I’m Minerva Loos and I’m passionate about seeking great and meaningful experiences shaped around and for users and the planet. For me, this can show in different ways, and one I particularly enjoy is the visual one. I love to sketch and explore the power of visuals in every context. That’s why you most likely will find me scribbling somewhere – no matter if that’s when I’m doing visual recording at a workshop, sketching out new concepts or capturing my travel discoveries sitting in some house entrance.

With my background in architecture and design, and my experience from an innovation agency, I enjoy the design of digital experiences, evaluating concepts and products in user tests and guiding co-creational processes.

I’m intrigued to figure out how we can achieve transformation through design. As a designer and researcher, I like to explore how our interaction with objects, people and the world that surrounds us can be shaped. I’m passionate about striving for aesthetic and meaningful solutions, which aim to bring value to people’s lives.
Having a design background means that I will never be happy with the colour of this website or the fonts used. But it also means that I love exploring new challenges. Do you have an interesting one? Let me know!

Experience

since 09/2019
UX researcher & desinger
HYVE Innovate, Munich 

10/2018 – 07/2019
Freelance
work as a designer
The Netherlands

02/2018 – 02/2019
Graduation in collaboration with
Philips Design, Eindhoven

03/2017 – 06/2018
Co-Chief of Graphics of UNiD magazine
Industrial Design magazine, TU Eindhoven

throughout 2014 – 16
Parttime at the planning and building department
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

Skills

Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe LCD

Auto CAD, ArchiCAD

Fusion 360, Rhino, Cinema4D, Arduino, Processing

Word, Powerpoint, Excel

Languages

German

Spanish

English

Portuguese

Dutch

Latin & Ancient Greek

 

Awards & Achievements

2019
FRANK at TEI conference 
Winner of ‚Award for best implementation‘ and winner of atttendees choice
Tempe, Arizona, US

2018
Exhibition of volo in museum

Museum TwentseWelle
Enschede, The Netherlands

2017
Exhibition of volo at the Dutch Design Week

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2014
1st price state wide competition ‚Drink water with confidence‘ 
APCOR, ANDD and ERSAR
Portugal

Education

2016-2019
M.Sc. Industrial Design
TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
/ Part of the Honors Program
/ Graduated cum laude

2011 – 2015
B.A. Architecture

TU Munich, Germany

2013-2014
Study year – Architecture, Industrial Design
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Ideas or questions?

Just drop a line!
I’m always happy about feedback,
ideas for possible collaborations or sharing a good cup of coffee.