Nick van der Linde
Design director, co-owner
As a seasoned designer and strategist, I work with forward-looking companies to design and prototype their next big things—from consumer electronics to voice assistants and digital services.
Once (somewhat optimistically) referred to as a Renaissance man, I’m comfortable across all stages of modern digital product design. I bring experience leading multi-disciplinary teams, providing strategic direction and generating high-potential product concepts—while being hands-on enough to design and prototype them into reality.
Before joining Design-Well, I spent a decade working with global agencies and design studios including Edenspiekermann and Mirabeau/Cognizant. I got my hands dirty designing and prototyping digital products for a diverse range of clients and industries, before moving into senior design and leadership roles.
Aside from consulting with clients, I enjoy speaking about product design at meetups and conferences across Europe, and coach and mentor design students at the Amsterdam and Utrecht Universities for Applied Sciences.
How I might help your team
Leading product discovery
I can help turn high-level strategy into tangible, high-potential product and service opportunities to win the hearts of your customers.
Journey maps & service blueprints
Ideation & design sprints
Future visions & speculative design
Prototyping new experiences
I’m deeply familiar with modern prototyping frameworks, and love to bring to life anything from smart TV experiences to voice assistants and mobile apps.
Dynamic flows, motion and transitions
Web, native and hardware interactions
Figma, Framer, Principle, After Effects
Lean, hands-on research
I can help your ship the right thing by de-risking your roadmap with practical, outcome-focused research studies and experiments.
Emerging trend & market analysis
Concept- and usability tests
Lean experiments & multivariate tests
Teams I’ve recently worked with
I’m always open to new opportunities
If you have a question, potential project, or anything else you'd like to discuss, feel free to get in touch. Whether you work with a global enterprise or a two-pizza team, I'd love to talk to you.
Wait, there’s more of us!
Design-Well is a collective of highly experienced, independent designers & strategists. We partner with startups, digital agencies and Fortune500 companies to envision, design, prototype and launch bold new products, services, experiences and ventures.
We’re here to design a better future together. Are you?
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Emar Vegt
Former Mirabeau/Cognizant design director. Developing design teams, ways of working and holistic design.
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Andrew Kearney
Former Liberty Global group vice-president. C-level design strategy and virtual chief design officer.
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Vincent Koopmans
Former Resoluut and Makerstreet design director. Design system evangelist and design‘less’ practitioner.
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Micha Commeren
Former founder of Makerstreet. Business consultant, strategist and creative entrepreneur.
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Elmar Haneveld
Former Polestar and TomTom UX lead and art director.
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Is this you?
We’re actively looking for experienced people to join our team as co-owners.