About

Hi, I’m Marinus.

I’m a designer originally from Germany but currently based in Groningen, in the Netherlands for my master’s degree.

I like to see myself as a Creative Technologist: Focussing on new and old technologies alike, I engage with them as deeply as possible while always maintaining a human perspective.

Design is an interdisciplinary tool — it influences our lives through form and aesthetics, but it also shapes interactive experiences, practical value, social spaces, and important approaches in research.

This versatility has always fascinated me, which is why my work often takes place between two poles: between code and paper, between concrete problem solving and free experimentation, between big visions and small ideas, between critical questions and playful thinking.

Convincing concepts are just as important to me as well executed craft, and the process is just as important as the result. The focus is always on creative work itself, proactive thinking, and a continuous learning process.

Vita

  • Since September 2025: MA Media, Art, Design & Technology at Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen
  • 2024 – 2025: Project Assistant at Institute for Design and Information Systems (IDIS) of Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
  • Since 2024: Co-Founder and Designer at blinzl UG
  • 2023: Internship at Tabula Rasa in Hamburg, Germany
  • 2022 – 2024: Working Student at Design & Systems in Würzburg, Germany
  • Since 2020: Freelance Designer
  • 2020 – 2024: BA Kommunkikationsdesign at Faculty of Design Würzburg

Teamwork

  • At blinzl we develop modern software that connects people
  • CAPS collective explores forms of cooperative work in art and design

Publications & Awards