2007 - now

Product director at GreenPan™, Belgium.

2004 – now

Started Jan Hoekstra industrial design, focussing on industrial design services and working for various national and international brands.

2003 – 2007

Design manager at Droog Design©, managing design projects and transforming ideas into easy producible products at competitive market prices.

2003 – 2006

Co-founder and Design manager of the international brand RoyalVKB ©

2001 –2010

Design & Development manager at Unilever©, designing packaging, premiums and branded concepts for international food brands.

1997 – 2003

Designer at van Kempen & Begeer and responsible for the design and product development of the Dutch kitchen products brands BK© an Q-linair©

1993 – 2005

Coach at the Design Academy in Eindhoven at the department “Man and Living” under the supervision of Gijs Bakker and later on Hella Jongerius.

1990 – 1997

Designer at FLEX/theINNOVATIONLAB© and responsible for the design and development of several successful consumer products.

2010

RedDot award, Mood Flame for RoyalVKB©
DesignPlus award, Mood Flame for RoyalVKB©

2009

GoodDesign award, Cookware for GreenPan
DesignPlus award, Cookware for GreenPan™
German Design award nominee 2010, Cookware for GreenPan™
Dutch Design award nominee, Cookware for GreenPan™
GrandPrix award, Mood Flame for RoyalVKB©

2008

North Sea Pearl award, Cookware for RoyalVKB©
Phaidon Design Classic, CableTurtle for Cleverline©

2007

RedDot award, Sucker for Droog©
DesignPlus award, Mix & Measure for RoyalVKB©
DesignPlus award, Chopping board for RoyalVKB©

2006

RedDot award, Mix & measure for RoyalVKB©

2004

DesignPlus award, KitchenOrganizer for Golden Sun Home products GrandPrix award, Cookware for Q-linair©

2003

RedDot award, Cookware for Q-linair©

2002

DesignPlus award, Cookware for Q-linair©

2000

GIO award, CableTurtle for Cleverline©
GIO award, Disposable plastic cutlery for Haval

1999

DesignPlus award, CableTurtle for Cleverline©
GoodDesign award, Smile Children’s cutlery for Gero

1998

GoldAward, Cookware for Q-linair©
GIO award, Smile Children’s cutlery for Gero

1997

Zilveren noot, Cleansing agent packaging for Albert Heijn©
Zilveren lamp, Cleansing agent packaging for Albert Heijn©
IF award, “Best of Category”, Cleansing agent packaging for Albert Heijn©
IF award, “Best of ten 1997”, CableTurtle for Cleverline©

1996

ID-NL award nominee, CableCover for Cleverline©
Medaille d’Or, CableTurtle for Cleverline©