Creating explanatory drawings to communicate function, usage and appearance are an important factor in a lot of the participated projects. Drawing in perspective or views, telling a story by a storyboard or communicating proportions and material by lines and colors help a lot to create a clear image for everyone involved and is considerSSed a great value.
Daan prefers to make the beginning sketches with a light blue pencil, outlines the desired contour with fine-liner and highlight important features with Copic-markers.

When presenting ideas, concepts and proposals for products and services, a communicative high-quality visual is needed. Final drawings or visuals are often made by digital sketching tools, because it looks more professional and is more clearly than an analog sketch or drawing.

Even with digital sketching, the process starts with a manual drawing as a reference. After scanning the manual drawing into a digital sheet a lot of variations can be explored. When the desired shapes, functions, proportions are drawn, the rendering starts. Adding color, texture, highlights, shadows and logos finalize the digital visual.

To achieve such an image, various tools are being used.

- Sketchbook Pro

- Photoshop

- Wacom Tablet

- Wacom Cintiq

3D Software

At several projects the usage of CAD programs were required. Working with the Solidworks software has grown accustomed. The same applies for working with a dedicated mouse (3Dconnection) for 3D. Making geometric and organic shapes have become a useful skill. Creating products with such software enables to calculate and simulated potential processes(Injection molding) and forces(on snap fits). Besides shaping 3D products in the computer, 2D technical drawings(American projection view) can be made. Making the designs more attractive for presentational use, renders can be made in Solidworks or KeyShot.

Making models and mock ups early on in the process helps discovering new insights and helps understanding its function or proportion. Technical and visual models eventually lead to prototypes, or even the first series product.

During almost every project, at some point, a model is made. Contributing to the modelmaking phase. He isn’t afraid to work in the workshop. Growing up and working in the family business, contracting & carpentry company, has taught him the technical insight and skills to create models. He worked with several techniques to make models. During his internship (2016) at Pezy Group he calibrated and repaired the Leapfrog FDM printer.

There are multiple way of creating models. Making quick and dirty mock-ups from cardboard and paper or more tangible demos from wood or metal can be really useful. Nowadays we can also work very precisely with rapid prototyping techniques like 3D printing, CNC drilling or laser cutting/engraving. With these new techniques it is easier to work with different materials like plastics and fabrics.

During every project at the Hague University of Applies Sciences, Daan was the leader of the project-group. While still working collective on the project and collaborate with one another, making important decision and choosing a well-considered direction. Open for suggestions and the willingness to discuss openly about key-decision with everyone. The characteristics of organizing, helping and achieving objectives in a structured way expends outside product development projects.`

There are multiple way of creating models. Making quick and dirty mock-ups from cardboard and paper or more tangible demos from wood or metal can be really useful. Nowadays we can also work very precisely with rapid prototyping techniques like 3D printing, CNC drilling or laser cutting/engraving. With these new techniques it is easier to work with different materials like plastics and fabrics.