About
I am a designer with an affinity for high quality prototyping, using different fabrication techniques to integrate actuators, mechanisms and aesthetics into functional prototypes.
I have an academic background in Industrial Design (BSc & MSc) at the Technical University of Eindhoven, and have 4 years of experience in designing, manufacturing, and assembling research prototypes in collaboration with researchers of the Human Interactive Materials Group at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry (TU/e). Currently, I offer my skills and services as a freelancer.
The bulk of my previous work concerns designing devices that process materials to create soft-robotic actuators. Besides this, I also have experience in designing interactive and aesthetic devices with an integrated layer of technology.
Skills
3D Modeling
Design & technical drawing for precision machining
3D printing/laser cutting
Rapid prototyping
Electronics & programming
Publications
Rapid Prototyping Dynamic Robotic Fibers for Tunable Movement
UIST 2022
Authors: Jay Kolvenbag, Miguel Bruns, Amy Winters
Lighting up well-being with Bulb
CHI EA 2022
Authors: Simone Ooms, Jay Kolvenbag, Charlotte Bording
Exhibitions
RoboSoft Photography Exposition 2025
The Actuator Duet by Amy Winters, Geert van der Boomen, Peter Peters,Jay Kolvenbag, Lio Huntjens, Karijn Den Teuling, & Miguel Bruns
Intro Hall Klokgebouw, Dutch Design Week 2024
A Tool for Crafting a Light Driven Pupil for Ocular Prosthetics
Material Aesthetics Lab, Dutch Design Week 2023
Customising Liquid Crystal Fibers for Soft Robotic Actuators
Design United.Expo, Dutch Design Week 2023
Multidisciplinary Material Programming for Soft Robotics by Amy Winters, Geert van der Boomen, Peter Peters, Jay Kolvenbag, Lio Huntjens, Karijn Den Teuling, & Miguel Bruns