Who is Mats?
Let's break it down!
to break the glass...
Pay attention, I'm about to reveal how I work and make impact as a designer!
Designers are great at turning messy, complicated problems into clear, testable solutions. We look at how people actually live, prototype small interventions, and iterate quickly. In this way, big ideas about nature and climate become real things people can use and learn from.
Designers also connect people, places, and systems. We translate between residents, experts, and policymakers, and design interventions that change how people behave. By starting locally with practical pilots that help ecosystems, designers can create solutions that can be improved, copied, and scaled. This creates the bigger impact towards climate action I’m looking for!
How is Mats in a team?
Change doesn’t happen alone. It’s not just about what we do, but also how and with whom. I believe in teamwork - bringing in local experts, NGOs, companies, even governments - to create real, lasting solutions. I often take a coordinating design role. More specifically, I often organise the work within a team and align and integrate all the different (external) stakeholders. I value shared responsibility, transparent communication, and a good dose of fun.
Bonus: to keep projects clear and accessible to all stakeholders (including myself), I design with the commonly known Design Thinking process, making collaboration seamless.
Let's look at my character traits and skills...
Character traits
Strengths and weaknesses that shape how I design.
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|
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Strengths
independent
driven
eager to learn
empathetic
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Weaknesses
reserved
self-effacing
problem-avoidant
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Skills
What I do well and what I want to grow.
| Skills | Skills I want to develop |
|---|---|
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Skills
learning languages
website design and development
graphic design
coordinating
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Skills I want to develop
cold calling
working with AI more
physical prototyping
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