Jan Martinus Stalmans

Jan Martinus Stalmans

Innovator / Designer

Jan Martinus Stalmans

Norbertijnenstraat 36
Profile
2040 Antwerpen I consider myself as a selfmade educated designer. I’ve been fascinated by products and
B Antwerp 1985
services for a very long time. I learned the basics of design at the Higher Instutute of
T +32.476/24.73.82
rextone@gmail.com Product Development, Antwerp, but most experiences comes from external projects,
workshops & seminars. I’m a very dedicated person who bases his work on profound
research and a great sense of empathy. I’m interested and documented on many design,
marketing & innovation domains, I’m a teamplayer, I love to interact with people, i’m
always up for some new challenges and I never quit playing & learning.

Experience
Designer at Option Innovation week, March 2009
I attended the innovationweek at the Higher Intstitute for Product Development to design
future concepts for a Belgian company called OPTION.

Designer at European Union, Youth in Action program, May 2008 - Juli 2008
I was hired as a Designer along with 2 other Video & Fashion professionals to elevate a
European Youth Twinning Event to a higher Level.

Designer at PO community, September 2007 - August 2008

I was selected to implement the new Brand & Name strategy and to redisign the
information workflow at our school.

Designer at ADB aviation lighting, June 2008 - August 2008

I was hired to complete the design proces of a new productline and help the marketers
translate the new specifications into usefull leaflets for their customers & consultants.

Designer at Rextone projects, January 2003 - present

I started creating my own design projects to explore new ways to communicate and
interact. I do not gain money with these projects which gives me the opportunity to
explore and experiment.

DTP for HACCP food Quality Programs, January 2003 - September 2007
My dad is an expert in food microbiology and along with him I developed a lot of Food
Quality HACCP programs for small Businesses. (HACCP, BRC and ISO).

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Designer at P&G needstate project, January 2005 - June 2005

Along with Procter & Gamble I completed a project on new concepts conceived to
needstate segmentation for the Febreze brand.

Crew at Antwerp Flyer, December 2006 - present

I work as as volunteer Navigator & Deckmaster on the largest Belgian sailingvessel. I've
sailed and raced the Antwerp Flyer from Belgium to Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland,
Letland, Poland and many more.
Jan Martinus Stalmans
Norbertijnenstraat 36 Crew at Swan Fan Makkum, August 2006 - September 2006
2040 Antwerpen I worked as a crewmember on the Swan Fan Makkum. She is the Largest Brigantine in
B Antwerp 1985
T +32.476/24.73.82 the world and I sailed her from Antwerp to La Coruna, Lisboa, Gibraltar and Ibiza.
rextone@gmail.com
Job student at SGS Agrifood, June 2000 - Juli 2006
Every summer I used to work as a Laboratory assistant at my dad's Microbioly
department. Here I learned to work with great accuracy and commitment.

Education
Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen, Master, Integrated Product Development 2007–2009

Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen, Bachelor, Integrated Product Development 2003–2007

St. Lambertus College, Ekeren, Secundary School, Human Sciences & Modern
Languages 1997–2003

Bosschool, Berendrecht, Primary School, Friendship and Social Deployment 1988–1997

Skills
Designskills : Eco Design, Brainstorming, Information linking, creative inputs,
visualisiation of ideas, generating concepts, out of the box thinking, FMEA, DTC, house
of quality, breadbording, electronics, translating needs into specifications, materialising,
Packaging design, photograpy,...

Marketingskills : Consumer testing, consumer panels, corporate branding, quality

research, segmentation, Information linking, blogging, brochure design, SEO,
experienced with social media, newsletter concepting, digital adverising,...

Innovationskills : leading brainstorms, idea enriching, generating concepts, business

concepting, out of the box thinking, FMEA, DTC, house of quality, product innovation,
business innovation, incremental innovation, radical innovation, innovation
management,..

Human : highly interested in psychology, brainmapping, problem solving thinking,

guiding and stimulating people, elevating people’s skills, teaching, everything should be
based on mutual respect.

Other : Ocean sailing, music teaching, video storytelling, organising cultural events, ...

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Languages
Understanding Speaking Writing
Dutch X X X
English X X X
French X X (X)
German X (X)

Jan Martinus Stalmans Software

Norbertijnenstraat 36
2040 Antwerpen Category My Software skills
B Antwerp 1985
T +32.476/24.73.82 OS Mac OSX, MS windows XP
rextone@gmail.com Adobe CS3: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, AIR
3D graphics Rhino 3D, Solidworks, Flamingo Raytrace, Hypershot
Mac iLife, iWork, Aperture, Final Cut Express, Quicktime
Microsoft MS office, MS projects
Services Twitter, Google Adsense, Google Analytics, SEO, Drupal
Other Basic HTML,CSS & PHP, VLC, Mpeg Stream, Handbrake,
Transmit,...

Other Devotions
Didgeridoo, Arts and Crafts, Photography, Poetry, Fujara, Percussion, Nature Hiking,
Canoing, Sailing, Culture Council @ City of Antwerp,...

Awards
Globelink award, Faqtor4, 2007
Ovam - PlanC design award, 2008
Mini award - Photography price, 2008

References
Geert Vandendriessche, Advocate, Curator & Captain, Karel Oomstraat 22, 2018
Antwerpen, +32.475/466.999 : “ Geert is the captain of Antwerp Flyer, if there’s one
person who could describe me profoundly, it must be him. We have raced and sailed
together for many miles. But we do more then only sailing, just ask him.”

Geert Frateur, Communication manager at Higher Institute for Integrated Product

Development, Ambtmanstraat 1, B-2000 Antwerpen, +32.473/33.17.75 : “Geert was the
mentor of the POcommunity project. We worked together realy close during one year. He
is a communication guru and I learned a lot of communication skills from him, he’ll give
you straightforward and correct answers.“

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