About

Hi, I’m David — a writer, designer, and lifelong creator, born in Amsterdam in 1970.

Over the years, I’ve shaped a path that blends art, technology, story – with soul. My journey has taken me from the physics labs of Eindhoven to the design studios of London, and now to Haarlem, a charming town near the North Sea dunes, where I live with my wife Ailish and our son Yaron.

I grew up in Amsterdam and The Hague. In my twenties and thirties, I wandered through different disciplines: science, psychology, art, and eventually design and storytelling. For over two decades, I’ve worked in visual communication—across web, print, animation, branding, and user experience—both independently and with leading agencies and clients in Amsterdam and London.

But I’ve always been drawn to the deeper stories behind things. That’s led me to write—first short stories, then a memoir about identity and adoption (Phantom Parents), and now a second book exploring life with Parkinson’s, fatherhood, and the strange beauty that comes with facing change.

In everything I do, I try to bring together the rational, the poetic, and the playful. I see creativity as a form of embodied thinking, and I’m currently developing a project called The Standing Studio, an immersive, adaptive workspace designed to help people—especially those with Parkinson’s—work, move, and create with greater ease.

Whether it’s through writing, visuals, design, or dialogue, my work revolves around connection, clarity, and meaning.

I believe stories can heal, design can liberate, and slowing down might just be a superpower.