contribute to a world where products can have a deeper connection with the user and can become a part of their identity. She loves to learn and explore new things. When designing, she likes to combine all these different insights to create something meaningful. Together with Sam, Kim is responsible for the course, activities and events of Flight Case as the Commissioner of Programme.
Sam de Haan | Program
Sam is an Integrated Product Design student with a focus on Social Design. Translating his user-centred design experience to a different culture will bring the clients a refreshing look at their design challenges. By combining the natural beauty of Japan with its tech, art and design industry Sam will try to offer a memorable experience to the students, professors, and companies involved.
Megan Seker | Publicity
As the commissioner of publicity, Megan is responsible for the communication of information between the committee, the team and the companies. As a student in the MSc of Design for Interaction, Megan strives to be a practical, innovative designer. She is passionate about positively impacting the lives of individuals by making responsible products. Megan loves a hands-on approach and pushes herself to keep thinking outside of the box.
Rick van Poelje | QQ
Rick is as a product designer, someone who strives to bring a unique and creative perspective to each project he undertakes. With an open-minded approach, he is always eager to explore new ideas and design concepts that challenge conventional thinking. Rick is always eager to learn and meet new people. As chair of the ID Study Association board, he guides the committee and is responsible for the internal communion.
This Year’s Professors
Dr. Rebecca Price
Dr. Rebecca Price is Assistant Professor and researcher within the Department of Design, Organisation, and Strategy (DOS) at the Faculty of Industrial Design and Engineering. She investigates how design can advance sectors and industries through multi-leveled and networked innovation.
Furthermore, Dr. Price explores the intersection between the design of socio-technical systems and transitions theory, to consider new methodological opportunities. At the TU Delft, she works with both public and private organisations to support the application of design upon complex innovation challenges. The domains where Dr. Price’s work increases value are private health and energy transitions.
Professor Dr. Gerd Kortuem
Prof. dr. Gerd Kortuem is a professor of the Internet of Things at the Faculty of Industrial Design and Engineering. His research focuses on the intersection of the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Design.
Furthermore, prof. dr. Kortuem covers foundational technologies, design methods, ethical issues, and the dynamics of large-scale, multi-stakeholder projects where designers must deal with tensions between commercial and societal concerns. At the TU Delft, he is actively involved in the research projects BRIdging Data in the built Environment (BRIDE), IoT Rapid Proto Labs, and Contestable AI.
