Manon Blankendaal

Manon Blankendaal is a Design Researcher for Defence, Safety & Security at TNO, a role held since November 2021. Prior to this position, Manon served as a Designer at Close, the mobile marketing platform from June 2019 to June 2021, and completed a Graduate Student tenure at Openbaar Ministerie from October 2020 to May 2021. Earlier experience includes an Industrial Design Internship at Vught Penitentiary Institution from September 2017 to June 2018 and a Service Design Internship at Koos Service Design from September 2016 to January 2017. Manon holds a Master's degree in Strategic Product Design from Delft University of Technology, completed in June 2021, and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from Eindhoven University of Technology, earned in February 2018.