Kay van den Aker

Kay van den Aker

Designer / Prototyper in Umeå

About

Designer and prototyper, exploring interactions that fuse digital and physical. Turning ambiguous ideas into experiences by gluing together various hard- and software.

Work Experience

2022 — Now

Currently for Google.
Previous clients: Modem Works, Rolls-Royce, ProtoPie, Hapticlabs, Above

2023 — 2024

Master Thesis Collaboration

2022 — 2023
Malmö, Sweden

Interaction design and experience prototyping.

2022 — 2022
Malmö, Sweden

Docs website redesign and prototyping. Creating uPython content.

2021 — 2021
Munich, Germany

Experience prototyping at the concept car department.

2017 — 2019
Eindhoven, Nertherlands

Student startup building an interactive map to simulate the impact of sustainable innovations on the energy grid.

Education

2021 — 2024
Umeå, Sweden

Class Representative

2016 — 2021
Eindhoven, Netherlands

Chairman of Study Association Lucid
Exchange at Umeå Institute of Design
Student Council of the Honors Academy

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