Thoughts, insights and news

Our designs speak for brands, resonate with people and stand out in the market. Here, we invite you to read more about our work, our processes, our insights, and how we’re steering towards the future.

Sketching in design: a strategic tool for fast thinking, alignment and originality

Sketching turns ideas into possibilities, helping designers think faster, collaborate better and create more original solutions.

Seeing before building: rapid 3D and VR visualisation in design reviews

What if you could experience a product before it exists? Rapid 3D and VR visualisation allows teams and clients to step inside a design, explore it at full scale and make critical decisions long before the first part is built. Turning uncertainty into insight and ideas into better products.

Blender as a design tool: faster decisions before things are built

How digital exploration can help us test ideas, compare directions and identify potential issues earlier, making better-informed design decisions while there is still room to adapt.

Repairability by design: why circular products start at the drawing board

Circularity starts before the first prototype. As repairability, traceability and longer product lifecycles become increasingly important, the decisions made at the drawing board.

Silent Ride - RELOAD LAND Festival at Formula E - Berlin E-Prix 2-3 Mai 2026 - Foto: Patricia Sevilla Ciordia for Reload Land

Electric motorcycles have crossed a line

Reload.Land 2026, field notes by Sven Rimmele, Mobility Designer at MODYN

A sixth sense for safer cycling

A MODYN graduation project by Luc Jansen

Right to repair: why product architecture is becoming a strategic decision

The EU's Right to Repair legislation is transforming repairability from an afterthought into a strategic design requirement. Discover how companies like Fairphone, Miele and Patagonia are using product architecture, modularity and long-term serviceability to create more sustainable products, strengthen customer loyalty and unlock new business opportunities.

Our ambulance drone concept

Sitting down with our managing director Gert-Jan van Breugel about the ideas behind the concept

Red Dot Award 2019: AGRIFAC Condor Endurance

CMF at MODYN: designing through feeling, shaping the future

And what it means alongside Dig, Define, Design and Develop.

Concept Design: Arrival FERRY

A detailed look at our team’s latest design from The Playground.

Caravan salon 2023 Highlights

Future of Caravanning – MODYN Trend Report

Red Dot Design Award 2022: New Gen Citea

iF Design Award 2022: New Gen Citea

Meet the team: Viktorija Šarlāne

Our new CMF designer talks strollers, sustainability and embarking on new adventures.

Meet the team: Mandy van der Heijden

We sat down with Mandy van der Heijden to talk about her career in mobility design

Meet the team: Reinoud de Jong

Talking passion and projects with Reinoud de Jong

Meet the team: Bas Kleingeld

We talk with Bas Kleingeld about 17-years of MODYN, VDL and always being on the move

Talking Things That Move

with Bosch Rexroth’s Vincent Stahlecker

Meet the team: Bart Heijt

Bart Heijt, Starting at MODYN right before the 1st lockdown

(Digital) Design That Moves: MODYN’s Rebrand

Taking on an entirely new identity from the inside out: MODYN

Meet the team: Dennis Melkert

Sitting down with our newest team member Dennis Melkert

Talking VDL & The Twists & Turns of a Mobility Design Career

Sitting down with partner Rik de Reuver

Our Mission As MODYN

MODYN & The Future of Mobility

Sitting Down With Our Managing Director

VR As A Tool: VDL Bus & Coach