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Marcel Vroom (1956) is a renowned industrial designer and acknowledged for his technological insights and future product visions. In 1981 he graduated as Master of Science in Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. Between 1983 and 1987 he was partner of Concepts designers and head of the industrial design department. At the industrial design office of Landmark, which he co-founded in 1987 and joined for 10 years, he was director and design manager, responsible for a company of 10-20 employees. At present Marcel Vroom is president of MVAVD, a Rotterdam based networked design office, responsible for the total output of the company, working for clients in multi-disciplinary project teams as well as embedded in corporate project teams. During the last 20 plus years many of Marcel Vroom’s professional and consumer products have been rewarded with awards for outstanding design. In 1995 he received the Kho Liang Ie award, the most prestigious design career award in the Netherlands.