Internship at Liquavista

During my bachelor studies at the end of 2008, I did a three month internship at Liquavista in Eindhoven. The company started as a spin-off company from Philips to develop new display technology for the consumer market. Currently, Liquavista is part of the Samsung Electronics company. At that time they were looking for Industrial Designers to translate their technology in new concepts to attract potential customers. As one of the two in-house designers I worked on the first visuals that showed their technology in action. I had to get familiar with the technical details behind the display, understand the company’s wishes and goals and communicate with various divisions of the company.

Because watches suited their early prototypes best, I was occupied in creating watch designs. I started designing reflective layers and continued with new concepts of showing time, casings and the appearance of all layers used in the display itself. To investigate the status quo, I looked at the current electronic watch market, made sketches and translated my concepts to technically feasible product models. It was nice to be part of a project that got the highest priority within the company and I learnt a great deal from the professional environment in which I had to prove myself worthy among the international group of engineers and marketers.

"Rain" watch design (all on) "Rain" watch design (07:58 / 19:58) "Rays" watch design (05:26 / 17:26) "LaFleur" watch design (03:33 / 15:33) "Leaf" watch design (12:35) "Rails" watch design (09:28 / 21:28) Sketches of ideas to tell time Overview of current 'time-designs'