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Personal information
Name Mijntje de Caluwé, MSc.
Address Prins Mauritsstraat 36, 2628 ST Delft, The Netherlands
E-mail mijntje@decaluwe.nl
Portfolio http://www.mijntjedecaluwe.nl
Date of Birth 22.11.1979
Gender Female
Driving license Yes (B-category)
Education
2004 - 2006 Masters Integrated Product Design (Delft) including the specialisation Techno-
logy in Sustainable Development.
Graduation project: Design4Billions. (http://www.design4billions.com).
2000 – 2005 Bachelor Industrial Design Engineering, Delft.
1998 – 2000 Propaedeutics Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management, Delft.
1992 – 1998 Secondary school: Stedelijk Gymnasium, ’s-Hertogenbosch.
Work experience
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Dutch, German, English, Latin.
10.2006 - 11.2006 Graphic design at International Office, TU Delft (full-time).
The co-ordination, design and production of a series of posters for the symposium
‘Study Abroad’.
05.2005 - 06.2005 Student assistant at TU Delft.
For the design contest FuTUre Design Delft, I coached a group of high school stu-
dents with their process to develop a sustainable vehicle.
09.2003 - 12.2003 Ecodesign-project at Modulares under supervision of the Escuela Politécnica
Nacional (Quito, Ecuador; full-time).
02.2002 - 08.2003 Documentarist at the European Patent Office.
07.2001 - 08.2001 Research/ Front office at MMiD Full Service Design Team (full-time).
A research after the skills of the Dutch competitors of this Design Agency and the
tasks in the front office provided me a broad insight in design-practice.
12.1998 - 10.2000 Assistant to Technisch Bestuurskundige Adviesgroep.
Electives
2005 Colloquium Technology Sustainable Developments; an interdisciplinary course on typical sus-
tainability issues and approaches.
Curriculum Vitae
2005 Form and Media-studies; producing and directing a commercial of your own design.
2004 Research project Brazil with student association i.d. With six students, we proceeded a stra-
tegic research project for Miele. The highlight of this project was a twenty day-visit to Brazil.

2003 Internship on Ecodesign in the Escuela Politécnica Nacional in Quito (Ecuador). Advising the
company Modulares on life cycle strategies for their modulated furniture.
2002 Summerclass: design a universal pair of glasses for children in India.
2002 Research project on Sound and Emotion.
Extracurricular activities
‣ Member of Students Association Sanctus Virgilius; participation in the orchestra of the musical
The West Side Story and a player in the hockey team.
‣ Member of Students Association i.d; participation in the Research project to Brazil and redac-
tion (chair) of periodic magazine Turn The Page.
‣ Member of Students Association Curius: annual-committee and activities-committee.
‣ Volunteer for the symposium Plenty of Shortage, organised by Studium Generale.
News and rewards
‣ Nominee and participant of the television production Het Beste Idee van Nederland 2006
(broadcast 30.10.2006).
‣ My graduation project received attention in the weekly magazine Delta (edition 05.10.2006).
‣ Finalist MKBmatch. Our design-team was nominated for the Most Innovative Internship 2005,
organised by Syntens and Kennisalliantie ZH.
Languages
Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (basics), French (basics), German (basics).
Computer skills
I have experiences with Mac & PC: iWork 06, Office XP, Photoshop CS2, Indesign CS2, Illustrator
CS2, QuarkXpress, Director MX 2004, Dreamweaver 8, Solidworks 2006, Final Cut Pro HD.
Leisure
‣ Bike-hiking in Cambodia and Vietnam (2006; http://www.stukkiefietsen.nl/) and from Amster-
dam to Barcelona (2003).
‣ Cooking, cycling, webdesign, arts, music and travelling.
References available upon request.