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 / FounderAfter graduating in 2014, as Industrial Product Designer at the Saxion in Enschede, Jarno started at Fluctus as Product Designer. His passion lies in designing products that combine design, user experience and technical challenges.
Jarno von Piekartz
Product DesignerMartijn managed to turn his hobby into his job. After graduating as an Industrial Product Designer (Windesheim) in 2021, Martijn returned to Fluctus as a Product Designer after a previous successful internship. At home he tinkers with self-built light-electric vehicles. From there arose Martijns' passion for products in which mechanics and electronics come together to create a product in which functional design and user experience have priority.
Martijn Stavorinus
Product Design EngineerMaarten Reitsema is an enthusiastic and eager to learn Industrial Product Design student at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen. He will join as an intern for six months. Maarten is an inquisitive designer with an eye for detail, in combination with his affinity with CAD work and technical insight, he is an asset to our team!
Bob Varwijk
Product Design InternMajd successfully completed his internship at Fluctus in 2022. However, we cannot say goodbye to him. Majd helps us out when we run out of hands.
Majd Jarbou
Stand-in DesignerMartijn de Jong is een Industrieel Product Ontwerpen student aan het Windesheim in Zwolle. Hij zal aankomend half jaar gaan afstuderen met een leuk en innovatief project in opdracht van Hago. Onder begeleiding van Fluctus zal Martijn zich bezig houden met een innovatieve manier om zwerfafval op scholen te verminderen.
Martijn de Jong
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