Celebrating Women's Day & Our Female Employees
To kick off Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting the female employees here at MODYN who continually inspire us while designing product experiences that move people and businesses forward.
We understand that both the mobility and design industries are male-dominated fields, and we’re proud to have these women on our team contributing big, award-winning ideas that speak for brands, resonate with people and stand out in the market. So, let us introduce you!
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What is it about working in mobility design that you love the most?
“I love that it’s very dynamic, constantly changing and evolving according to the needs of society.”
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Tell us what your dream project is and why.
“I would love to work on a concept car once. As we might have driverless cars in the future, the function of a car will shift from only bringing you from A to B, to also being a workspace or lounge area. I think CMF design will even play a bigger role in the design.”
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How do you think we can break the bias in mobility and/or design — both predominantly male-dominated fields.
“I think it starts with breaking the bias in general, there’s still many things to overcome. And I also learned that it starts with companies attracting more women, consciously hiring more women and making sure to have a good male-female ratio among their employees.”
- Do you have any advice you’d like to share with fellow women in the industry?
“Let’s encourage each other and be a role model for the generations of women to come.”
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What is it about working in mobility design that you love the most?
“It’s nice to create products that empower people to go out and about, encouraging an active lifestyle. I love turning users’ wishes into design choices. Creating future proof designs, in trends and styling, but also concerning climate change and other important developments that affect everyone.”
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What has been your favorite project to work on at MODYN?
“It’s the variety of projects at MODYN that I love so much. For example, the CMF-design we do for Gazelle and the concept design we did for the Bold Banana backpack and Thule Sapling.”
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Tell us what your dream project is and why.
“A dream project that would be a future-proof sustainable mobility solution for families. Circumstances are constantly changing; we should not continue to depend on gasoline cars.”
- How do you think we can break the bias in mobility and/or design — both predominantly male-dominated fields.
“In general — we should educate the next generations about the inequality that still exists. Everyone should have equal opportunities, regardless of gender, race, religion our sexual preference.Breaking the bias in (mobility) design can start with making design education attractive to girls. And of course, companies should hire more women and accept the fact that female designers are the necessary part in a healthy successful company.” - Do you have any advice you’d like to share with fellow women in the industry?
“Be confident and don’t be afraid to share your opinion.”
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What is it about working in mobility design that you love the most?
“I love to create and work on something that has a bigger social impact and a better meaningful sense. Creating a better everyday or even a future. This feeling gives me motivation and inspiration to go to work and make new designs.”
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What has been your favorite project to work on at MODYN?
“Well, I am new at MODYN, but I am very excited to share my knowledge and ideas!”
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Tell us what your dream project is and why.
“I love new challenges and to push my own boundaries and develop trendy, yet innovative concepts where aesthetics and performance are the key points. A possible project that inspires me the most at the moment is to work on a concept car design”
- How do you think we can break the bias in mobility and/or design — both predominantly male-dominated fields.
“Accept the fact that there are many good female designers. Provide the possibility and fair chance to show that.” - Do you have any advice you’d like to share with fellow women in the industry?
“Confidence and action!”
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What is it about working in mobility design that you love the most?
“Mobility is freedom. And who would not love to contribute to that on a daily basis?”
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Tell us what your dream project is and why.
“It’s in the future — a feature article in Wallpaper about MODYN’s vision.”
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How do you think we can break the bias in mobility and/or design — both predominantly male-dominated fields.
“Just let talents like Marleen, Mandy and Viktorija have their way and it will happen automatically.”
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Do you have any advice you’d like to share with fellow women in the industry?
“Keep up the good work.”
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What is it about working in mobility design that you love the most?
“I love working with passionate people, and the team at MODYN continually blows me away with their expertise, innovation and enthusiasm. I also love spotting their products around town and pointing them out to whoever’s with me.”
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What has been your favorite project to work on at MODYN?
“I helped MODYN with their rebranding from Van der Veer Designers, and it was really an honor to be trusted with such a big transition. It was so much fun to work with the team to bring this new brand to life — helping them both find their voice and the right words to articulate who they’ve become over the last 30 years.”
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Tell us what your dream project is.
“I would love to work on the product copy for an in-house MODYN product.”
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How do you think we can break the bias in mobility and/or design — both predominantly male-dominated fields.
“In mobility and design and any other field, we need to continually be making room for women at the table. And we need to be promoting them to leadership, too.”
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Do you have any advice you’d like to share with fellow women in the industry?
“I think that so long as we keep saying each other’s names in spaces with opportunity, we’ll keep lifting each other up.”
