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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nJan Leyssens<\/strong> (\u00b01987) Favourite place in the Euregio:<\/strong> What is your favorite (design) design, product (in your life\/work\/interior)? <\/strong> “My Brompton, I cycle a lot of kilometres every week and a folding bike is indispensable to get around for someone like me who doesn’t have a car.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n I dream of this design product or item and hope to have it someday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n I have very little need for more stuff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I find this inspiring<\/strong> “IDEO<\/a> This is an inspiring book that everyone should have read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The invention of nature<\/em> These are the movies, tv shows, websites\/links, podcasts that I myself loved Two podcasts actually: On being<\/em> with Krista Tippet and 99% invisible<\/em> by Roman Mars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Roman Mars<\/strong> discusses design (the built environment) in all its forms and expressions, always from the perspective of the effect that design has on people and their behaviour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Krista Tippet investigates <\/strong>in a very rational way how new developments in science on a deeper level have an impact on people’s worldview and beliefs, <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n These are must follows online (instagram\/linkedin\/blogs\/websites)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n MIT Technology Review “de Correspondent <\/a> is the only way to publish articles that do not lose their relevant ones after one day.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n “MIT Technology Review<\/a> provides interesting insights into new research, while Uning<\/a> takes the time to approach the madness of the world in an empathetic way.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n This is an inspiring quote or beautiful life motto:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n “Die gef\u00e4hrlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alexander Von Humboldt Von Humboldt had a huge problem with the fact that many of the scientists who published publications on biology never came out of their lab to see biology in action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, this analogy can be applied to many more subject areas and professions than just biologists. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n I wish the world Building on the above quote: Fewer opinions based on assumptions and more experiences that confront us with our own prejudices. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meet the expert: Jan Leyssens, Co-founder and designer at switchrs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42],"tags":[],"acf":[],"profiles":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1464,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions\/1464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Function:<\/strong> Co-founder and designer at switchrs
Place of residence:<\/strong> Ghent
Children:<\/strong> I have two children aged 7 and 5, number 3 is due for early October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Although I love to travel around, the city of Ghent remains the place where I feel most at home.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/strong>It is the organization that has taken design out of the art and craftsmanship sphere and has started to apply more in the mainstream as mindset and methodology.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IDEO-e1599140481249.png\")
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Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World
<\/em>A beautiful biography of a scientist who completely shaped our worldview, and who was at the root of various world-changing theories. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
and i wish someone had tipped me off much earlier: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roman-mars-99-invisible.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/a>Onbeing.org<\/a>
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I wish everyone a lot of wonder and the opportunity to get started with that wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Jan-1-1920x1280.jpeg\")
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