Fluctus was founded in 2006 by Gertjan Drent and has grown over the years into a reliable partner for product design and engineering in the Northern Netherlands. The Fluctus team consists of enthusiastic designers who take on any challenge together. No layers of managers, but short lines between client and team is when Fluctus is at its strongest.
Meet our team
Gertjan graduated in 1988 from Delft university, faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. He started his career at Philips, where he gained a lot of experience in product engineering and product management for counsumer products. He specializes in project management, product engineering and production support

Gertjan Drent
Product Designer / FounderEleftheria Kousouli is an enthusiastic junior industrial designer from Greece. During her studies she was involved in the design of innovative products and systems.

Eleftheria Kousouli
Product DesignerJordy is an industrial designer with a background in human-centered design, user research and product development of physical (interactive) products and services. With his background, Jordy has a holistic design approach with a strong focus on user research and product development for complex challenges.

Jordy Oplaat
Product Design EngineerOlaf is een all-round ontwerper met ervaring in de verpakkingsindustrie. Ook grafisch sterk in aansprekende ontwerpen.

Olaf Holleman
Product Design EngineerNiek studeert in het 3e jaar van de opleiding Industrieel Ontwerpen van Saxion in Enschede.

Niek Zwart
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