Sketchnoting: bring your event to life
Are you organising a creative session, discussion or symposium? I support your event by live sketching and contributing ideas in real time.
Together, we define the goal of the drawing session in advance: gaining new insights, making results accessible and shareable or visualising abstract concepts.
Explore the many possibilities and applications of live drawing on this page.
Exploratory sketches examining the connections between vision, mission and strategy.
Visualisations created during an event on the housing market, commissioned by the Municipality of Amsterdam.
Sketchnoting Online
I develop a visual story collaboratively with you during interactive team sessions, either in the office or online.
Clarifying Thoughts Through Drawing
Thoughts and ideas often start as vague and undefined. Drawing forces clarity – something has to take shape on paper.
Through dialogue, we navigate different layers: from abstract to concrete, from general to specific, from system-level to the individual, and/or from thought to emotion.
Step by step, your ideas become sharper, and the visualisations clearer.
"You’re bringing out of my mind what I couldn’t yet articulate myself!"
Two-Day technology-education sessions
Unlike precise computer illustrations, hand-drawn lines encourage a more conceptual and open way of thinking.
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Sketchnoting with Metaphors
Metaphors can be a powerful tool for visualising both specific information and the intended user experience.
In this sketch, created during an innovation session on education, a metaphor is explored where students first gain confidence, are then challenged and finally take the plunge into deeper learning.
Sketchnoting to Humanise
Systems thinking can become so abstract that it overlooks the human element. Visualisations help to bring both into focus. By adopting a helicopter view, we can understand the bigger picture and then consciously zoom in to a human scale. This can take the form of customer journeys, personal questions, or a deeper exploration of human experiences and interactions.
This sketch serves as a starting point: system layers, information flows, and people have already been positioned.
BUSINESS DRAWING FOR SOCIAL DESIGN
For social challenges, business drawing helps to explore and clarify the relationships between people and systems.
Sketchnoting to Bring Ideas to Life
Live sketching during online course days on design education instantly brings ideas to life.
A fragment from the Fairmount Water Works illustration, created live on behalf of UNESCO in Philadelphia.
Business Drawing for Note-Taking
A 25-metre-long banner with a live visual report of the UNESCO Water Conference in New York (2023).
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SKETCHNOTING TO GAIN OVERVIEW
People operate within systems, where emotions and interactions influence the dynamics but often remain invisible.
Drawing is a powerful tool to make the unseen visible, providing a clearer overview and deeper understanding of the system as a whole.
Through iterative drawing sessions, we map out key components and their relationships, helping to better understand and navigate the system.
A spatial sketch instantly clarifies how the components relate to one another.
Sketchnoting to Structure
A visual format, such as a visual map, comic strip, or customer journey, provides structure to workshops and leads to more concrete outcomes. With ample white space, participants can actively contribute with text or drawings.
SKETCH ASSIGNEMENT BETONAKKOORD
A sketch-style layout of a customer journey provides structure and encourages participants to add their insights using post-it notes.
Sketchnoting to Quote
Instead of producing endless minutes, collecting and visualising key quotes helps to highlight the most important insights. This approach is both effective and concise.
PHOTOS: ROY BORGHOUTS
Sketchnoting to Gather Insights
Mutual engagement and interactions are encouraged through live visualisations. In this example, participants’ input is collected and visually processed during the OE Global Conference.
Sketchnoting to Share
Photos of sketches shared on social media amplify the impact and reach of your ideas.
SESSION TECHNIEK INNOVATIE HUIS