Now

• Settling into a new role as Senior Product Designer at Sandfield in Auckland. Enjoying the challenge!
• Setting up a newsletter with Buttondown
• Rebuilding this portfolio with Astro.

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.

Life

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

Reading

• All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) by Cormac McCarthy.

Fun projects

• Vibe-coded a gluten-free, dairy-free recipe website named nogluten.club. Still needs content.