maarten@corpel.xyz

Maarten Corpel

Digital Product Designer

The Netherlands

Helping product teams
build apps, websites
& dashboards.

Helping product teams
build apps, websites
& dashboards.

Helping product teams
build apps, websites
& dashboards.

Since 2016 I have been working as a freelance designer to define how digital products work and what they look like.


I enjoy working closely with teammates to create quality products that are built to last.

Being creative is at the core of everything I do. It’s all about discovery and learning.


After work you'll probably find me in the kitchen or studio. I'm always experimenting and creating things.

Case study available upon request

Case study

2021 - 2023

Senior Product Designer

Web, Data visualization

The past two years I have worked with a major energy multinational. I can't publicly share details. Send me an email to get access to the case study.

Designing systems

I worked in a team that delivers dashboards for the trading division. We focussed on visualizing data that supports traders to make decisions with confidence.


Thinking systematically helps align across products. An effective system is flexible and helps it's users communicate as we're often trying to solve similar challenges.


In collaboration with other designers we've created a design system to help teams build better digital products faster.

Somnox

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2020 - 2021, 2023 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

Somnox is on a mission to help 100 million worldwide achieve better sleep by 2030. They invented a sleep companion that leverages biofeedback and breathwork to relieve feelings of stress and anxiety, resulting in deeper and more restful sleep.

The Somnox sleeping companion is controlled via their mobile app. I helped redesign the app to improve the way people interact with their Somnox. We focussed on improving the onboarding and introduced new features to help people get familiar with their Somnox. Users are now able to track how their sleep is changing. Somnox has a large community which we were often able chat with and get feedback from. We iterated and created a lot of prototypes to get the feeling of the app right. Design for Somnox didn't stop at screens, I also helped to test and enhance their breathing algorithms. Somnox has since received additional funding and reduced the number of returns.

Somnox

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2020 - 2021, 2023 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

Somnox is on a mission to help 100 million worldwide achieve better sleep by 2030. They invented a sleep companion that leverages biofeedback and breathwork to relieve feelings of stress and anxiety, resulting in deeper and more restful sleep.

The Somnox sleeping companion is controlled via their mobile app. I helped redesign the app to improve the way people interact with their Somnox. We focussed on improving the onboarding and introduced new features to help people get familiar with their Somnox. Users are now able to track how their sleep is changing. Somnox has a large community which we were often able chat with and get feedback from. We iterated and created a lot of prototypes to get the feeling of the app right. Design for Somnox didn't stop at screens, I also helped to test and enhance their breathing algorithms. Somnox has since received additional funding and reduced the number of returns.

Somnox

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2020 - 2021, 2023 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

Somnox is on a mission to help 100 million worldwide achieve better sleep by 2030. They invented a sleep companion that leverages biofeedback and breathwork to relieve feelings of stress and anxiety, resulting in deeper and more restful sleep.

The Somnox sleeping companion is controlled via their mobile app. I helped redesign the app to improve the way people interact with their Somnox. We focussed on improving the onboarding and introduced new features to help people get familiar with their Somnox. Users are now able to track how their sleep is changing. Somnox has a large community which we were often able chat with and get feedback from. We iterated and created a lot of prototypes to get the feeling of the app right. Design for Somnox didn't stop at screens, I also helped to test and enhance their breathing algorithms. Somnox has since received additional funding and reduced the number of returns.

iBilly

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2019 - 2020 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

iBilly is a budgeting app that enables users to streamline their bank accounts, budgets, and saving goals all in one place. The app provides them with insights into their current and future financial situation by retrieving and categorizing transactions.

I joined the iBilly team to go from 0 → 1. We experimented with new technologies like machine learning, AI and cryptocurrency to figure out ways to make them useful. We participated in (and won) hackathons with different applications that use facial recognition for hotels and restaurants.

iBilly

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2019 - 2020 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

iBilly is a budgeting app that enables users to streamline their bank accounts, budgets, and saving goals all in one place. The app provides them with insights into their current and future financial situation by retrieving and categorizing transactions.

