Now

Updated April 2026, from Auckland, New Zealand.

Work

  • Settling into a new role as Senior Product Designer at Sandfield in Auckland. Still learning. Enjoying the challenge!
  • Rebuilding this portfolio with Astro. New case studies, a proper blog, dark mode, multiplayer cursors, and a work timeline that goes all the way back to 1995.

Writing

  • Working on Design is Common Sense. A book about design principles distilled into plain language. Most of what makes good design isn't mysterious, it's just common sense applied consistently.
  • Writing blog posts to gather my thoughts as I go. This will take a while.

Life

  • Recently relocated from Groningen, The Netherlands to Auckland, New Zealand. Exploring the country mostly by motorcycle, documenting it on my YouTube channel.

Reading

Fun projects

  • Vibe-coded a gluten-free, dairy-free recipe website: nogluten.club. Still a work in progress.

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This is a now page. The idea comes from Derek Sivers.