About

My mission is to pioneer a sustainable and innovative future by transforming ideas into tangible solutions. I am driven by curiosity and a commitment to environmental responsibility. My mission is to bridge the gap between imagination and reality, challenging assumptions through prototype building. In doing so, I aim to not only provide solutions but to also share knowledge, fostering collective growth and understanding.

CV

Work

• (2020- present) Freelance Design Consultant
  Developing the future of the Plastic Scanner, Building prototypes with a specialization in recycled plastics and electronics. Consultancy for hardware development. Clients: FormFuncion, Smeerkees zonnebrand, Diagnostics For All
• (2019-2023) Delft University of Technology – Open Hardware
  Initiated the start of the Delft Open Hardware (D.O.H.) group, in order
  to address the lack of open source projects coming from TU Delft.
  Since September 2020 D.O.H. has been part of the Open Science Programme of the TU Delft
• (2017-2022) Precious Plastic
  Setup grassroots plastic recycling workspaces in low-resource
  settings. In particular: Himalayas (2022), Algeria (2021), Mauritius (2020),
  Maldives (2019). Developing the sheetpress machine and designing the iPhone case + injection mold. All shared open-source online for free.

Education

• (2018-2021) Delft University of Technology
  WO – Msc. Integrated Product Design

• (2012-2016) Windesheim
  HBO – Bsc. Industrial Product Design

• (2006-2012) H.N. Werkman college
  VWO – Nature & Health

Other highlights

• (2023) – TEDx Talk
• (2023) – Distributed Design awards, Plastic Scanner
• (2021) – James Dyson Sustainability Award, Plastic Scanner
• (2016) – Graduation Philips
• (2014) – Internship We Are Perspective (Singapore)
• (1999) – My first perspective drawing at the age of 6 (still a lot to learn)

• (1996) – I have always been curious about how things work.

How about we do a thing or two together?

This website only gives an impression about who I am and what I do. If you would like to get to know me better, or you want to work together on a cool project:

Let’s grab a coffee!

You can reach me at: info@jerrydevos.com or through LinkedIn