Vasco is enthusiastic about combining business and engineering with service design to see how real needs turn into actual outcomes and processes. Although analytical, he enjoys the value that openness and creativity bring. Former ballet dancer and a sports fan, you can find him listening to the most random music, from classical to techno.

Inês believes design is the tool that drives change, by bringing people together. She is enthusiastic about designing for people, with people to impact lives in meaningful ways.

Luiz is eager to make the world a better place, one experience at a time. He understands how everything is interconnected and how new ways of re-organising can be designed to improve society, environment and other key stakeholders. He also likes the intersection between design and AI, since he’s worked as Data Scientist. In his free time, Luiz enjoys laying in the sun with friends to chat and cooking sweets.

Laura likes to describe her way of working as a merge of service design and sailing, her two passions. Goal-oriented, she spots a dot on the horizon and sets the direction to go! When she finds obstacles along the process, she’s flexible to adjust. Laura believes the balance stands between being a go-getter & open-minded.

Laura is passionate about designing for people with people to improve their happiness and health by improving their experiences. She is intrigued by finding the common thread in masses of data and has a special affinity for healthcare-related projects. Besides abusing her beloved drawing tablet to express herself, Laura likes sports, especially horse riding.

Catia is a hands-on designer. Getting to know people and their realities, to be able to materialise ideas and bring innovation to life is her passion! No wonder she finds the first and last part of the double-diamond the most interesting. Catia loves adventure – she climbed the highest point of Portugal.

Mariana is excited about solving big problems and making sense of complexity while making the world a better place. Empathising with the problem and defining the challenges ahead give her the most satisfaction! For Mariana, there’s nothing like being a mother of 30+ plants and photographing beautiful places.

Joris is a venturous service designer with a passion for innovation. With a background as product owner and strategic design, he challenges the status quo with his curiosity. Joris loves going on out-of-the-ordinary adventures and enjoys doing his meetings from a beach club so he can jump in his surfboard after.

Michaël loves a challenge – this becomes evident from his cooking adventures as well as his projects. He lives by his favorite expression “simplicity is a puzzle of complexity”, by finding the common thread and bringing structure. Moreover, he’s the real Captain Planet at Koos, ensuring we keep an eye on our social and ecological responsibility.

Oda likes to be the expert in the design process but enables clients to be experts in their field. She does it by surprising them with the power design holds while she dives into the different contexts (new clients or industries). As a sucker for sports, Oda collects them – hockey, sailing, Koos HIT training, snowboarding, and trying to windsurf.

Joost has a mission – to prove design thinking can make a significant contribution to societal change and develop it at Koos. As so, he focuses on sustainability, developing methodologies, experimenting, and changing systems from the inside out. Joost has a lot of other creative outlets, from playing guitar to drawing!

Jette is always motivated to realize the big ideas in her head. She loves it when a plan comes together. Beauty can be found in everything, whether it’s a designer chair or a potato masher. Jette is just like the user behaviour she observes: There’s always more than what meets the eye!

Noortje gets thrilled with the enthusiasm from thinking about strategy and branding. With her down-to-earth attitude, she always manages to keep the overview in times of creative chaos, unless it’s the chaos in her wardrobe because that is way too small for her gigantic sneaker collection.

Natalie is a master at capturing the essence of any problem and loves translating this into solid strategy, bringing different perspectives together. There’s no complex challenge she can’t navigate through due to her strategic thinking. Know of a book club? Natalie is in love with reading and is looking for one!