I joined the iBilly team to go from 0 → 1. We experimented with new technologies like machine learning, AI and cryptocurrency to figure out ways to make them useful. We participated in (and won) hackathons with different applications that use facial recognition for hotels and restaurants.

iBilly

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2019 - 2020 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

iBilly is a budgeting app that enables users to streamline their bank accounts, budgets, and saving goals all in one place. The app provides them with insights into their current and future financial situation by retrieving and categorizing transactions.

I joined the iBilly team to go from 0 → 1. We experimented with new technologies like machine learning, AI and cryptocurrency to figure out ways to make them useful. We participated in (and won) hackathons with different applications that use facial recognition for hotels and restaurants.

MijnKassabon

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2018 - 2020 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

MijnKassabon is a Dutch app that helps users save receipts and loyalty cards. By digitizing these, users will always be able to claim warranty and never have to miss discounts in-store. The app also offers budgeting features that give users an insight into their spending.

I joined the Mijnkassabon team after sending them a concept of how their app could be improved. We worked together to build the next versions of their app to include smart location-based services. We also build a budgeting section. The app was growing popularity in The Netherlands. We decided to start the international and more comprehensive version: iBilly.

MijnKassabon

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2018 - 2020 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

MijnKassabon is a Dutch app that helps users save receipts and loyalty cards. By digitizing these, users will always be able to claim warranty and never have to miss discounts in-store. The app also offers budgeting features that give users an insight into their spending.

I joined the Mijnkassabon team after sending them a concept of how their app could be improved. We worked together to build the next versions of their app to include smart location-based services. We also build a budgeting section. The app was growing popularity in The Netherlands. We decided to start the international and more comprehensive version: iBilly.

MijnKassabon

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2018 - 2020 UX / UI Designer iOS & Android

MijnKassabon is a Dutch app that helps users save receipts and loyalty cards. By digitizing these, users will always be able to claim warranty and never have to miss discounts in-store. The app also offers budgeting features that give users an insight into their spending.

I joined the Mijnkassabon team after sending them a concept of how their app could be improved. We worked together to build the next versions of their app to include smart location-based services. We also build a budgeting section. The app was growing popularity in The Netherlands. We decided to start the international and more comprehensive version: iBilly.

Drawnames

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2018 UX / UI Designer Web (Mobile)

Drawnames is a free online Secret Santa generator that assists users with deciding on the right gift via wish lists. The site attracts many millions of users during the holidays.

Confidence was a big thing when during my time here. Not necessarily confidence in my skills, but confidence that everything was performing optimally. We made sure to test everything to be confident it performed well. But also to make sure the user felt confident through the entire process.

Drawnames

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2018 UX / UI Designer Web (Mobile)

Drawnames is a free online Secret Santa generator that assists users with deciding on the right gift via wish lists. The site attracts many millions of users during the holidays.

Confidence was a big thing when during my time here. Not necessarily confidence in my skills, but confidence that everything was performing optimally. We made sure to test everything to be confident it performed well. But also to make sure the user felt confident through the entire process.

Drawnames

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2018 UX / UI Designer Web (Mobile)

Drawnames is a free online Secret Santa generator that assists users with deciding on the right gift via wish lists. The site attracts many millions of users during the holidays.

Confidence was a big thing when during my time here. Not necessarily confidence in my skills, but confidence that everything was performing optimally. We made sure to test everything to be confident it performed well. But also to make sure the user felt confident through the entire process.

i don't know, let's figure it out

Design is a process to solve challenges. We don’t need to know everything, we just need to know how to get to the best possible outcome.

balance, patterns & rhythm

Patterns and rhythm are used to create a sense of order and predictability. The balance is in knowing when to follow or break the pattern.

everything is not meant to be perfect

The thing you’re building will never be perfect. It also doesn’t have to be as it will never be perfect to everyone. Design is never done, there’s always something to improve.

i love doing the things i love to do

When I'm not working, I'm always creating something else. It's all about the is the process. There's always a new challenge to tackle.

You know what to do.

maarten@corpel.xyz

maarten@corpel.xyz

maarten@corpel.xyz