Karin van den Driesche is one Smart Kid

Five years ago Karin van den Driesche started her own company in user research and design: Filterdesign. Filterdesign specializes in user centered design; putting the user/customer first during the design process. Using interviews, work models and persona development. UCD helps the organizations she works for to hear customer needs in a new way and to create new solutions to meet the large amount of different needs. For her, usability is an integral part -not a consequence- of the design process.

Karin enjoys (besides working) going out with friends, studying philosophy at the UVT, riding her bike, hiking and writing her weblog on human centered design. Last but not least Karin is a passionate board member for Smartkids. This foundation finances education for underprivileged, highly intelligent children in developing countries. At this very moment, 60 Ghanaian students are attending classes thanks to their SmartKids grants.