Design Sketching

The Design Sketching label was founded by Martijn van de Wiel to promote sketching as a vehicle to unlock creativity.

On this platform, Martijn aims to make his content available for other creators, in the form of online courses, hands-on workshops and other recourses to help you develop your sketching skill.

Hey! Martijn here.

This is me in my studio.

Behind me you see the setup I use to record demos and to host workshops and classes remotely.

I teach sketching classes and workshops to help aspiring and professional designers unlock their creative superpower.

I have been teaching for over twenty-five years at various institutes including: TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), Hague University of Applied Science, Imperial College London, Umeå Institute of Design and SVA New York.

I have worked at several international design firms and now run Sketchform, my own studio for industrial design.

I strongly believe in 'learn by doing'. In class, but also in my own studio. I love to collaborate with like-minded creatives to experiment with new tools and workflows, expand my own skill set and develop new interactive formats for teaching.

I look forward to seeing you skyrocket your sketching skill in one of my courses or workshops!


Contact me for inquiries about guest lectures, keynote talks, teaching jobs, course development, licensing content or custom workshops for your organisation.

Teaching from experience:

Sketchform. Martijn's studio for Industrial Design

Check out how Martijn uses his sketching skill professionally to design real life products.

Like-minded creatives

People I love to work with!

Kevin Henry

Kevin is a brilliant author, designer and educator affiliated with the University of Illinois in Chicago.

He teamed up with Martijn several times to co-teach a series of remote and onsite workshops at various design schools including SVA New York and Imperial College Londen.

Kevin is also the first guest on the brand new Design Sketching Podcast!

Kevin's first book:
http://drawingforproductdesigners.com

Maarten Stolk

Maarten is a hyper creative exhibition designer with an appetite for curiosity.

He has collaborated with Martijn many times on both spatial design as well as educational (design) projects.

Maarten is also co-host on the weekly sketchTV series that he produced together with Martijn for the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University Delft.

Maarten's design studio:
https://www.evenmore.nl

Edwin Wallet

Edwin is a self educated super talent doing amazing design projects for major Dutch clients including KLM and Fokker Next Gen.

Over the years Martijn and Edwin have collaborated frequently in industrial design projects as well as in teaching design sketching classes at The Hague University of Applied Science.

Edwin's proficiency in 3D modelling and rendering capabilities are simply amazing!

Edwin's design studio:
http://studio-oso.nl

Philip, Jakub and Andrei

These three sketching heroes have been instrumental in co-hosting and assisting Martijn's live sketch-along sessions simultaneously to three full lecture rooms, each one of them supporting ±50 students individually at the Technical University Eindhoven.

They have recently also joined Martijn to assist in the development and implementation of new workshop materials based on sketching in VR!

Philip: https://www.instagram.com/philvanveel/

Jakub: https://woziwodzki.framer.website

Andrei: https://www.instagram.com/andrei_archive/